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Beginning Nokia Apps Development: QT and HTML5 for Symbian and MeeGo

Name: Beginning Nokia Apps Development: QT and HTML5 for Symbian and MeeGo
ISBN: 9781430231776

by Ray Rischpater, Daniel Zucker

December 2010

Beginner

244 pages

5h 48m

English

Apress

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Copyright
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Technical Reviewers
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Why Should You Read This Book?How Should You Read This Book?A Word on Conventions We Use in This Book
I. Design
1. Introducing Nokia's Software Platform
1.1. Why Nokia?1.2. Introducing Nokia's Hardware Platforms1.2.1. Series 401.2.2. Symbian1.2.3. MeeGo1.3. Choosing a Development Platform1.3.1. Qt1.3.2. HTML51.3.3. Hybrid Applications1.4. Distributing Your Application1.5. Wrapping Up
2. Designing Your Application
2.1. Designing for Mobile2.1.1. User Context2.1.2. Mobile Interaction Considerations2.1.3. Technical Considerations2.1.4. Cultural Considerations2.2. The Design Process2.2.1. Getting Started2.2.2. Design Research2.2.3. Conceptual Design2.2.4. Interaction Design and Prototyping2.2.5. Documentation2.2.6. Flowella2.2.6.1. Installing Flowella2.2.6.2. Create Views2.2.6.3. Create the Project2.2.6.4. Create the Connections2.2.6.5. Export and Interact2.2.7. Visual and Information Design2.2.7.1. Screen Size2.2.7.2. Scalable UI2.2.7.3. Selecting the Correct Orientation2.2.7.4. Full-Screen Usage2.2.7.5. Fonts2.2.7.6. Colors2.2.7.7. Graphics2.2.7.8. Animations2.2.8. Testing and Evaluation2.2.9. Additional Topics: Gestalt and Unity2.3. Usability Guidelines2.3.1. Navigation2.3.2. Entering Information2.3.3. Information Presentation2.3.4. Connectivity2.3.5. Usability for Enterprise Applications2.3.6. Usability and Security2.3.7. Advertising2.3.8. Platform Components2.4. Checklists2.5. Summary
II. Developing Your Application

