This book sets out to accomplish two goals:
• For readers who don’t know Symbian OS C++ development, this book
is a two-week crash-course in developing applications for mobile
phones.
• For readers who know Symbian OS C++ development, this book
explains how to use 10 different technologies in a condensed form.
It can be used as a desk reference or to learn a new technology in a
familiar environment.
The focus of the book is on the reader being able to manage the time
it takes to understand and implement the new concepts in Symbian OS.
Chapter 1 will explain how to set up a development environment. It
also contains useful information for you to read while you wait for your
software development kit to download and install.
Chapter 2 is about your first HelloWorld application and basic use of
the new toolchain.
Chapter 3 explains the essentials of the common Symbian C++ APIs
and idioms. Without understanding these, you cannot make much pro-
gress.
Chapter 4 is the main course of this book. It consists of recipes
for ten self-contained technologies, each explained as a time-bound
development learning task. For each technology, the recipes are listed in
order of increasing complexity.
Chapter 5 will help you reach the next level of Symbian OS develop-
ment expertise.
Chapter 6 is dedicated to commercial-grade application development.xviii ABOUT THIS BOOK
This book is by no means an introduction to software development in
general or even to the C++ language. The authors expect the readers to
be familiar with both.
We have included some links to help you find additional infor-
mation, but to avoid repetition, we don’t always refer you to the
Symbian Developer Library API reference documentation whenever
we introduce a new API. It’s worth mentioning it here though. You’ll
find a huge amount of reference material in the Symbian Developer
Library, which is available in every SDK, and can also be browsed
online on the Symbian Developer Network (developer.symbian.com/
main/oslibrary/osdocs). Chapter 6, Section 6.3 contains other links and
suggestions for how to get more information
