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Category: S60

Carbide 2.3 and QT tip

I have recently started investigating using QT since its the new Nokia hot topic! After installing carbide.c++ 2.3 beta I imported a QT project I had written for the desktop and got this error when opening anything to do with QT "org.eclipse.swt.SWTException: Class ID not...

Using CAknUnitEditor

One of the more useful features of Avkon 3.2 and later (though like the coordinate editor, is very poorly documented) is the unit editor control, aka CAknUnitEditor. This control allows formats such as <number> <unit> to be easily entered and in conformance with the current...

Showing the virtual keypad automatically in Queries

As can be seen when a touch device boots after a hard reset or for the first time and the prompt for date and time is done, the input panel is raised and the user does not need o go through touching the control input field to activate the virtual keyboard. (More)

OVI API beta site up

The new OVI API's have been announced! http://www.forum.nokia.com/Ovi/ ! Currently only maps is avaliable.

Why can I not use custom soft keys in global notes?

This question often pops up on the boards and has to do with the way global notes are implemented. (More)

CAknLocationEditor

From FP2 there is support for a native MFNE to allow the entry of coordinates. This editor is called the CAknLocationEditor control and can be found in AknLocationEd.h. (More)

Google web search traffic

Enough toaster jokes already, its April the second..... Techchrunch have posted an interesting analysis of traffic coming to websearch. http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/03/29/follow-the-mobile-user/ Ok, so there are some questions around the Andoid vs S60 search views...

DevcertList update

DevcertList has been updated to version 1.2 (More)

Mobbler update

Michael Coffey has just updated Mobbler with lots of useful example code that are missing from the S60 examples Download manager example Incoming call watcher Marquee/ticker control Setting list item withAccess points Get it here ...

Looks like I was wrong

It appears there might be a need for antivirus software on S60 phones after all. (More)

Reading and writing DM adapter settings

This continues the posts on DM adapters but I have had to break it into 3 parts as its very long because some areas are rather complicated... (More)

Displaying something when starting up your application

One of the commonest question that seems to be asked is how to display a dialog or a note when the application starts. (More)

Reading DM Adapter DDF's

DDF's can be represented as a tree structure and so naturally lead themselves to be described by recursion which most people find difficult to understand. Reading a ddf from the supplied adapter is fairly easy, the problems are the recursive nature of the solution that describes the ddf. ...

QT for S60 announced!

Trolltech have announced it at last, though no suprise if you are on the Carbide 2.0 beta. http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2008/10/20/were-porting-qt-to-s60/ The demos look pretty cool as well.

New movies and details on touch screen announced

Cool new vid with features http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP3YNcSOMlg Plus a new 5th edion SDK http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/announcements/2008/10/02/s60-5th-edition-sdk-and-tools-available-for-software-developers And some more details ...