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You only need to install and launch the CODA on-device debugging agent on the devices and connect the devices to the development PC. Make sure that PC Suite or Ovi Suite are installed on the development PC. Connect the device to the development PC with an USB cable in PC Suite Mode. If you have not previously used the device with Ovi Suite or PC Suite, all the necessary drivers are installed automatically. This takes approximately one minute. As with every supported platform, Qt strives to maintain application behavior and binary compatibility throughout the lifetime of the Qt 4.x major version and on the Symbian devices that support Qt. Symbian support in \QSDK and Ovi Store were introduced with Qt 4.6. Each Qt release contains bug fixes that might change the API behavior and thereby affect application compatibility. In addition, Symbian devices have different input methods, such as different keyboard styles or touch input, screen sizes, memory, and CPU and GPU capabilities. Therefore, you must test applications on specific target devices to ensure compatibility. In order to build applications that are supported also on earlier devices, select the target in \QSDK carefully. Generally, an earlier target (such as S60 5th Edition) is supported on a larger number of devices than a later target (such as Symbian Belle). You can run Qt applications on Symbian devices if the software that Qt applications require (typically Qt, Qt Mobility, QtWebkit, and Open C) is installed on the device. On Symbian^3 and later devices, some version of Qt is pre-installed. On earlier devices, you must install the modules that Qt applications require. For more information, see \l{Installing Required Applications on Devices}. To run and debug applications on Symbian devices from Qt Creator, you must install the CODA on-device debugging agent on the device. For more information, see \if defined(qcmanual) \l{Using On-device Debugging Agents}. \else \l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator/creator-developing-symbian.html#using-on-device-debugging-agents} {Using On-device Debugging Agents}. \endif The tool chain for building applications locally on the development PC for the \gui {Symbian Device} target is only supported on Windows. If you develop on Linux or Mac OS, you must use the Remote Compiler interface to a compilation service at Nokia Developer. You can install Remote Compiler as part of the \QSDK. For more information, see \if defined(qcmanual) \l{Building with Remote Compiler}. \else \l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator-snapshot/creator-remote-compiler.html} {Building with Remote Compiler}. \endif For more information about developing applications for the Symbian platform, select \gui {Help > Index} and look for \gui {Platform Notes}, or see \l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/platform-notes-symbian.html}{Platform Notes - Symbian}. \if defined(qcmanual) To run your applications in the Symbian emulator, you also need to install Carbide.c++ v2.0.0 or higher. \endif \section1 Installing Required Applications on Devices Generally, when developing for Symbian^3 or later devices, you do not need to install Qt on devices. However, you might want to upgrade or downgrade the Qt version on a device to test your application on a particular Qt version. Use the installation packages delivered with \QSDK (\c {\Symbian\sis}). Keep in mind that this might replace the pre-installed Qt on the device. \note Earlier Qt for Symbian versions, such as Qt 4.6.3 for Symbian, are only available in the \QSDK online installer. For more information, see \if defined(qcmanual) \l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/sdk-1.1/sdk-installing.html}{Installing Qt SDK}. \else {Installing Qt SDK}. \endif Qt is supported on different Symbian platforms as follows: \list \o Symbian Belle devices contain Qt 4.7.4 libraries as part of device firmware (ROM). To upgrade the Qt version, update the device firmware. You cannot downgrade the Qt version on Belle devices. \omit To develop applications using Qt 4.8 or later, you can install Qt 4.8 or later libraries to Belle devices. The Qt in Belle firmware is not overwritten. It is eclipsed by the installed Qt on the C: drive. \endomit \o Symbian Anna devices have Qt 4.7.3 pre-installed. \o Symbian^3 devices have Qt 4.6 pre-installed. \o S60 5th Edition and later devices support Qt 4.6.3 and 4.7.3. \o S60 3rd Edition feature pack 1 and later devices support Qt 4.6 for Symbian through Nokia Smart Installer for Symbian. \endlist To check the Symbian platform