The Platform Promise: S60 Devices From Samsung - Java technology was heralded as write-once-run-everywhere - we know the reality was somewhat different. As the first Samsung S60 devices arrive in the SymbianOne offices Richard Bloor asks if the S60 platform serves Symbian C++ developers better. In this article Bloor tests the Samsung SGH-G810, SGH-I550, SGH-L870, and SGH-I8510 (INNOV8) S60 devices.
Forum Nokia has posted one new and one updated example illustrating how C developers can take advantage of the S60 platform. The new example include information on how to create a UI using Python and avoid Symbian C++ altogether.
Open C: SMS Crypto Example (with Python UI)
This Open C code example demonstrates the use of Python for S60 to provide a GUI for functionality implemented in standard C code. This examples use case is that of encrypting and sending, and receiving and decrypting SMS messages. The example contains a simple C library for encryption that has been ported to Symbian using Open C and is then called from the GUI. The package also contains a version with Symbian C++ GUI. A comparison of the architecture of the Python and Symbian C++ implementations is provided in the Implementation Notes document available in the example package.
This C/C++ code example demonstrates porting standard C software to the S60 platform. In this example, an open source FTP library (ftplib and qftp; released under GNU General Public License) written in C has been ported to Open C. In addition, a simple UI has been written in Symbian C++ to provide a GUI application. A document about porting experiences and example architecture is also included in the package. The updated version adds support for the GCCE compiler and Carbide.c++ v1.2 IDE. The main Symbian C++/S60 classes used are: CAknSingleNumberStyleListBox, CAknSearchField, CAknTextQueryDialog, CFileMan, StringLoader. C/Open C classes: connect, socket, setsockopt.
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Forum Nokia has posted one new and one updated example illustrating how C developers can take advantage of the S60 platform. The new example include information on how to create a UI using Python and avoid Symbian C++ altogether.
