UIQ 3 The Complete Guide

by Wright, Mark; Holloway, John; Hunt, Matthew; Judge, Simon

• ISBN13: 9780470694367
• ISBN10: 047069436X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-04
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

UIQ 3 is an open user interface and development platform based on Symbian OS enabling Sony Ericsson and Motorola to create feature-rich mobile phones. This single comprehensive resource enables you to get acquainted with working on the UIQ 3 platform quickly. Starting with Symbian OS essentials and UIQ 3 basics, the authors guide you step-by-step through the development tools and SDK to create your first UIQ 3 application. Detailed examples throughout the chapters help you to understand and use the many features of UIQ and to benefit from the tips and tricks of experienced UIQ programmers.

Author Biography

Mark Wright (editor) joined Ericsson in 1997 and took a key role in defining the functional and user interface specifications for "Communicator" class products. When Symbian was formed, Mark was seconded to the 'Quartz' team as Project Manager and managed the functional specification and definition of the GUI.
Mark has extensive experience in communicating between different teams, notably Marketing and Development. He has provided third party support and written detailed White Papers for the Sony Ericsson P800 smartphone and Sony Ericsson's range of 2G, 3G and WLANPC Cards.

John Holloway is the CEO of ZingMagic Limited, a mobile games developer and publisher, and the Director of Client Software Applications at Mobrio Ltd, an online social networking and user generated content services company. John is one of the most experienced mobile software architects in the world, with over 22 years in the arena.  John commenced his career with a ten-year spell at Psion where he contributed significantly to the body of software code that now lies at the heart of Symbian OS.  He was the founder of Purple Software and his role as CTO culminated in the company being awarded the first ever BAFTA for a mobile computer game in 2002.

Matthew Hunt joined Sony Ericsson in and worked to establish and build the Enterprise & Partner Support Team, which is responsible for providing Sony Ericsson, Symbian and UIQ technical and development support to software suppliers who are delivering software or services for Sony Ericsson Smartphones.

Simon Judge is a freelance Mobile Developer and has worked in mobile for over 11 years and IT for over 20 years. After working at Vodafone and Oracle, Simon has been responsible for many Symbian projects for companies including Pixology, Boots, Jessops and Philips Research. More recently Sony Ericsson commissioned Simon to write UIQ tutorials for Sony Ericsson Developer World.  He has also worked at Symbian in the Java team.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Peter Molin, Chief Technology Officer, UIQ Technology	p. ix
Foreword: Mats Blomberg, Manager, Software Strategy, Sony Ericsson CTO Office	p. xi
About the Authors	p. xiii
About this Book	p. xvii
Acknowledgements	p. xxiii
Background	p. 1
A Little History	p. 1
About UIQ Technology	p. 1
Overview of UIQ 3	p. 3
UIQ 3 Application Suite	p. 5
Technologies and Features in the UIQ Platform	p. 6
UIQ 3 Development Platform	p. 8
UIQ Ecosystem	p. 9
UIQ 3 Basics	p. 13
UI Configuration	p. 13
Building Blocks and Layout Manager	p. 26
Command Processing Framework	p. 29
UIQ 3 Operational Model	p. 37
View Layout Construction	p. 38
Changes Between UIQ 2.1 and UIQ 3	p. 41
Changes Between UIQ 3.0 and UIQ 3.1	p. 46
UIQ 3.2	p. 47
Quick Start	p. 51
Introduction	p. 51
The Development Environment	p. 52
The QuickStart Example	p. 56
Building from the Command Line	p. 61
Running on the Emulator	p. 62
Packaging for the Phone	p. 65
Using Carbide.c++	p. 66
Symbian OS Essentials	p. 69
What this Chapter Covers	p. 69
Symbian OS Versions	p. 69
Symbian OS Code Conventions	p. 71
Symbian OS Class Types	p. 74
Leaves and the Cleanup Stack	p. 78
Panics, Assertions and Leaves Compared	p. 90
Construction and Destruction	p. 93
Descriptors: Symbian OS Strings	p. 97
Arrays	p. 113
Templates	p. 119
Active Objects and Threads	p. 121
System Information	p. 138
Platform Security	p. 141
Acknowledgements	p. 146
Understanding User Interface Components	p. 147
Controls and Windows	p. 147
The Control Environment	p. 152
Views and the View Server	p. 157
Anatomy of the Screen	p. 159
List Boxes	p. 169
ListView1 Application	p. 169
ListView2 Application	p. 181
Commands and Categories	p. 197
Commands Overview	p. 197
Commands1 Example Application	p. 199
Categories	p. 224
Further Information	p. 231
Layout Managers and Building Blocks	p. 233
Layout Managers	p. 233
Building Blocks	p. 236
Views and Dialogs	p. 251
Overview	p. 251
Working with Views	p. 253
Dialogs in UIQ	p. 266
Building an Application	p. 275
Symbian Signed	p. 275
Starting Our Project: SignedAppPhasel	p. 278
SignedAppPhase2	p. 292
Building your Application for Deployment	p. 335
Multimedia	p. 341
SignedAppPhase3	p. 341
Symbian Signed Requirements	p. 343
Images	p. 344
Alternative Image Support: CQikContent	p. 355
Camera	p. 358
Multimedia Framework (MMF)	p. 369
Audio	p. 369
Video	p. 378
Tuner API	p. 383
Communications	p. 389
Communications Technologies	p. 389
Symbian OS Communications Architecture	p. 396
Sockets	p. 398
Bluetooth Technology	p. 407
HyperText Transfer Protocol	p. 422
Messaging Architecture	p. 431
The Send As Interface	p. 447
Telephony	p. 448
Refining Your Application	p. 451
Localization of Application Languages	p. 451
Internationalization	p. 461
Application Performance	p. 463
Other Considerations	p. 475
Symbian Signed	p. 479
Symbian Signed Options	p. 480
Further Considerations	p. 480
Application Origin	p. 481
Capabilities	p. 482
Routes to Symbian Sign an Application	p. 489
Procedural Impact	p. 497
Getting Started with Symbian Signed	p. 497
Submission and Compliance Criteria	p. 500
Symbian Signed Test Criteria	p. 501
Lessons Learned	p. 512
Testing, Debugging and Deploying	p. 517
Back to Basics	p. 517
An Example of Bad Behavior	p. 519
Testing	p. 519
Debugging	p. 538
Deploying	p. 545
Summary	p. 550
Porting Applications	p. 553
Where to Start	p. 554
The Aims of Porting	p. 555
General Porting Considerations	p. 556
General Porting Techniques	p. 565
Porting from a Standard C/POSIX Environment	p. 568
Porting from Palm OS and Windows Mobile	p. 570
Porting from S60 3rd Edition	p. 590
Summary	p. 612
References and Resources	p. 613
Glossary	p. 617
Index	p. 631
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