S60 Platform: Contacts Model API Example v2.1

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This C++ example is a simple application demonstrating the use of the Contacts

Model API. It allows viewing contact items from the default contacts database.

Each contact is shown using a custom text definition. New contacts can be

imported from files that contain vCard items. A contact item can also be

selected and exported to a file in the vCards format. The example has been

tested to to be compatible with S60 5th Edition and touch UI.

 

 

PREREQUISITES

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Symbian C++ basics

 

 

IMPORTANT FILES/CLASSES

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src\ContactModelDocument.cpp

   Import and export vCards.

   Open the contacts database.

 

CContactTextDef, CContactIdArray

 

 

TOUCH UI SUPPORT

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No changes needed to ensure touch UI support.

 

KNOWN ISSUES

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At the startup of the application, the contacts database is opened. This

procedure may take tens of seconds if there are hundreds of names in the

database.

   

 

RUNNING THE EXAMPLE

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Launch the ContactModel application on the device. A view with a list box

showing your current contacts database will appear. To export, select a

contact, select Export from the menu, and specify the target file. The selected

contact item will be exported to the specified file. To import, select Import

from the menu and select a file containing vCards.

    

 

BUILD & INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

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Steps for building and installing the application to a device depend on the S60

platform version:

 

Mobile device

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1. Make sure the paths in .pkg files match those on your system.

 

2. Compile the example:

 

    cd group

    bldmake bldfiles

    abld reallyclean gcce

    abld build gcce urel

 

3. Make the sis:

 

    cd sis

    createsis create ContactsModel_S60_3_0_v_2_1_0.pkg

   

4. Install the signed .sis file to an S60 3rd Edition device.

   - If you get a "Certificate error" during installation of a self-signed

     package, check that App.Manager -> Settings -> Software Installation is

     set to "All."

 

Emulator (WINSCW)

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1. Compile the example:

 

    cd group

    bldmake bldfiles

    abld reallyclean winscw

    abld build winscw udeb

 

2. Start the emulator.

 

 

COMPATIBILITY

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S60 5th Edition

S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2

S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1

S60 3rd Edition, Maintenance Release

 

Tested on: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia 6220 Classic, Nokia E90 Communicator, Nokia N93, Nokia N95 8GB.

 

Developed and tested with:

S60 5th Edition SDK

S60 3rd Edition SDK for Symbian OS, supporting Feature Pack 2, for C++

S60 3rd Edition SDK for Symbian OS, supporting Feature Pack 1, for C++

S60 3rd Edition SDK for Symbian OS, for C++, Maintenance Release

 

 

VERSION HISTORY    

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2.1     Tested to support S60 5th Edition and touch UI. Support for S60 1st and 2nd Editions dropped.

 

2.0     Support added for S60 3rd Edition and Scalable UI.

 

1.0     First release.

 

 

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