mobile-programming

Getting started with mobile programming. What is a good platform ?

What is a good mobile programming platform to go with for a c++ developer? Is learning android a good option? ...

How do I develop applications for Symbian OS of Mobile Phones like Nokia

I would like to develop applications for Symbian OS Phones and try another track other than programming in Java. I would like to experience how to program on mobile phones using C and C++. Can you please give some tips on what tools to use on developing this kinds of applications. I am targetting Nokia phones.. Thanks ...

Developing for the Nokia 3120?

I want to develop an application for Nokia 3120 ( http://www.forum.nokia.com/devices/3120 ). from the previous link, It is said that the Developer Platform is "Series 40 Developer Platform 1.0" but from the "Series 40 Platform SDKs" page, no SDK Series 40 for Platform 1.0 is available, I can just see Series 40, Developer Platform 2.0 an...

Measuring "real" phone signal strength on a mobile phone

I want to programmatically measure the phone signal strength in a mobile phone. I don't actually care about the mobile phone or the programming environment: It can be based on android or windows mobile or even J2ME and can be from any manufacturer (please no iPhone). However, it needs to be a real, commercial mobile phone and not a speci...

How does Google Maps know my position?

I have a nokia 5500 sport mobile phone, and I found after i installed google map, it can automatically locate to my current position. and I want to know how google map get my position and mark it on the map ? How can I programming implement this feature with symbian C++(nokia 5500 's operate system is Symbian 3rd). ...

Android ACTION_WEB_SEARCH

I am not able to get the ACTION_WEB_SEARCH to work correctly, does this require any permissions on the AndriodManifest.xml? This is my code: String q = edittext.getText().toString(); Intent myIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_WEB_SEARCH, Uri.parse(q)); startActivity(myIntent); Any help would be much appreciated. Platform 2.0. ...

java me lwuit : string does not fit on screen

i am using sun's lwuit library for making my user interface in java me. i have a string containing newline characters. this is what i do: String str = "lfjsdfsdfdkf\nsfljl\nsdfj"; TextArea box = new TextArea(str); box.setEditable(false); tab.addComponent(box); tab is of type com.sun.lwuit.Container. Now when the string is displayed o...

Getting started with web development for mobile applications, suggestions?

Hello: I made a very simple site with PHP+MySQL that let's users add professors to a database and post comments. I want to use a framework like Sencha to make my website 'mobile friendly'. Thing is, I'm not sure if that will do what I want or if there's something better for my simple application. What I would like: Relatively easy...

Mobile Programming for Blackberry, iPod, and Android

I bought an iPod touch 3rd Gen half year ago, and I got recently an iPad WiFi. I also have a Onyx Bold Blackberry. I don't have a Mac Book or any other apple product of laptop. As a programmer, I speak C, Delphi and Java. I'd like to start playing around in mobile application. I don't know whether I should start in Blackberry platfor...

C# application to connect to a mobile application using bluetooth

I`m asking this question again as I got no answer for about a week now ... I want to know how to write a C# desktop application that can connect to the mobile version of the same application (that I will create). The desktop application will be used as a backup/restore for the mobile application. I want to know also how to write the mo...