Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups
  • Search
  • Get Qt Extensions
  • Unsolved
Collapse
Brand Logo
  1. Home
  2. Qt Development
  3. Mobile and Embedded
  4. Notifications on Symbian
Forum Updated to NodeBB v4.3 + New Features

Notifications on Symbian

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Mobile and Embedded
5 Posts 2 Posters 4.5k Views 1 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • R Offline
    R Offline
    rahulgarg
    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    Is there an API for issuing some kind of notification/alarm on Symbian platforms? For example, consider writing a simple email or IM client in Qt which keeps running in the background and gives an alert when a new message is received. Alerts may be of various varieties: flashing LEDs, vibration, sound, some app-specific notification icon etc. Is such a functionality available? If not, any plans for such?

    1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • J Offline
      J Offline
      johnk
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      Hello Rahul,

      Did you notice the "Service Framework API":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/371/ in the Qt Mobility 1.1.0-tp? I haven't had the opportunity to full investigate it but it may be worth your consideration.

      -jk

      1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • R Offline
        R Offline
        rahulgarg
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        Well, the API looks to be an API to discover and use "services" present on the device but not sure if there are any default services and whether a notification service is available.

        I found that there is libnotify on Maemo (and not part of Qt but can be easily used within Qt apps) but not sure if there is anything similar on Symbian and whether it is exposed as a Qt API.

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • R Offline
          R Offline
          rahulgarg
          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          Notifications on Meego appear to be handled by libmeegotouch, so as far as I can see notifications are still platform-specific and not available as part of Qt.

          1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • J Offline
            J Offline
            johnk
            wrote on last edited by
            #5

            Hello Rahul,

            Symbian has many servers. One is the "messaging server":http://developer.symbian.org/main/documentation/reference/s3/pdk/GUID-DD27A452-8B0F-5C6D-A2E6-FC21145468B6.html. "Here":http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Handle_Incoming_SMS_Messages is an example of how to handle incoming text messages.

            -hth
            john

            1 Reply Last reply
            0

            • Login

            • Login or register to search.
            • First post
              Last post
            0
            • Categories
            • Recent
            • Tags
            • Popular
            • Users
            • Groups
            • Search
            • Get Qt Extensions
            • Unsolved