Open WAP/Web page with browser

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web browser on 3rd not always there

IINM, this code will break on some 3rd edition phones, since there is no web browser by default (only a wap browser) - eg the 3250 comes without a web browser (it is available, but needs to be installed).

Is there a way to test if the web browser is installed?

Is there a version of the __SERIES60_3X__ macro that is specifically for 3rd FP1 (which has no wap browser)?

Max.

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Created: symbianyucca (09 Apr 2007)

Last edited: hamishwillee (25 Jul 2012)

Following code shows how you can open the phones WAP/Web browser in your own application, by just supplying Web address to browser.

In Symbian 3rd edition devices sending a new URL to an existing browser instance requires the SwEvent capability.

#ifdef __SERIES60_3X__
	const TInt KBrowserUid = 0x1020724D;
#else
	const TInt KBrowserUid = 0x10008D39;
#endif
 
void BrowseWAPWEB+PageL(const TDesC& aAddr)
{		
	TUid id( TUid::Uid( KBrowserUid ) );
	TApaTaskList taskList( CEikonEnv::Static()->WsSession() );
	TApaTask task = taskList.FindApp( id );
	if ( task.Exists() )
	{
		HBufC8* param8 = HBufC8::NewLC(aAddr.Length() );
		param8->Des().Append(aAddr);
		// Uid is not used
		task.SendMessage( TUid::Uid( 0 ), *param8 );
		CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy();
	}
	else
	{
		RApaLsSession appArcSession;
		// connect to AppArc server
		User::LeaveIfError(appArcSession.Connect());
		TThreadId id;
		appArcSession.StartDocument(aAddr, TUid::Uid( KBrowserUid ),id);
		appArcSession.Close();
	}
}

This code opens the Web browser in 3rd edition phones, and the WAP browser with older platform devices. To open the page with WAP browser also in 3rd edition phones, just change the code to use 0x10008D39 also with 3rd edition devices.