The first step in developing an application for the Symbian OS is to get an SDK. Symbian OS SDKS supports development based on Java and C . These SDK provide:
1. Easy to build and develop a set of binaries and tools for the Symbian OS application. 2, system documentation for all APIs and tools. 3. Symbian OS mobile simulator based on PC. 4, a sample application with support documents.
Since the Symbian OS itself does not include a user interface, the Symbian OS is usually provided by some partner vendors to provide specific UI Platform. (Individuals believe that the relationship between the Linux system and the X WINDOW can be used to understand and understand.) Therefore, SDKs is built based on a specific UI Platform. A UI Platform provides a unique UI, and a series of related system applications facing various tasks. These common tasks include: sending and receiving messages, browsing, telephone functions, multimedia functions, and contact information / calendar management, and more. These applications usually use some application engines provided by the Symbian OS. The UI Platform that is intended to support a third-party application written by local C must be supported by the corresponding SDK. Starting from Symbian OS V6.0, there are all kinds of SDKs:
UIQ Nokia Series 90Nokia Series 80Nokia Series 60NOKIA 9200 Communicator Series
The previous SDK is a special device, such as the Pison NetPad. Symbian no longer supports these legacy SDK. But they can still get it in Psion Teklogix.
For a separate software developer, when you develop an application for a specific mobile phone, you first need to know the UI Platform with it. Then you need to understand the version of the Symbian OS used by this phone. With these two information, you can decide that you need that SDK. In most cases, relying on this SDK, you can develop a single version of the application, and then can run on all mobile phones based on the same UI Platform and Symbian OS.
For a variety of differences that may have occurred between mobile phones based on the same SDK, the Symbian OS system defines a further detail information.
Symbian OS System Definitionsymbian OS System Definition - Detailed View (Updated to Include V8.0) Some background information: About UIQ: UIQ Technology AB was established in 1999, it is completely a subsidiary of all Symbian. They developed the UI Platform - UIQ of mobile devices and authorized to those worldwide mobile device manufacturers. You can find more information at http://www.uiq.com.
