Symbian3/PDK/Source/GUID-032BE80C-CF9B-564C-B2F8-F254B12699CB.dita
author Dominic Pinkman <dominic.pinkman@nokia.com>
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:23:46 +0100
changeset 12 80ef3a206772
parent 9 59758314f811
child 14 578be2adaf3e
permissions -rw-r--r--
Week 28 contribution of PDK documentation content. See release notes for details. Fixes bugs Bug 1897, Bug 344, Bug 2681, Bug 463, Bug 1522.

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<title>Release Notes</title>
<shortdesc>The Symbian Developer Library for Product Developers is
intended for device developers and contributors to the Symbian platform.
The information in the library corresponds to the Symbian^3 platform
release.</shortdesc>
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<section><title>Major changes between the week 22 2010 release and
week 28 2010 release</title><p>The following API specifications are
new (Product Developer Library build only):</p><ul>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/AI_Content_Model_API_Specification/AI_Content_Model_API_Specification.html"
scope="peer">AI Content Model API</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/AI_Plug-in_Management_API_Specification/AI_Plug-in_Management_API_Specification.html"
scope="peer">AI Plug-in Management API</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/AI_Utilities_API_Specification/AI_Utilities_API_Specification.html"
scope="peer">AI Utilities API</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/discreet_popup_api_Specification/discreet_popup_api_Specification.html"
scope="peer">Discreet Pop-up API</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/Adaptive_History_List_API_Specification/Adaptive_History_List_API_Specification.html"
scope="peer">Generic AHL API</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/hs_content_control_api_Specification/hs_content_control_api_Specification.html"
scope="peer">HS Content Control API</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/HS_Rendering_Plug-in_API_Specification/HS_Rendering_Plug-in_API_Specification.html"
scope="peer">HS External Rendering Plug-in API</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/hs_settings_api_Specification/hs_settings_api_Specification.html"
scope="peer">HS Settings API</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/idlefw_api_Specification/idlefw_api_Specification.html"
scope="peer">Idle Fw API</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/menu_content_service_api_Specification/menu_content_service_api_Specification.html"
scope="peer">Menu Content Service API</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/NP_Proxy_Configuration_API_Specification/NP_Proxy_Configuration_API_Specification.html"
scope="peer">Network Positioning Proxy Configuration API</xref></p
></li>
<li><p><xref
href="specs/guides/Touch_Gesture_Framework_API_Specification/Touch_Gesture_Framework_API_Specification.html"
scope="peer">Touch Gesture Framework API</xref></p></li>
</ul><p><b>Other changes</b>:</p><ul>
<li><p>The PIM Application Engines and Services section has been split
into <xref href="GUID-0522B178-0FD5-4416-B7FE-390749F7A13D.dita">Contacts
Guide</xref> and <xref
href="GUID-F22B8035-CD08-4181-B03A-759E92CA967B.dita">Organizer Guide</xref
> to match the Symbian Foundation package structure.</p></li>
<li><p>The Tools and Utilities section has been removed. The content
previously included in this section will be delivered with other Tools
documentation in the Symbian^3 and Symbian^4 Tools Guides (coming
soon).</p></li>
</ul><p><b>Bug fixes</b>:</p><p>This release contains fixes for the
following bugs:</p><ul>
<li><xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1897"
scope="external">Guide landing page is empty</xref></li>
<li><xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=344"
scope="external">Remove references to SDN and SDN++ from Symbian Developer
Library</xref> </li>
<li><xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2681"
scope="external">Code listings in API specs are unreadable</xref></li>
<li><xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=463"
scope="external">Change references to "Template Port" in the kernel
&amp; hardware services guide</xref></li>
<li><xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1522"
