Application and UI frameworks

The section explains how to use the features offered by the application and UI frameworks when designing and implementing your application.

The table below illustrates different areas used in the Hello World Basic sample application included in the Symbian Platform and provides information on how to implement the different areas in your application using the application and UI frameworks.

Area	Example from Hello World Basic sample application	Implementation information
Launching the application		Framework requirements for GUI applications Implementing application framework requirements Registering your application
Handling left softkey events and launching the Options menu		Event handling Handling commands
Handling key and pointer events		Handling window server events Handling key events Handling pointer events
Rotation		Handling layout change events
Internationalization		Internationalization and localization
Exiting the application		Handling EEikCmdExit

• Application framework concepts
  
• Framework requirements for GUI applications
  
• Event handling
  
• Managing resource files
  
• UI concepts
  
• UI architectures
  
• Internationalization and localization
  
• Using the extended notifier framework