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Created: jaaura (12 Oct 2007)

Last edited: hamishwillee (17 Sep 2012)

Recently Edited How to create a simple listbox in Symbian C++ . . mateen_maldar Hiding an app from the task list on Symbian . . ashraf fawzy Keeping a Symbian application running in the background on exit . . ashraf fawzy How to detect if application launched from Home-screen . . ashraf fawzy Detect if Idle screen is active on Belle . . ashraf fawzy Simulating Pointer Events . . skalogir How to create Label . . izinin How to hide your application from running tasks list, and how to hide the round circle over your running application icon . . chintandave_er How to get the current screen orientation using Symbian C++ . . ashraf fawzy Change display mode and trigger orientation change using Symbian C++ . . hugovk Slider component example using Qt Quick . . kkrish Prepare your application for Nokia E6 . . pooja_1650 How to scroll a customized list box without using a scroll bar . . pooja_1650 Detecting long tap using CAknLongTapDetector . . pooja_1650 How to create an alarm using Symbian C++ . . pooja_1650

Most Viewed Prepare your application for Nokia E6 Comparing Symbian GUI and Console applications Extended Skins API API and functionality changes in Symbian^3 / Nokia N8 Carbide.c++ Tutorial 2 - Getting Input from user Listening for Symbian key events in Qt Grid example Keeping a Symbian application running in the background on exit Constructing a Symbian container control Get application icon using Symbian C++ Forms in Symbian C++ How to Hide Application from User Menu Display wait note between HTTP response delay List box example in Symbian C++ Capturing keys in background

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There are 53 Code Example (Articles with downloadable source code packages).

A AIW Service Handler API C Capturing foreground window server events on Symbian Carbide.c++ Tutorial 2 - Getting Input from user Carbide.c++ Tutorial 3 - Using List view Carbide.c++ Tutorial 4 - Creating a Settings view Carbide.c++ Tutorial 5 - Creating a Settings view - II Changing the focus of a Symbian custom control Constructing a Symbian container control Create Modal dialog and add controls dynamically Custom tabs D Displaying links in a CAknMessageQueryDialog E Enable Skin Support in Views/Containers Enabling touch UI support for check boxes in Setting Lists using Symbian C++ Extended Skins API G Grid example H Handling pointer events in Symbian C++ How to Change an Image in the Context Pane How to add Marquee effect in ListBox

H cont. How to add additional data to the list box? How to change wait note text at runtime How to control visibility of a setting item in Setting Listbox How to create a Text Editor in Symbian How to create semi-transparent windows using Symbian C++ How to display splash screen in a non GUI thread in Symbian C++ How to display ticker on Symbian active idle screen How to fade the screen using Symbian C++ How to fetch an entry and set it in CAknSettingItem How to get notification of profile change How to handle events in custom controls How to hide/show a setting item depending upon other setting item How to implement fisheye view in Symbian C++ How to keep a window always as top window with Symbian device How to make a full-screen application using Symbian C++ How to scroll a customized list box without using a scroll bar I Implementing a custom CAknQueryDialog dialog Interpolating points between drag events using Symbian C++

I cont. Item Finder API L Landmarks/web client example using Carbide.c++ and UI designer ListStretching Listening for scrollbar events using Symbian C++ Logs Client API N Native Symbian Dialogs in Qt Apps Native Symbian Note Dialogs in Qt Apps Navigate CEikRichTextEditor up and down with stylus P Password based encryption Personalisation Skins Settings API Preview Pop-up S S60 View Architecture with UI Design ScShortcuts Engine Wrapper API Split view input in Symbian C++ applications U Using a Symbian custom control in a dialog Using read-only Editor as a disclaimer Using scrollbars in Symbian container control

Articles

There are 202 Articles (without downloadable source code packages.)

