The Definitive Guide to Mobile Qt: Symbian Development Platform

Written by members of the Symbian platform team, this book is the first of its kind to address developing with Qt, the cross-platform application development framework. If you're a beginner, it will bring you up to speed, and if you're an experienced Qt developer, it will expand your knowledge of the mobile aspects of the Qt platform. You'll learn to build consoles, UIs, and more for Symbian-based smartphones and other devices. The advantage of Qt is that it's cross platform, and it's soon to be available on the most widely used smartphone operating system, Symbian. Existing Qt developers will benefit from the opportunity to deploy their code base to millions of new users. This book explains how. New Qt developers will learn the basics of Qt with a mobile slant, giving them the ability to target both desktop and mobile platforms. What youll learn How to use Qt and Mobile Qt for development on the Symbian platform. How to use Mobile Qt fundaments such as core classes, files/streams, networking, threading, and processes. How to use Qt to create UI designs optimized for mobile devices and smartphones. How to integrate web standards and widgets as part of you Mobile Qt development. How to paint, add multimedia, use Open GL ES, and more. How to access Mobile platform features and Symbian platform specifics, and do cross-platform development, including using platform-independent extensions. How to test, debug, and optimize your mobile Qt applications. Who this book is for This book is for new and experienced Qt developers wanting to target a mobile platform (either as the sole platform or in cross-platform development). It is also for experienced mobile developers who want to start using Qt.