INTRODUCTION TONOKIA ASHA SDK 1.2(BETA)

Pranav GothadiyaProduct OwnerNokia Asha SDKpranav.gothadiya@nokia.com

CONTENTS• Introduction to Nokia Asha SDK 1.2• Installation• Nokia IDE for Java ME v3.1• APIs – new and updated• Plug-in support• Additional features• More information

INTRODUCTION TO NOKIA ASHA SDK 1.2 (BETA)

Theme APIWebview API

Contact APINokia Notification API

Nokia In-app PaymentLWUIT

Audio progressive recordingAudio mixingQVGA and VGA resolutionEmoji support across all APIs

NEW APIS UPDATED APIS

ADDITIONAL FEATURESPLUG-INS

INSTALLATIONIn

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Installer link:http://developer.nokia.com/asha

Prerequisite: 32bit-Java7

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NOKIA IDE FOR JAVA ME V3.1

• Nokia Asha SDK 1.2 auto integration• Default SDK selection for the project• All previous SDKs are supported• Launch Nokia Asha SDK 1.2 emulator

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THEME API

MIDlets can use the Theme API to:• Customize themes for MIDlets• Get all available themes• Get the current active theme• Get colour information of current active theme• Switch to a specific theme• Register for theme changes.• Load an image from a theme (only for Operator and Manufacturer signed MIDlets).

• Compatible with Nokia Asha software platform 1.4 and newer.

THEME API

It allows for registering ThemeChangeListener and managing themes

It contains methods and fields that you can use to get information about the native theme,

It enables an application to listen for a theme change events

ThemeManager

Theme

ThemeChangeListener

WEBVIEW API• MIDlet can render URL / web page

• Render a web page on a Canvas in any rectangular size.• Render a web page on a CustomItem.

• Native browser handler – MIDlet.platformRequest(String url)

• Compatible with Nokia Asha software platform 1.4 and newer.

MIDlet passes URL

to native browser

Native browser

renders the URL

On browser closing, user goes back to

MIDlet

WEBVIEW API

a convenience class to override the methods of the BrowserListener interface.

to render an html page defined by a URL.

to handle call backs from the BrowserItem.

BrowserAdapter

BrowserItem

BrowserListener

CONTACT API - UPDATE

• Discover and receive changes to contacts • Access social contacts

• MIDlets can use the Contact API to discover when:

– (Social) contacts are added to the phonebook– (Social) contacts are deleted from the phonebook– (Social) contacts are modified in the phonebook

CONTACT API - UPDATE• to access social contacts by creating a social PIM listSocialPIM

• to allow a MIDlet to retrieve information, like UID, list name, and change type. i.e contacts which have been added, deleted or updatedContactChange

• to allow a MIDlet to receive contact changes from the phonebookContactChangeManager

• to allow a MIDlet to compare contact names and sort them in the same order as native phonebookPIMUtils

• to allow a MIDlet to discover changes to contacts in the phonebook ContactChangeListener

• extensions to the ContactList classSocialContactList

CONTACT API - UPDATE

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create a social pim list with mime-type as unified id of the list.

After creating, PIM.getInstance().openPIMList() can be used to open the list

NOKIA NOTIFICATION API - UPDATE• Check and update to the latest Notification

Enabler

[It is possible to keep Notification Enabler up-to-date so that it provides to the user an option to update the software. Users can update Notification Enabler by themselves or the update can be provided to user by including the Installer implementation as part of your Notification integration.]

NOKIA IN-APP PAYMENT – PLUGIN

• It is a monetization tool that enables you to sell digital content to your consumers from within your application.

• It provides a seamless and safe purchase experience for your consumers and a transparent pay out to you.

For more information visit:http://developer.nokia.com/asha/monetization/niap

LWUIT – PLUGIN (UPDATED)

Support for Nokia Asha SDK 1.2Single DatePicker.setDate() for all types of DatePicker.Automatically adjust the date range for DatePickers.

Orientation specific crash fix.Text overlapping issue in LWUIT_Birthdays application.Tabs to properly highlight the image of selected tab.

CHANGES BUG FIXES

AUDIO PROGRESSIVE RECORDINGJSR-135 supports audio stream sending while recording

It uses RecordControl.setRecordStream(OutputStream stream)

Recording data is continuously flushed during recording

improved usability and performance of voice messages

more real-time voice messaging experience

AUDIO PROGRESSIVE RECORDING

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AUDIO MIXING SUPPORT

JSR-135 supports audio mixing

Allows the audio to play simultaneously

Query system property supports.mixing to know the support

FRAME POSITIONING CONTROL SUPPORT

Supported through JSR-135

Allows MIDlet to fast forward and playback

by frame

Controls precise positioning to a video

frame for Players

QVGA AND VGA RESOLUTION SUPPORT

Supported through JSR-135

Enables the use of the parameters width and height to change

the resolution

FULL EMOJI SUPPORT

Emoji support is available across all APIs

TextField, TextEditor, TextBox and in Graphics.drawString()

MORE INFORMATIONOverview- http://developer.nokia.com/Develop/asha/java/start/

Downloads- http://developer.nokia.com/Develop/asha/java/tools.xhtml- http://developer.nokia.com/asha/monetization/niap- https://github.com/nokia-developer/lwuit-for-series-40

Guides- Nokia Asha Design Guide: http://developer.nokia.com/Resources/Library/Asha_UI/- Porting Guide: http://developer.nokia.com/Resources/Library/Porting_to_Nokia_Asha/- Documentation: http://developer.nokia.com/Develop/asha/java/resources/docs/- Training Videos: http://developer.nokia.com/Develop/asha/learning.xhtml- Code Examples: http://developer.nokia.com/Develop/asha/java/resources/code/

THANK YOU.QUESTIONS?For more information: https://developer.nokia.com/Develop/asha/learning.xhtml