Professional Palm OS Programming
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Professional Palm OS Programming is everything programmers need to create applications
for the world’s most popular operating system for handheld devices.
Veteran Palm developer Lonnon Foster, who has been developing commercial applications
for the platform since its introduction nearly a decade ago, provides readers
with hands-on instruction, lots of code, and advice that only comes from the
trenches – giving readers everything they need to build cutting edge applications
and take advantage of the features of both Garnet and Cobalt. Coverage includes:
- Building forms, menus and user interfaces
- Managing memory
- Tying into Palm’s standard applications such as the Calendar, Phonebook,
or Tasks
- Storing program data on removable storage cards
- Building network enabled applications
- Creating web applications for Palm
- Working with Palm OS new support for Web Services
- Programm ing for new device features such as jog dials, rocker switches,
5-way navigators
- Working with sounds, graphics, multimedia, and new high-resolution color
screens
- Encrypting and decrypting data
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and wireless networking
and more…
Table of Contents
1. Understanding the Palm OS Platform.
2. Understanding the Operating System.
3. Introducing the Development Tools.
4. Writing Your First Palm OS Application.
5. Debugging Your Program.
6. Creating and Understanding Resources.
7. Building Forms and Menus.
8. Programming User Interface Elements.
9. Managing Memory.
10. Programming System Elements.
11. Programming Graphics.
12. Programming Multimedia.
13. Programming Alarms and Time.
14. Programming Tables.
15. Storing and Retrieving Data.
16. Manipulating Records.
17. Using Secondary Storage.
18. Sharing Data Through the Exchange Manager.
19. Using the Serial Port.
20. Communicating Over a Network.
21. Learning Conduit Basics.
22. Building Conduits.
23. Programming Navigation Hardware.
24. Odds and Ends.
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