Restrict Symbian application installation for a given phone model

[josephtkc]

We want to restrict the application to be successfully installed to a given phone model only. What we have tried is that we specify [<The specific phone product ID>], 0, 0, 0, {"<Phone product ID>"} instead of the standard description [0x101F7961], 0, 0, 0, {"S60ProductID"} in the pkg file. However, when installing the application on another phone model, the user is prompted that the application may be incompatible with the phone but the installer still continues the application installation. Is there any way to restrict the application if the phone model is not matched?

[petrib]

I don't think you can prevent the user from installing it, but you can do a run-time check for the model and exit the app, if the model is not the correct one (note that if someone really wants to, they can always patch out such checks, too, if they know how).

Why do you want to restrict an app to a specific model?

[josephtkc]

Hi petrib,

Thanks a lot your recommendation. I think run-time checking is the only way.

Regards,
Joseph

[wizard_hu_]

You need something like

IF (MachineUID=0x1234)
"My.app"-"..."
ENDIF

Search for "MachineUID" in the SDK help, and check the examples.