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Hiya,
I'm wanting to develop on the P800 but don't want to fork out wads of dosh to Appforge - is there any free to cheap way of developing on the P800?
Is so what languages/software do I need?
Cheers.
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Posted: 2003-06-03 01:15:34
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If u dont want to use the appforge thingie then the best way to make a proggie is in C++, almost all programs that do not use appforge are in C++, dont ask me any more than this, im not a programmer.
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Posted: 2003-06-03 01:17:31
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Yes you can program for free with Java, get the Sun ONE Studio mobile edition and the Ericsson Symbian OS UIQ kit. They can be found somewhere on sun.com and ericsson.com, don't have the exact link...
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Posted: 2003-06-03 02:19:35
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that looks good... i'll give that a try once i finish my a levels maybe i'll make something Useful (Usually I don't)
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Posted: 2003-06-03 03:00:42
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Silly really.. i've got good ideas for P800 progs.. and I'm a Computer Science student so i have got lots of time
it never really occured to me that there would be free ways of doing stuff on the P800.. I just got used to the fact that everything for the phone was lots of £££.. I'll get the Ericsson comlipers and start attempting stuff in a few weeks..
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Posted: 2003-06-03 18:32:05
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Personal Java is the way to go. I went down this route due to the cost of Metrowerks. Its reasonably easy to get going, just download the Symbian SDK for the emulator and tools, then get a copy of JDK1.1.8 from SUN. I've not had much fun with any of the java IDE's so I use Codewright for everything. I have been disappointed that despite SE's literature, the P800 JVM doesn;t seem to support the JavaPhone API which procludes quite alot of stuff which you may want to develop. Internet stuff is a piece of p&*s in pjava though
I have recently learnt that Motorola developers can download Metrowerks Codewarrior Wireless Studio for free - so I did. I haven't delved into the detail of it yet, but I am hoping it will be applicable to the P800.
Finally, you can write your app in native C++ and compile using GCC supplied with the SDK. The makefiles are a nightmare though and in-fact the ones supplied with the SDK are all broken
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Posted: 2003-06-03 19:06:52
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Does anyone have a good 'Getting Started' page anywhere?
I really want to do a bit of developing, but I have no idea where to start, what tools to get, where to get them from, how to set them up, how to write my first 'Hello World' Application, Ok, so there's a few gaps there, but once I'm started...
Cheers
-Orobas
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Posted: 2003-06-03 19:40:59
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Orobas_Wats - if you download the Symbian SDK, there is a Getting Started in Java section which is quite good. Download that (its about 300 meg
) and install it. Then go to Ericsson's site and download the P800 emulator which is a patch to the Symbian SDK, and get a JDK (must be 1.1.
and install that. You'll then have all the tools you need.
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Write a simple Hello World program in regular java and compile it. Then use jar to turn it into a jar file. Use AIFBuilder to create the accompanying files (icon etc.) and then use makesis to create an installer. PM me if you need any help.
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[ This Message was edited by: zaphod on 2003-06-03 19:39 ]
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Posted: 2003-06-03 20:38:41
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Hi.
I'm interested in writin some free apps for my phone, and did some looking up on the supported languages. Correct me if i'm wrong but i gathered that C++ has access to all features of the phone, pJava has some and J2ME has none. Am I right? Considering I haven't wrote any C++ programs since years ago, I'd like to have a lil fun with pJava, on this note then, would anyone have a good link or two to share on the specs of it, samples or tutorials? Sorry, i must be rather outdated, didn't hear about pJava till the p800.
Thanks zaphod for the tip on the jdk version.
[ This Message was edited by: Magi on 2003-06-04 02:52 ]
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Posted: 2003-06-04 03:51:37
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is there any way to develop c++ apps for "free", I know there is the codewarrior solution but that's freaking crazy, I already own .NET and dont' plan on buying another IDE. I also develop in Linux, is there any C++ linux option ?
SE are total shmucks for getting in bed with Metrowerks and not allowing developers the freedom of choosing there own env and compiler.
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Posted: 2003-06-04 04:52:50
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