scope="external">Fix up the links in the Platform security architecture
page</xref></li>
</ul></section>
<section id="GUID-21AAFD40-C4A1-43CF-B087-3638A2E2CC97"><title>Major
changes between the week 12 2010 release and week 22 2010 release</title
><p>Since the week 12 2010 documentation submission to the Symbian
Foundation, the following major additions have been made:</p><ul>
<li><p><xref
href="GUID-BCDCB147-865F-58B0-816F-5FBF0E7CCDD7-GENID-1-12-1-26-1-1-9-1-3-1.dita"
>CryptoSPI  documentation</xref>.</p></li>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-E7A53792-5ABC-460C-87EA-36E8C6989A2C.dita"
>API changes and compatibility breaks</xref>.</p></li>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-4FCF605D-52D9-5B2D-80CF-80C940F680CA.dita"
>Time Zone Services overviews and tutorials</xref>.</p></li>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-D280276A-6E4C-41B7-B6EA-700B33B04981.dita"
>IP Connection Management</xref>.</p></li>
</ul><p><b>Bug fixes</b>:</p><p>This release contains fixes for the
following bugs and known issues:</p><ul>
<li><p><xref
href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2714"
scope="external">Symbian^3 documentation</xref>.</p></li>
<li><p><xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=462"
scope="external">Buildrom content is missing</xref>.</p></li>
<li><p>Some links to Multimedia example code occur more than once
in the table of contents and in landing pages.</p></li>
<li><p>Links to the Open C examples in the full example code list
are broken.</p></li>
<li><p>Broken and incorrect links in Platform security architecture
and Optional resource file statements topics.</p></li>
<li><p>The breadcrumb trails for Application framework guide, Multimedia
example code and System GUI Framework example code are wrong and contains
duplicates.</p></li>
</ul></section>
<section id="GUID-A425EC89-28E2-4185-94DA-538E53EFF44C"><title>Major
changes between the week 03 2010 release and week 12 2010 release</title
><p>Since the week 03 2010 documentation submission to the Symbian
Foundation, the following major additions have been made:</p><ul>
<li><p>Inclusion of API reference extracted from the Symbian^3 source
code.</p></li>
<li><p>Inclusion of API specifications.</p></li>
<li><p>A new <xref href="GUID-190478E6-E614-4386-9431-15672FDB88D4.dita"
>About Symbian^3</xref> topic, including What's new and Porting applications
from S60 5th Edition to Symbian^3.</p></li>
<li><p>A new <xref href="GUID-AFAD9FAE-D09B-4778-8981-47A8073BC044.dita"
>Getting Started</xref> topic, consisting of the Symbian Foundation's
C++ Quick Start and Going Beyond Hello tutorials.</p></li>
<li><p>Integration of the <xref
href="GUID-A294084E-B5BB-54C6-A622-49F20E8C927B.dita">Panic Codes
Reference</xref>.</p></li>
<li><p>Addition of new topics: <xref
href="GUID-620CD3E3-61C4-4643-8922-48DEA9EF0A6E.dita">Common Email
Guide</xref> and <xref
href="GUID-C3919681-BB41-4CFA-812F-2D7989E952DC.dita">System Resource
Monitoring</xref>.</p></li>
<li><p>The Graphics Guide has been updated for Symbian^3. For details,
see <xref href="GUID-D0C84E1D-A625-4F79-8515-399B8153727B.dita">What's
New in Graphics in Symbian^3</xref>.</p></li>
<li><p>The <xref href="GUID-94005A46-B4C6-4A30-A8E8-1B9C2D583D50.dita"
>Classic UI Guide</xref> has been updated for Symbian^3. </p></li>
<li><p>All guides have been updated to refer to the Symbian platform
rather than to Symbian OS and to S60, apart from where it is necessary
to refer to past releases. </p></li>
</ul><p><b>Bug fixes</b>:</p><p>This release contains fixes for the
following bugs:</p><ul>
<li><p><xref
href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1892"
scope="external">Change section headings in Symbian^3 product/app
reference </xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1522"
scope="external">Fix up the links in the Platform security architecture
page</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1520"
scope="external">Link to sample chapter of quick recipes book in SDK
docs</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=394"
scope="external">Remove "Using the Indexes"</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1319"
scope="external">ambiguous documentation of text-options</xref></p
></li>