3. Working with the Nokia Qt SDK
3.1. Choosing an IDE3.1.1. Introducing the Nokia Qt SDK3.2. Getting Started with the Nokia Qt SDK3.2.1. Installing the Nokia Qt SDK3.2.1.1. Configuring a Symbian Device to Work with the Nokia Qt SDK3.2.1.2. Configuring a MeeGo Device to Work with the Nokia Qt SDK3.2.2. Finding Your Way around the Nokia Qt SDK3.2.3. Creating a Qt Application3.2.4. Compiling and Running Your Code on a Device3.3. Debugging Your Application3.4. Wrapping Up
4. Beginning Qt Development
4.1. Understanding the Qt Object Model4.1.1. Understanding Signals and Slots4.1.2. Making the Most of Hierarchical Ownership4.1.3. Defining Object Properties4.1.4. Casting at Run Time4.1.5. Managing Resources and Localization4.1.6. Understanding Qt's Collection Classes4.2. Using Signals and Slots4.3. Performing Input and Output4.4. Managing Multiple Threads4.5. Using Item Views with the Model-View-Controller Paradigm4.5.1. Understanding Qt's Model Classes4.5.2. Using Qt's View Classes4.6. Putting It All Together4.6.1. Implementing the Application User Interface4.6.2. Using the Network to Obtain Data4.6.3. Parsing the USGS Data Feed4.6.4. Displaying the Results4.7. Wrapping Up
5. Doing More with Qt
5.1. Using Application Resources5.1.1. Including Resources in Your Applications5.1.2. Accessing Application Resources5.2. Incorporating User Actions5.2.1. Introducing the Qt Main Window5.2.2. Attaching Actions to the Main Window5.3. Implementing a Custom Widget5.3.1. Subclassing QWidget5.3.2. Specifying Your Widget's Size Hints and Policies5.3.3. Handling Incoming Events5.3.4. Handling Incoming Gestures5.3.5. Painting Your Widget's Contents5.4. Integrating Qt Objects with Web Content5.4.1. Linking Your Application with QtWebKit5.4.2. Displaying Web Content with QtWebKit5.4.3. Embedding C++ Objects in QtWebKit's JavaScript Runtime5.4.4. Embedding Qt Widgets into QtWebKit Pages5.5. Extending Application Functionality with Qt Mobility5.5.1. Using the Qt Mobility APIs5.5.2. Managing Bearer Networks5.5.3. Obtaining and Working with Device Location Information5.5.4. Sending and Receiving Messages5.5.5. Playing and Recording Multimedia5.5.6. Obtaining System Information5.6. Putting It All Together5.6.1. Looking inside the Application Controller5.6.2. Changes to the Network Request5.6.3. Determining the Device Position5.6.4. Drawing the Map5.7. Wrapping Up
6. Introducing Qt Quick
6.1. Declaring Your User Interface6.1.1. Introducing QML6.1.2. Handling Signals in QML6.1.3. Performing Animations in QML6.1.4. Reviewing the Available Qt Quick Elements6.2. Programming for the Web with QML6.2.1. Creating the User Interface6.2.2. Downloading the Data6.3. Integrating C++ with QML6.3.1. Displaying QML within a C++ Application6.3.2. Mingling QObjects with QML6.4. Wrapping Up
7. Developing with HTML5
7.1. HTML5 Is an Industry Standard7.2. Hello World in HTML57.2.1. Hello World on a Handset7.2.2. Using the HTML5 Application Cache7.3. Hybrid Apps7.3.1. Accessing Your HTML5 Content from the Local File System7.3.2. Storing the HTML5 Content as an Application Resource7.4. More HTML5 Features7.4.1. Canvas7.4.2. Transitions and Transformations7.4.2.1. Transitions7.4.2.2. Transformations7.4.3. Local Storage7.4.3.1. Web Storage7.4.3.2. Web Database7.5. Putting It All Together: Implementing Shake in HTML57.5.1. Adding UI Components to the Views7.5.2. Fetching and Parsing the Data7.5.3. Packaging the App7.6. Links for further information7.7. Wrapping Up
III. Distribute
8. Testing Your Application
8.1. Preparing to Test8.2. Using Qt's Test Framework8.2.1. Introducing the QTest Test Framework8.2.2. Unit Testing the QuakeEvent Class8.2.3. Testing Signals and Slots Using QTest8.2.4. Testing User Interface Code Using QTestEventList8.3. Wrapping Up
9. Deploying Your Application
9.1. Preparing a Deployment Checklist9.2. Packaging Your Application9.2.1. Including Other Files within Your Application on Symbian Devices9.2.2. Including Other Files within Your Application on MeeGo Devices9.2.3. Including an Application Icon with Symbian Applications9.2.4. Including an Application Icon with MeeGo Applications9.2.5. Providing a UID for Qt Applications on Symbian9.2.6. Providing a Desktop File for MeeGo9.2.7. Putting It All Together9.3. Signing Your Qt Application for Symbian Devices9.4. Publishing with the Ovi Store9.4.1. Registering with the Ovi Store9.4.2. Publishing Your Application9.4.3. QA in the Ovi Store9.5. Marketing Your Application through the Ovi Store9.6. Wrapping Up

Overview

While buzz often circulates around iPhone and Android, Nokia still leads the pack in terms of world market share. Symbian, for instance, remains the most widely used mobile operating system. With the emergence of Nokia's open development platforms, the opportunities available for mobile developers to target these vastly popular operating systems are clear.

Beginning Nokia Apps Development is step-by-step guide that introduces mobile development using Nokia's variety of open platforms like Mobile Qt, OpenSymbian, and MeeGo. This book brings beginners up to speed and shows experienced developers how to work on a mobile platform.

Symbian, the most widely used operating system in the world, as well as MeeGo, the Intel/Nokia platform for mobile devices, both use Qt as a cross platform development framework. Utilizing Qt, a developer can easily target both platforms.
Web Runtime applications can also be developed for both Symbian and MeeGo platforms, and additionally run with little modifications on other mobile platforms. This book explains how.
New Qt developers learn the basics of Qt with a mobile slant, giving them the ability to target both desktop and mobile platforms.

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