A A tip to debug Draw() function of a control class API and functionality changes in Symbian^3 / Nokia N8 Accessing the menu bar of Symbian C++ dialog-based applications returns a null pointer (Known Issue) Avoid reserved IDs in Symbian resource file enumerations (Known Issue) B Bring application to foreground with a keypress C CEikEdwin::InsertDeleteCharsL does not update virtual keyboard edit field (Known Issue) CNotepadApi Capturing all keys in Non-GUI applications Capturing keys in background Capturing the End (red) key during a call using Symbian C++ Carbide.c++ UI Designer Catching the menu open and close events in Symbian C++ Change Wallpaper Change display mode and trigger orientation change using Symbian C++ Change screen orientation of UI application Change softkeys dynamically (either right or left or both) Changing Status pane text and icon Changing Title Pane Text Changing softkeys dynamically and disabling them in Symbian Changing tab background graphics not possible using MAknsSkinInstance::SetLocalItemDefL (Known Issue) Changing the owning window group of a Symbian C++ application Clipboard Copy/Cut/Paste Clipping longText to Fit Screen Closing a dialog after a timeout using Symbian C++ Comparing Symbian GUI and Console applications Confirmation Query Conversions between twips, pixels, and millimeters using Symbian C++ Create Dynamic Settings Pages using Symbian C++ Create Marquee effect in poplists and menus Creating a radio button settings page using Symbian C++ Creation of MBM file Custom Avkon pop-up list Custom button D Defining shortcut keys for a Symbian app Detect if Idle screen is active on Belle Detecting focus lost & gained events in Qt for Symbian Detecting long tap using CAknLongTapDetector Determining the current editing state of a Symbian app Different application caption strings Display Date-Time in different formats Display image gallery grid with asynchronous thumbnails 2nd Edition Display wait note between HTTP response delay Draw an icon on the screen from a MIF file Drawing a standard border around a CEikEdwin Drawing custom borders around a Symbian control Drawing to the screen outside application framework Dynamic menu E Enabling Skin Enabling drag events in Symbian C++ on touch-enabled devices Ensuring Scroll Bar Background is drawn properly Enter key as an alternative to navigation select key Explaining Key Events in Symbian F Feature Discovery returns invalid value for keyboard support on Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (Known Issue) Forms in Symbian C++ G GDI Classes for Size and Target Independent Drawing Get Available Fonts on device Get application icon using Symbian C++ Giving tactile feedback in touch UI apps using Symbian C++ Global notes Grids H Handle Profile Activation Handle Window Server-Generated Events Handle edwin events Handling Send key events in Phonebook Extension Plug-in Handling new touch-related MEikListBoxObserver events Handling scalability in Symbian C++ on touch enabled device Hide the application icon in menu Hiding Status panel

H cont. Hiding an app from the task list on Symbian How can I get a pointer from a container to a view in Symbian C++ How can I remove the gear icon from a wait note on Symbian? How to Add an application shortcut to the Go To menu of a S60 device? How to Change CEikLabel Color in Symbian C++ How to Create a Scrollable Container How to Disable T9 How to Display an Image in Navigation Pane Using Resources How to Hide Application from User Menu How to Open SMS or MMS Editor How to Override the Behavior of Shortcut Keys. How to add ScrollBar in ListBox How to apply highlighting in richtexteditor How to capture screen to bitmap How to change the CAknPopupFieldText Dynamically How to change the Wallpaper How to create Button with Picture How to create Label How to create Text View How to create a simple console How to create a simple listbox in Symbian C++ How to create an alarm using Symbian C++ How to create multi-page dialogs in Symbian C++ How to customize a listbox How to define and choose scalable text How to define application icon How to define folder for application icon while installation How to define submenu How to detect if application launched from Home-screen How to display an image in the title pane using Symbian C++ How to draw complicated rounded rectangles in Symbian C++ How to draw image to screen directly How to draw transparent image without mask How to enable empty strings in query dialogs How to enable navigation arrows How to enable or disable HotKeys dynamically How to ensure that the scroll bar background is drawn properly in Symbian C++ How to fade screen behind a custom popup control How to find out the correct location for softkey labels How to get Application Icon using RApaLsSession How to get Focus Events How to get GDR fonts How to get Numeric Input in CEikEdwin How to get notification of user activity when the device has been idle How to get the Current Item Text from ListBox How to get the current screen orientation using Symbian C++ How to hide CBA/MenuBar How to hide ScrollBar in ListBox How to hide Status Pane How to hide your application from running tasks list, and how to hide the round circle over your running application icon How to implement a recent array How to insert text on the navipane of a Symbian app How to keep the Backlight on How to modify grid How to read icons for listbox How to read key-input in console applications How to resize an array How to select an item in CAknSelectionListDialog How to send particular Event to External application in Symbian How to set File Attributes How to show marquee on navi pane How to show tooltips in Symbian applications How to show unicode characters using resource file How to support layout switching How to suppress the menu option of a form How to use CEikLabel How to use the Symbian C++ List Query Dialog? I Identifying the menubar associated with an application using FEP

