WRT application

[geco0ol]

Hello everyone

I am on the quest of creating a simple WRT app, to display a digital clock on symbian belle. I have managed to create and display the widget on the homescreen of the device, and now i am trying to launch the digital clock app using widget.openApplication function. I have created a litlle application to which i have set the desired size (I don't need/want full screen), but despite my efforts for last two days i wasn't able to get rid of the status bar and soft keys (bottom) menu.

If anyone could help, i would kindly ask how to:
1) remove status bar and softkeys menu
2) would a wrt widget run with a self signed application ?

[savaj]

A dedicated section to WRT in DiBo is here. You will get more and quick reply from there, so ask your question there.

[isalento]

Hi geco0ol and welcome to forum!

Could you clarify what are you trying to do with the widget.openApplication and is the digital clock app a WRT widget as well?

Br,
Ilkka

[geco0ol]

Thank you guys for the replies.
@ savaj. the reason for which the question is posted also here is for 1). For 2) i will post it also in the wrt related discussion board.

Hi geco0ol and welcome to forum!
Could you clarify what are you trying to do with the widget.openApplication and is the digital clock app a WRT widget as well?
Br,
Ilkka

Yes. Using the widget.openApplication i am trying to launch a qt symbian application, created by me (a simple digital clock). Wheather if it's a widget or not, i can only confirm that i have added manualy TEMPLATE += app in the project file of the application i am trying to launch from within the widget. Yes, i am aware that i could not launch another widget (as the doc says), but i wonder if i can launch it just self signed (without certificates, which i haven't obtained yet). Sortly, what i am trying to achieve, on one hand to practice working with home screen widgets, and second but not last, i want to create a nice and simple digital clock, as i don't really like the digital flip clocks available on the device. I want to display the clock within the litlle widget which i have just managed to create and display it on the device.

[isalento]

Hi,

Thanks for clarification. I don't remember that there would be limitations for launching self signed apps from WRT widgets.

Following code can be used to launch an app.

var so;

var criteria = {
   ApplicationID: "s60uid://_youruid_"
};

//call this on body onload="init();"
function init(){
   so = device.getServiceObject("Service.AppManager", "IAppManager");
}
result = so.IAppManager.LaunchApp(criteria);

If you want to use the WRT home screen widget only as a launcher that starts your Qt application, you can call launchApp when checking screen size.
Calling window.close closes the WRT widget, but does not remove it from home screen.

//Miniview treshold in px
var MINIVIEW_TRESHOLD = 150; 

// Listener for the view mode changes
window.onresize = checkViewMode;

//check and updates the current view mode
function checkViewMode(){
    if (window.innerHeight < MINIVIEW_TRESHOLD) {
		showMiniView();
    }else {
		result = so.IAppManager.LaunchApp(criteria);
		window.close();        
    }
}

Br,
Ilkka

[geco0ol]

Hey, thanks for the snippet.
After i tweaked it a bit, it looks like:
var criteria = {
ApplicationID: "s60uid://0xffffffffe27d83ca"
};

//call this on body onload="init();"
function init(){
var so = device.getServiceObject("Service.AppManager", "IAppManager");
result = so.IAppManager.LaunchApp(criteria);
document.getElementById('t').innerHTML = 'err code: ' + result.ErrorCode;
}

where my self signed app has the uid 0xffffffffe27d83ca. The error code was: 1002, which appears to translate into:
Bad argument type
This error can occur for any of the following reasons:
StartRange or EndRange is not specified or supported for the given Key.
EndRange is less than StartRange.
The sorting Key is not supported.

which makes me believe that my uid is not swallowed by the OS. Furthermore by trying with the contact's app uid, the app is launched as expected.

[isalento]

Hi,

Please double check your Qt Application UID, as it is way out of range. Try with something like this 0xA6547276 (just random one from Qt creator) or pick your own from unprotected range.

-Ilkka