Is Signing Compulsory?

[tamhanna]

Hmm. So you use Nokia's signing venue.

AFAIK, you must sign your app with the key and cer files provided by Nokia (SIS builder in Carbide), and upload them as None or Symbian Signed for Nokia (not sure here)

[pavanputhra]

you must sign your app with the key and cer files provided by Nokia (SIS builder in Carbide)

I have never used Carbide. I have only Qt Creater. I can you Qt Creater Right?

or, if you have a limited company, just get a publisher ID and start signing yourself.

Hmm. So you use Nokia's signing venue.

I would love to know more about Signing myself thing.... Please can I know how can it be done?

[Jon Heron]

See HERE.
You will see a link to a wiki on that page also...
Cheers,
Jon

[pavanputhra]

Getting publisher ID itself costs $200.... Its to costly....

[Jon Heron]

Yes but up until recently it was the only option for publishing an application. Also if you want to publish to other app stores you will need to Symbian sign it anyways. Mind you some of the other stores will now sign your app for free, at least Handango does anyways.
Cheers,
Jon

[pavanputhra]

But unsigned application can be installed, right? I guess it can't be published through Ovi Store. But we can distribute it through net. Am I right?

[petrib]

But unsigned application can be installed, right? I guess it can't be published through Ovi Store. But we can distribute it through net. Am I right?

No unsigned apps can be installed. If you distribute an unsigned app, then whomever downloads it, must first sign it, before they can install it.

[tamhanna]

But unsigned application can be installed, right? I guess it can't be published through Ovi Store. But we can distribute it through net. Am I right?

Unsigned apps can be installed if the user enables this in the software options of their phone, no sensitive capabilities are used and the UID is of the 0xE range.

[petrib]

Unsigned apps can be installed if the user enables this in the software options of their phone, no sensitive capabilities are used and the UID is of the 0xE range.

Symbian apps must be, at least, self-signed. Unsigned .sis files won't install at all.

[tamhanna]

Symbian apps must be, at least, self-signed. Unsigned .sis files won't install at all.

Hi petrib,
as I always use a dev cert of OSO, I cannot really comment on totally unsigned SIS files.

So I can but apologize...