I cont. Implementing Animation using CAknBitmapAnimation Inserting text or an icon on the navi pane of a Symbian app K Keeping a Symbian application running in the background on exit L List Item Definitions List box example in Symbian C++ List box with Search, example Listbox creation using Symbian resource definition Listening for Symbian Window Server events in Qt Listening for Symbian key events in Qt Lock application orientation in Symbian M Mapping of physical keys across language variants on Symbian Marquee effect does not work with CAknSingleHeadingStyleListBox (Known Issue) Mifconv Migrating from Avkon to QWidget: UI component comparison Multiline CEikLabel N Navigating controls on up and down keys Numeric input from a QWERTY keypad on Symbian P Plain-text editor in Symbian C++ Pointer capturing in Symbian C++ on touch-enabled devices Pop up list example Popup Menu List Item Definitions Prepare your application for Nokia E6 Progress and wait notes in Symbian C++ Q Querying Date and Time in Symbian C++ Querying Numbers Querying Strings Querying selection with list R RSG File Retrieving the content of RichTextEditor at the tapped position on 5th Edition devices Retrieving the icon of a MIDlet using Symbian C++ S S60 application views Sampling Profiler Screen flicker Scrolling an editor screen without highlighting the contents using Symbian C++ Sending Application in Background using RSS Sending an application to background Set text on navigation pane Setting empty listbox or grid text Setting the image and mask bitmaps Settings Lists Showing Notes Showing count in the navi pane on Symbian Simple About dialog Simple information Box Simulate key events using Symbian C++ Simulating Pointer Events Skinning the a Symbian app Slider component example using Qt Quick Splash screen with image using Symbian C++ Stock dialog boxes Supported screen modes of a Symbian device Switching views on Symbian Symbian C++ Common File Dialogs Symbian Scalable UI Framework Symbian: playing with fonts T Tab operations Tabs example Thumbnail path for 3rd edition devices U Using CAknWaitDialog without callback Using CEikEdwin Text Editor Using Clock API Using Symbian Access points settings dialog in 3rd-party applications Using TResourceReader Using skins in a Symbian C++ app Using split screen keyboard in Symbian Anna and beyond X Xpress Media key Key Code in Symbian C++

Archived

There are 73 Archived Articles/Code Examples

A Archived:Adding items to listbox dynamically Archived:Adding menu items dynamically using Symbian C++ Adding scrollbars to a CEikRichTextEditor Archived:AknTextUtils::WrapToArrayL() does not accept literals (Known Issue) Archived:Application disappears from Group folder in the Nokia N75 (Known Issue) Archived:Applications should not capture events from numeric keys (Known Issue) Archived:Applying actions on list box items using Symbian C++ Archived:Applying background color for paragraphs in a CEikRichTextEditor Archived:Avkon.mbg IDs do not contain the scalable icons in S60 2nd Edition FP3 alpha (Known Issue) Archived:Avoiding partially visible lines in an editor C Archived:CGraphicsContext::ERight list box alignment does not work in some S60 3rd Edition FP1 and FP2 devices (Known Issue) Archived:Capturing Send and End key events fails on S60 3rd Edition FP2 (Known Issue) Archived:Carbide UI Designer app with empty Options menu panics with 3rd party FEP (Known Issue) Archived:Changing S60 UI color scheme is not supported on S60 3rd Edition (Known Issue) Archived:Changing the Operator Logo in S60 1st and 2nd edition devices Archived:Changing the skin of the status pane on Symbian Constructing a Symbian custom control from a resource Archived:Controlling the keyboard repeat rate Archived:Custom FEP replaced with the default one at device startup (Known Issue) Archived:Custom font files don't work properly on S60 3rd Edition (Known Issue) Archived:Custom screen saver is not activated again after keypad has been unlocked (Known Issue) Custom targets for controlling notification lights in S60 Eseries devices Archived:Custom window fading parameters do not work correctly (Known Issue) Archived:Customizing CAknMarkableListDialog D Archived:Displaying UI controls in Symbian console exe programs