<li><p><xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=344"
scope="external">Remove references to SDN and SDN++ from Symbian Developer
Library</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1897"
scope="external">Guide landing page is empty</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=463"
scope="external">Change references to "Template Port" in the kernel
&amp; hardware services guide</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=390"
scope="external">Example of sharing chunks between surfaces is confusing
(maybe incorrect?)</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=381"
scope="external">Comments on graphics composition overview</xref></p
></li>
<li><p><xref
href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1583"
scope="external">Documentation for WDP device driver migration is
wrong</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref
href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2054"
scope="external">Please Check/Update the Paths used in the Reference
Library</xref> </p></li>
</ul></section>
<section id="GUID-C454C6AE-8348-45C4-A374-11598B78193A"><title>Major
changes between the week 43 2009 release and week 03 2010 release</title
><p><b>New content:</b></p><ul>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-94005A46-B4C6-4A30-A8E8-1B9C2D583D50.dita"
>Classic UI Guide</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-C0D38954-2FC5-4E8B-BC11-229464DCF16C.dita"
>High Level Internet Protocols Guide</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-DD13AA8E-BDAD-57EC-81EC-49C8D6D30A86.dita"
>Short Link Services Guide</xref></p></li>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-F9F53050-AAFA-4685-8C62-033E585F061B.dita"
>Web Guide</xref></p></li>
</ul><p>The following S60 5th Edition C++ Developer's Library 'Technology
area guides' have been integrated into the Symbian guide:</p><ul>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-29486886-CB54-4A83-AD6D-70F971A86DFC.dita"
>Application and UI frameworks</xref> is now in Classic UI Guide.</p
></li>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-CCE6DC36-625C-487C-9AD8-F1BF8E36080A.dita"
>S60 UI components</xref> is now in Classic UI Guide.</p></li>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-3E341F9F-2635-589B-A59A-B999FE7DF9BE.dita"
>Multimedia</xref> is now in Multimedia Guide.</p></li>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-377F7C19-C799-45CE-9ADA-4BB884B422BA.dita"
>Browsing and downloading</xref> is now in Web Guide. </p></li>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-1E158DE6-33F5-4B45-8923-28117EBAB68A.dita"
>Location</xref> is now in Location Based Services (LBS).</p></li>
<li><p><xref href="GUID-AB3D07E6-83C9-4948-A13F-75A65498F444.dita"
>Security</xref> is now found at the top level. </p></li>
</ul><p>The S60 Open C and Open C++ documentation has been merged
into the Symbian P.I.P.S. documentation and is now in <xref
href="GUID-5072BE46-B1B4-5C3A-BF55-BEA7443E7657.dita">Generic OS Services
Guide</xref>.</p><p><b>Other changes:</b></p><p>The Symbian Developer
Library is now released under the <xref
href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html" scope="external"
>Eclipse Public License</xref> (EPL). </p></section>
<section id="GUID-98071523-F33D-477B-931C-EEF8716BFCFB"><title>Known
issues in the week 28<?Pub Caret?> 2010 release</title><p>See <xref
href="http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Known_issues_with_Symbian3_product_developers_library"
scope="external">Known issues with Symbian3 product developers library</xref
>.</p></section>
<section id="GUID-DA20A251-8794-4CA9-B34B-73D8BD8E8A09"><title>Upcoming
releases and improvements in the Symbian Developer Library for Product
Developers</title><p>See the <xref
href="http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Docscontent/Backlog"
scope="external">Documentation Content Package Backlog</xref>.</p
></section>
<section id="GUID-D21694BA-16D0-461E-81F5-DEEED9DC83A7"><title>Feedback</title
><p>To give feedback, please go to the <xref
href="http://developer.symbian.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Documentation%20Content"
scope="external">Symbian Foundation Bugtracker</xref> (login required).</p
></section>
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