December 2007
Intermediate to advanced
348 pages
8h 5m
English
book
Mobile Python: Rapid Prototyping of Applications on the Mobile Platform
by Jürgen Scheible, Ville Tuulos
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Python for S60 Modules
The following modules are used in this book. Custom modules and modules used on the PC side are not included in this list. More information about these modules can be found in the PyS60 API documentation and in the Python Library Reference.
| Module Name | Description |
|---|---|
| appuifw | S60 user interface application framework; includes dialogs, notes, selection lists |
| audio | Recording and playing of audio files and text-to-speech engine |
| calendar | Calendar services: reading, creating entries, setting alarms |
| camera | Taking of photographs and starting and closing of the viewfinder |
| contacts | Address book services: finding and adding contact information |
| e32 | Utilities related to Symbian OS that are not related to the user interface |
| e32db | Phone's internal relational database with a restricted SQL syntax |
| e32dbm | Phone's internal database with simple dictionary-like syntax |
| glcanvas | User interface control for displaying OpenGL 3D graphics |
| gles | Python bindings to OpenGL ES 3D graphics |
| graphics | 2D graphics primitives and image loading, saving, resizing and transformation |
| httplib | Low-level access to HTTP and web |
| inbox | Reading of incoming SMS messages and deletion of SMS messages |
| key_codes | Identifiers for keyboard keys |
| keycapture | Global capturing of key events |
| location | GSM Cell ID location |
| md5 | MD5 cryptographic hash function |
| messaging | Messaging services for sending SMS and MMS |
| os | Functions related to handling files and directories |
| os.path | Functions related to file names |
| position | Phone's internal GPS |
| random | Random number generator |
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