Need help,how to get all the icons

[linlin_0]

Hi，all.
I am tring to get all the icons of the applications installed.I used the function GetAppIcon(uid,fullName) under RApaLsSession to get the absolute path of the .mif file successfully,just like 'Z:\resource\apps\MsgMailEditor_aif.mif'.
And I tried to get the bitmap and the mask with the function AknIconUtils::CreateIconL(bitmap,mask,fullNmae,0,1) ,but I get an error with -1,I thought maybe the '0,1' is not correct, then I tried to get the bitmapId and maskId with AknIconUtils::ValidateLogicalAppIconId(fullName,bitmapId,maskId),
but I got the numbers just like -858977076.
Does anyone give me some help,what's wrong with my code, or how can I get all the icons ,or how to load .mif file and display it?
thanks,all.

[stenlik]

Hi,

1/ I'm not sure why the ValidateLogicalAppIconId does not work... According to this wiki article it should be fine:
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...MBM_MIF_images

2/ Why you do not use another RApaLsSession method to get application icon: GetAppIcon(TUid aAppUid, TInt aSize, CApaMaskedBitmap &aAppBitmap)?

3/ You can try to use as image id number 16384 (start Id for mif) and higher...

BR
STeN

[linlin_0]

thanks stenlik.

OK,I have solved it.

And I get that :
1.AknIconUtils need the environment 'CEikonEnv'.

2.The bitmap id must be 0x4000(16384).

ps: With RApaLsSession::GetAppIcon(uid,size,bitmap),I can only get the mask.

[wizard_hu_]

You got the KErrNotFound (-1) because Avkon utilities are prepared to handle scalable and non-scalable icon files automatically: if an icon id is less than 16384, AknIconUtils will try to open a .mbm file (regardless of the extension you supply), if it is greater or equal than 16384, the file extension will be .mif

[stenlik]

Hi,

I recommended you to use the RApaLsSession::GetAppIcon(), as I'm using it without any problems. I have no idea what is behind your problem related to getting mask only.

BR
STen

[linlin_0]

Hi,stenlik:
I also don't know why I only get the mask.

But I have a question:
RApaLsSession::GetAppIcon() have a parameter with the tpye of CApaMaskedBitmap,
I think it means that it is a mask,isn't it?

[wizard_hu_]

But I have a question:
RApaLsSession::GetAppIcon() have a parameter with the tpye of CApaMaskedBitmap,
I think it means that it is a mask,isn't it?

Generally I agree, "think"-ing is extremely important.
However from time to time you can benefit from RTFM:
CApaMaskedBitmap=CFbsBitmap+Mask+SetMaskBitmap+some constructors/destructor, streaming operations.

class CApaMaskedBitmap : public CFbsBitmap;
Description
An application icon.

This is a bitmap and a mask, managed by the Font and Bitmap server.

An object of this type is passed to RApaLsSession::GetAppIcon() to fetch a suitable application icon.

Derivation
CBase - Base class for all classes to be instantiated on the heap
CFbsBitmap - A bitmap managed by the font and bitmap server
CApaMaskedBitmap - An application icon
Members
Defined in CApaMaskedBitmap:
ExternalizeL(), InternalizeL(), Mask(), NewL(), NewLC(), SetMaskBitmap(), ~CApaMaskedBitmap()

So it is a CFbsBitmap, which has an other CFbsBitmap (the mask) associated via Mask/SetMaskBitmap.
If iMaskedBitmap is CApaMaskedBitmap, you can

TPoint point(0,0);
TRect rect(point,iMaskedBitmap->SizeInPixels());
gc.BitBltMasked(point,iMaskedBitmap,rect,iMaskedBitmap->Mask());

(if it does not work, try adding ,ETrue or ,EFalse at the end).