mobile-development

best mobile phone for development

I'm about to get a new job (unrelated to programming) where there's a lot of downtime. I'd like to get a mobile phone that I can stealthfully use to do some web development on. Basically editing and uploading php files. Can anybody reccomend an phone suited to this purpose? ...

Symbian C++ - Load and display image from .mbm file

I have a .mbm file that I copy to my device using this line in the .pkg file "$(EPOCROOT)epoc32\data\z\resource\apps\MyApp.mbm" -"!:\resource\apps\MyApp.mbm" Then in the draw function of my container I do this.. _LIT(KMBMFile , "\\resource\\apps\\MyApp.mbm" ); CFbsBitmap* iBitmap; iBitmap->Load(KMBMFile, 0); gc.BitBlt(Rect().iTl, iB...

Open source Mobile Applications Development tools

Besides Java's J2ME are there other open source development tools for mobile applications. ...

Large XML file, XmlDocument not feasible but need to be able to search

I am struggling with a sensible logic loop for stripping out nodes from an XML file too large to use with XPath supporting .NET classes. I am attempting to replace the single line of code I had (that called SelectNodes with an XPath query string) with code that does the same but uses an XmTextReader. I have to go several levels down as...

.Net vs Java for mobile development. What's your take?

Hi there, I am developing mobile apps for some time in .NET and I was always wondering if the grass is greener on the other side (Java). Thus, I would like to ask your opinion about which one you prefer for your mobile apps and why is that so. ...

What are the differences between T-Mobile G1 (branded HTC Dream) and Google's ADP1 (device for developers)?

I was searching the internet but could not find a site comparing the two. I'm interested in developing for the android platform. G1 seems to be just the same as ADP1, but is there any small changes that will be noticeable in development? How about 3rd party software? What T-Mobile software exists in G1 which is not part of the ADP1 bund...

Working with contact list in Symbian and WindowsMobile in a nutshell

I've never developing anything for mobile platforms yet. But now I need an app, that can perform basic read/write/update operations with contact list. It should work in Symbian and WinMobile, but it's normal if we have 2 different applications (but if it's possible then I prefer to make only one). In first version it's not even necessa...

Converting from a text field to an numeric in Android

If I have an EditText component on my screen that I have specified inputType="decimal" for (i.e. a numeric/decimal field), what is the best way to convert it to an decimal value in the application code? Google recommends avoiding floats, and avoiding creating objects unnecessarily (and I assume any auto-unboxing code is bad too), so I...

Determining Smartphone / Non-Smartphone for php

It seems like facebook has this mastered, I've checked a bit into WURFL but this seems like an extremely expensive process. I've also checked out: url link. While it has a good list of user agents, I'm trying to identify which are smart phones and which are not. facebook pushes the non-smart phones to a different site than their smart ...

What are the latest tools for mobile development - iPhone/Android/etc...

Looking for write once deploy across multiple platforms, is there such a thing? Also looking for an tools that would help speed up mobile development, OSX/Linux based preferred. ...

Android OnLongClickListener not firing on MapView

Hi, I just registered an OnLongClickListener on my my MapView on an Android app I'm currently writing. For some reason however the onLongClick event doesn't fire. Here's what I've written so far: public class FriendMapActivity extends MapActivity implements OnLongClickListener { private static final int CENTER_MAP = Menu.FIRST; ...

Android id naming convention: lower case with underscore vs. camel case

Hi, I'm currently programming an application for the Android. Now what I found out is that you cannot place resource objects, say, an image in the drawable folder and name it like "myTestImage.jpg". This will give you a compiler error since camel case syntax is not allowed, so you'd have to rename it like "my_test_image.jpg". But what ...

BlackBerry - On which device/os to test .net web portal?

I am writing web portal for mobile phones using .net framework, I have tested some stuff on 9530(4.7.X) simulator and it has got issue as some of the javascript doesn't work. I tested the same in 5.X version simulators of blackberry and it works fine, So I am confused on which version to test so that it reaches the maximum audience. (J...

Windows Mobile Development: Pocket PC AND Smart Phone or Pocket PC Only??

Developing an application with impressive and a little complex GUI is quite easy for Pocket PC platform. But if I want the same application to run on SmartPhone platform as well, I need to make extensive changes in my application. Smart Phone doesn't even support radio buttons. I want my application be usable on as many mobiles as poss...

How to start developing Windows mobile applications

I want to write an application for my Windows 6.1 standard smart phone that intercepts incoming SMS messages and auto responds if they match a specific criteria, but despite installing countless SDk's I am unable to do what I need. The code I want to use relies on the Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.dll assembly, but I can't seem ...

What to Use for mobile development

I have to design a mobile portal that has support for support Android,BlackBerry and IPhone. Shall I use eclipse, .Net framework or something else. I have written a test application using .net 3.5 and it renders and works well for all the required platforms (Android,BlackBerry and IPhone), so not sure what I am going to miss if I use .n...

How to query WURFL information

What is the programming interface to querying device capabilities in wurfl? ...

Developing applications for Pocket PC /Windows Mobile 5

I have to develop an application for the Motorola MC70 which runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.01.0478 (Pocket PC?). I have no idea how to make an application for those devices... I tested regular exe which gave me the expected "'x' is not a valid Pocket PC application". Is Visual Studio the only way to develop for these devices? I only ...

Which language is more effective in Mobile applications,C++ or Java? Why?

We got a new mobile application. I am confused in which language I prefer. i want to know the exact reason.? ...

Development for different mobile platforms on Mac

I'm developing for iPhone mainly but wonder for what other mobile platform I can develop on my Mac? Info about any mobile platforms (Symbian, Maemo, Win-mobile, Android, Bada etc) is appreciated. ...