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diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/platform-notes.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/platform-notes.qdoc index 9896b08..68015a6 100644 --- a/doc/src/platforms/platform-notes.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/platforms/platform-notes.qdoc @@ -406,17 +406,102 @@ \page platform-notes-symbian.html \title Platform Notes - Symbian \contentspage Platform Notes + \ingroup platform-specific + \brief Information about the state of support for the Symbian platform. - This page contains information about the Symbian platforms Qt is currently known - to run on. More information about the combinations of platforms and compilers - supported by Qt can be found on the \l{Supported Platforms} page. + As with any port, the maturity for Qt for Symbian has not yet reached the + same level as other established Qt ports. This page documents the current + notes for the Symbian port. + + \section1 Source Compatibility + + Qt for Symbian provides the same level of source compatibility guarantee as + given for other platforms. That is, a program which compiles against a given + version of Qt for Symbian will also compile against all future versions of the + same major release. + + \section1 Binary Compatibility + + As with every supported platform, we will strive to maintain + application behavior and binary compatibility throughout the lifetime of + the Qt 4.x series. However, due to the fact that Symbian support is newly + added in 4.6.0, there is a slight possibility that minor corrections to the + application binary interface (ABI) might be required in 4.6.1, in order to + ensure compatibility going forward. Any such change will be clearly + documented in the release notes for 4.6.1. + + \section1 Supported Devices + + Qt is designed to work on any device which runs one of the following + versions of Symbian: + + \table + \header \o Symbian Version + \row \o S60 3.1 + \row \o S60 3.2 + \row \o S60 5.0 (Symbian ^1) + \endtable + + Qt has received \l{Tier 1 Platforms}{Tier 1} testing on the following phone models: + + \table + \header \o Phone + \row \o Nokia 5800 + \row \o Nokia E71 + \row \o Nokia E72 + \row \o Nokia N78 + \row \o Nokia N95 + \row \o Nokia N97 + \row \o Samsung i8910 + \endtable + + \section1 Supported Functionality + + The following technologies and classes are not currently supported: + + \table + \header \o Technology + \o Note + \row \o QtConcurrent + \o Planned for future release. + \row \o QtDBus + \o No current plans to support this feature. + \row \o QtOpenGL ES + \o Planned for future release. + \row \o Printing support + \o No current plans to support this feature. + \row \o Qt3Support + \o No current plans to support this feature. + \endtable + + The following technologies have limited support: + + \table + \header \o Technology + \o Note + \row \o QtSql + \o The only driver supported is SQLite. + \row \o QtMultimedia + \o Although the module itself is supported, no backend for Symbian + is currently available. However, there is a backend available + for Phonon. + \endtable + + \section1 Known Issues + + Known issues can be found by visiting the + \l{http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/pages/Qt460KnownIssues}{wiki page} with an + up-to-date list of known issues, and the list of bugs can be found by + \l{http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG/component/19171}{browsing} the + S60 component in Qt's public task tracker, located at + \l{http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/}{http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/}. - For information about mixing exceptions with Symbian leaves, - see \l{Exception Safety with Symbian} + For information about mixing exceptions with Symbian leaves, see + \l{Exception Safety with Symbian}. \section1 Multimedia and Phonon Support - Qt provides a backend for Qt's multimedia module, Phonon, which supports + Qt provides a backend for Qt's Phonon module, which supports video and sound playback through Symbian's Multimedia Framework, MMF. In this release the support is experimental. Video playback may have @@ -429,7 +514,11 @@ In addition, there exists a backend for the Helix framework. However, due to it not shipping with Qt, its availability depends on the Symbian - platform in use. If available, it is loaded instead of the MMF plugin. + platform in use. If available, it is loaded in preference over the MMF + plugin. The Helix plugin requires Symbian signed capabilities. If the + application does not have those capabilities, the MMF plugin, if present on + the device, will be loaded instead. The capabilities the Helix backend + requires are AllFiles, DiskAdmin and MultimediaDD. */ |