Porting to the symbian platform : open mobile development in C/C++ / lead author, Mark Wilcox ; with Lauri Aalto [and others] ; reviewed by Nicholas Addo [and others]
Porting to the Symbian Platform; Contents; About this Book; Author Biographies; Author's Acknowledgements; Symbian Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Porting Process; 3 Symbian Platform Fundamentals; 4 Standard APIs on the Symbian Platform; 5 Writing Hybrid Code; 6 Other Port Enablers; 7 Porting from Mobile Linux; 8 Porting from Microsoft Windows; 9 Porting from Other Mobile Platforms; 10 Porting a Simple Application; 11 Porting Middleware; 12 Porting a Complex Application; 13 The P.I.P.S. Architecture; 14 Security Models; 15 Writing Portable Code and Maintaining Ports
Summary
Mark Wilcox shows readers how to port their C/C++ code to Symbian OS from other platforms. First to market, this timely book examines the issues involved in porting and covers setting up the process, fixing problems and highlighting common issues faced with Symbian OS when porting to include resource limitations, device differences, common porting patterns and how to design code for multiple platforms. Key features include: Accessible coverage of all the issues involved in porting existing C/C++ applications and middleware from Linux, Windows Mobile, BREW and iPhone platforms; Practical advice
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 409) and index