version of your device, see \l{http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/} {Device Specifications}. The site contains information about the content that can be published for the device to the Ovi Store (\e General section) and the Qt libraries that are pre-installed on the device (\e API section). If the device does not have the necessary Qt libraries pre-installed, you can use Nokia Smart Installer for Symbian to deploy them during application installation. Smart Installer ensures that the necessary libraries are available in the target Symbian device before installing the actual application. For more information about which Qt modules are supported on-demand for different Symbian device models and how to enable Smart Installer support in Qt applications, see \l{http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Nokia_Smart_Installer_for_Symbian}{Nokia Smart Installer for Symbian}. \section2 Supported Configurations When you select the Qt version to build the application with, consider which version provides the application with the widest support on different Symbian platforms. The binary compatibility promise of Qt and Symbian means that applications that are built against Qt 4.6.3 also run on Qt 4.7.3. Similarly, applications that are supported on S60 5th Edition are also supported on Symbian^3. However, dependencies, such as QML or Qt Mobility API versions might restrict the choice of Qt versions that you have. In general, if you use only Qt widgets and APIs in the application, you can use \gui {Qt 4.6.3 for Symbian^1} to build it. The application is supported on both Symbian^1 and Symbian^3 devices. If you use QML in the application, you can use \gui {Qt 4.7.3 for Symbian^1} to build it. The application is supported on both Symbian^1 and Symbian^3 devices. If you use native Symbian APIs, you must check that they are available on the target devices. For more information about the API differences between Symbian^1 (S60 5th Edition) and Symbian^3, see the \bold {Symbian Reference Documentation for Qt}, which is delivered together with \QSDK and which you can view in the \gui Help mode. The following table summarizes the supported configurations for each Qt version available in Qt Creator build settings: \table \header \i Qt Version \i QML \i Qt Mobility Version \i Native Symbian C++ APIs \i Open GL \row \i Qt 4.6.3 for Symbian^1 (S60 5th Edition) \i No \i 1.0.2 \i No \i No \row \i Qt 4.6.3 for Symbian^3 \i No \i 1.0.2 \i Yes \i No \row \i Qt 4.7.3 for Symbian^1 \i Yes \i 1.1.3 \i No \i No \row \i Qt 4.7.3 for Symbian^3 \i Yes \i 1.1.3 \i Yes \i Yes \row \i Qt 4.7.4 for Symbian Belle \i Yes \i 1.2 \i Yes \i Yes \endtable \if defined(qcmanual) \section1 Using On-device Debugging Agents Support for the App TRK on-device debugging agent has been removed from Qt Creator 2.3. Only CODA is supported. It offers the following benefits: \list \o Extensive error information \o Debugging over WLAN \o Extensive information about the device \endlist \note CODA does not support debugging over a Bluetooth connection. \section2 Installing Debugging Agents CODA installation packages are delivered together with the \QSDK. On Windows, you can use \gui Start menu commands to install CODA on Symbian devices. You can also download CODA from the \l{http://tools.ext.nokia.com/coda/}{CODA download server}. \section1 Setting Up Qt Creator When you run Qt Creator after installing the Symbian SDK and Qt for Symbian, the installed SDKs and their corresponding Qt versions are automatically detected. For each detected Symbian SDK with Qt, a special entry is made in the Qt version management settings in \gui{Tools} > \gui{Options...} > \gui{Qt4} > \gui{Qt Versions}. If you manually add a Qt version for Symbian, you must also manually specify the Symbian SDK to use for this version. For more information about adding Qt versions and tool chains, see \l{Setting Up Qt for Symbian Versions} and \l{Adding Tool Chains}. \else \section1 Building and Running Applications You can test your application on a device by building and running it from Qt Creator for the \gui {Symbian Device} target. \list 1 \o Connect the device to the development PC through a USB cable. The target selector displays a green check mark when a device is connected. \image qtcreator-qt4-symbian-device-connected.png The tool tip of the target selector shows more details about the actual device that will be used when you run your application. \o Start the CODA debugging agent on the device. \o Select \gui Options to select USB as connection type. \o Click the \gui Run button in Qt Creator. \endlist \endif */