does anyone know of an SDK for writing software for symbian OS phones?
I've had an idea of a patch / app that would allow any version of tomtom to use the internal GPS - (not sharing the idea either, if it works i'll sell it :P or at the least want credit for it!).
any references to the GPS API's on the N95 would be handy too.
thanks 😊
Not trying to be disrespectful in the slightest, but I dont think you'll get as much help as if you would if you distributed it for free 😊
I feel if your going to develop something your going to charge for, you should be doing the legwork yourself. MPO only.
lol, yeah i know. maybe i didn't emphasise enough the charging for it being a joke 😊. Plus the keeping it to myself part means if the idea is trash I won't get burned for it!
i'm completely aware of the power and collective knowledge of the open source community - big fan of open source software. if there's anyone on the forums that has experience in writing software for the N95 then the idea (in my head at least is simple).
Rather than writing a patch for Tomtom or the other various GPS apps which must have some hard coded API's for older devices - I'm thinking it would be far easier to write a small app which works as a driver and presents itself to the OS as a COM port, reading the GPS data from the hardware using the Nokia API's and then literally throwing them straight back out to a virtual COM port. Another way to look at it would be to call it a COM port emulator for the built-in GPS.
Thoughts?
It might be a quick and dirty fix but I can't see anything which would make this too much of a challenge (other than I'd be hacking the code together as the only code I've touched recently is php / java!)
jman200x wrote:
Rather than writing a patch for Tomtom or the other various GPS apps which must have some hard coded API's for older devices - I'm thinking it would be far easier to write a small app which works as a driver and presents itself to the OS as a COM port, reading the GPS data from the hardware using the Nokia API's and then literally throwing them straight back out to a virtual COM port. Another way to look at it would be to call it a COM port emulator for the built-in GPS.
My thinking exactly. I cant think it would be too much trouble, as the app would only be very small and probably not use much memory at all.
Sadly, I dont have the knowlage to do it, but I cant see why it hasnt been done.
I did ask on nokia developer boards, but didnt get a response.
I guess an app (or driver) to make some virtual device will require capabilites, which not included
in normal and even developer certificates. So even you make it, how will you sign it ?