Developing Software For Symbian Os

Many problems encountered by engineers developing code for specialized Symbian subsystems boil down to a lack of understanding of the core Symbian programming concepts. Developing Software for Symbian OS remedies this problem as it provides a comprehensive coverage of all the key concepts. Numerous examples and descriptions are also included, which focus on the concepts the author has seen developers struggle with the most. The book covers development ranging from low-level system programming to end user GUI applications. It also covers the development and packaging tools, as well as providing some detailed reference and examples for key APIs. The new edition includes a completely new chapter on platform security. The overall goal of the book is to provide introductory coverage of Symbian OS v9 and help developers with little or no knowledge of Symbian OS to develop as quickly as possible. There are few people with long Symbian development experience compared to demand, due to the rapid growth of Symbian in recent years, and developing software for new generation wireless devices requires knowledge and experience of OS concepts. This book will use many comparisons between Symbian OS and other OSes to help in that transition. Get yourself ahead with the perfect introduction to developing software for Symbian OS.

Many problems encountered by engineers developing code for specialized Symbian subsystems boil down to a lack of understanding of the core Symbian programming concepts. Developing Software for Symbian OS remedies this problem as it provides a comprehensive coverage of all the key concepts. Numerous examples and descriptions are also included, which focus on the concepts the author has seen developers struggle with the most. The book covers development ranging from low-level system programming to end user GUI applications. It also covers the development and packaging tools, as well as providing some detailed reference and examples for key APIs. The new edition includes a completely new chapter on platform security. The overall goal of the book is to provide introductory coverage of Symbian OS v9 and help developers with little or no knowledge of Symbian OS to develop as quickly as possible. There are few people with long Symbian development experience compared to demand, due to the rapid growth of Symbian in recent years, and developing software for new generation wireless devices requires knowledge and experience of OS concepts. This book will use many comparisons between Symbian OS and other OSes to help in that transition. Get yourself ahead with the perfect introduction to developing software for Symbian OS.

The overall goal of this book is to provide introductory coverageof Symbian OS and get developers who have little or no knowledge ofSymbian OS developing as quickly as possible. A clear and concise text on how Symbian OS architecture worksand the core programming techniques and concepts needed to be asolid, competent Symbian programmer Shows how Symbian OS architecture and programming compares withother mobile operating systems (to help transition and for betterunderstanding) Provides multiple examples and extra descriptions for areasmost difficult for new programmers who are unfamiliar to the uniqueOS architecture Contains many tips and techniques documented only, up untilnow, by scattered white papers and newsgroup threads Describes many details of inner operations of Symbian OS,focusing specifically on those needed to become a competentprogrammer The book will cover development ranging from low-level systemprogramming to end user GUI applications. It also covers thedevelopment and packaging tools, as well as providing some detailedreference and examples for key APIs.

If you want to write mobile applications without the idioms of Symbian C++, have existing software assets that you'd like to re-use on Symbian devices, or are an open source developer still waiting for an open Linux-based device to gain significant market penetration, this is the book for you! Beginning with an introduction to the native programming environments available and descriptions of the various technologies and APIs available, you will first learn how to go about porting your code to the Symbian platform. Next, you will discover how to port to Symbian from other common platforms including Linux and Windows. Finally, you can examine sample porting projects as well as advanced information on topics such as platform security. The author team consists of no less than six Forum Nokia Champions, together with technical experts from the Symbian community, either working on Symbian platform packages or third party application development. With this book, you will benefit from their combined knowledge and experience. In this book, you will learn: How to port and make use of existing open source code to speed up your development projects How to port applications from other popular mobile platforms to the Symbian platform How to write code that is portable across multiple platforms The APIs in the Symbian platform for cross-platform development, such as support for standard C/C++ and Qt.

The Series 60 Platform is a multi-vendor, open standards-based platform for one-handed smart phone application development. It delivers applications ranging from Web browsing to games to e-mail and messaging services, as well as other PDA functions including synchronization with PC applications such as Outlook. It also allows for video recording and playback. Nokia not only develops its own smart phones using Series 60 but also licenses this development platform to other smart phone manufacturers. The bottomline: Series 60 presents developers with a compelling opportunity to create a new wave of applications and services for global deployment on handsets from multiple manufacturers. Series 60 Software Development, the first book in the Nokia Mobile Developer Series, will be the official guide for developers creating applications for mobile devices based on the feature-rich Series 60 platform. This book covers the complete suite of development tools available for this platform including Series 60 C++ SDK (software development kit) for the Symbian OS. The authors will also cover browser-based application development using WML and XHTML. The authors will explain how to design, develop, test and debug, and deploy real world applications ranging from games to multimedia messaging.

The first book on this new platform written by experts on the Series 60. Series 60 Platform is a smartphone platform designed for Symbian OS. This text includes extensive code examples based on the most current version of the SDK (software developer's toolkit.) An associated Web site includes Series 60 SDK, code examples, and more.