D cont. Archived:Drawing with monochrome masks may produce incorrect results on S60 3rd Edition FP2 (Known Issue) F Archived:Form UI component assumes skin support (Known Issue) G Archived:Getting a pointer to CAknViewAppUi or CAknView Archived:Getting the volume key response using Symbian C++ H Archived:Hiding status and control panes using Symbian C++ How to create a custom control in Symbian C++ Archived:How to customize a list box using Symbian C++ Archived:How to implement vertical option list in Symbian C++ Archived:How to make Flash launcher with Symbian C++ Archived:How to retrieve grid text color from the current theme on Symbian Archived:How to toggle the input mode of an editor using Symbian C++ Archived:How to write an extended notifier to get a response from the user using Symbian C++ I Archived:Incorrect behavior of CAknGrid in the Nokia N95 (Known Issue) Archived:Incorrect column size returned by UI Metrics API in S60 3rd Edition FP1 (Known Issue) Archived:Incorrect drawing area returned by CAknView::ClientRect() in S60 2nd Edition (Known Issue) Archived:Incorrect values from AknLayoutUtils:LayoutMetricsRect on E71 (Known Issue) Archived:Info Popup Note API in Symbian C++ Archived:Input problems when using popup search field in a dialog (Known Issue) L Archived:Launching a new file in an existing app instance Archived:Listing or managing installed power/screen saver plug-ins not possible (Known Issue) M Moving scrollbar thumb on CEikScrollBarFrame Archived:Multi-line message query dialogs using Symbian C++ N Archived:Nested submenus defect in S60 3rd Edition FP 1 devices (Known Issue) P Archived:Personalisation and Skins Settings Symbian API Archived:Preventing content from being displayed in Media Gallery on Symbian

R Archived:Refreshing problem when using a status pane with small layout (Known Issue) Archived:Retrieving text for softkey labels using Symbian C++ S Archived:Sending custom message between views using Symbian C++ Archived:Sending package buffer between views in Symbian C++ Archived:Setting a default drive and directory for AknCommonDialogs Archived:Setting an image for a softkey using Symbian C++ Archived:Setting custom control as title pane not possible on Nokia E71 (Known Issue) Setting font for CEikLabel Archived:Setting numeric input mode as the default for Text Editors not possible in QWERTY keypad devices (Known Issue) Archived:Shortcuts Engine API not available in S60 3rd Edition FP2 (Known Issue) Archived:Some S60 3rd Edition phones uses EKeyRepeat rather than EKeyDown raw event for repeats (Known Issue) Archived:Some SVG icons are clipped on Nokia N91 and Nokia 5500 Sport (Known Issue) Archived:Switching application UI orientation between landscape and portrait using Symbian C++ Archived:Switching orientation in dialog-based Symbian C++ applications Archived:Symbian ListBox search matches on icon index in S60 3rd Edition (Known Issue) T Archived:The bottom parts of some letters are cut off when using CAknGlobalMsgQuery (Known Issue) U Archived:Unintentional application switch to background when key blocking is disabled (Known Issue) Archived:Use CAknEnumeratedTextPopupSettingItem dynamically at runtime Using common dialogs with S60 and Maemo Platform Archived:Using drawable windows without Symbian application framework Archived:Using the same background as built-in Symbian apps V Archived:Vibration Control API on Symbian W Archived:Why does MAknsSkinInstance::GetCachedItemData() return NULL?