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Symbian OS

Symbian OS has a layered architecture running on ARM processors. It provides hardware abstraction and manages system resources through three layers - a kernel layer, network/security services layer, and an applications layer. Applications access hardware through device drivers and APIs. The memory management unit provides protected memory access. Symbian uses a client-server model where applications are clients and system services like file access are servers. Third party applications are distributed as installation files and users can launch them after installation. Development uses C++ and Java, with emulators mapping OS calls to Windows. Sample code shows the main function and basic classes for writing Symbian applications.

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Symbian OS

Symbian OS has a layered architecture running on ARM processors. It provides hardware abstraction and manages system resources through three layers - a kernel layer, network/security services layer, and an applications layer. Applications access hardware through device drivers and APIs. The memory management unit provides protected memory access. Symbian uses a client-server model where applications are clients and system services like file access are servers. Third party applications are distributed as installation files and users can launch them after installation. Development uses C++ and Java, with emulators mapping OS calls to Windows. Sample code shows the main function and basic classes for writing Symbian applications.

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Symbian OS

Architecture:-

• Symbian os works on the ARM architecture RISC processors


• CPU is expected to be equipped with integrated MMU(memory
management unit) and cache
• Symbian os – main objective - provide hardware abstraction and
manage system resources
• Divided into 3 layers
 Bottom most layer interact with hardware and hardware
abstraction layer – kernel, device drivers, file services,
memory
 Network and security support components – multimedia
and communication protocol implementations
 Application framework and application support mechanism
– PC synchronization, Bluetooth and USB support
 Topmost layer – development environments and
applications
Hardware interfaces

• All applications need to access hardware for I/O media control

• Optional hardware – plug-ins

• OS is expected to recognize and service

• Hardware support also implemented as DLLS

• Hardware access – privileged mode - all calls need to pass through kernel

• Support for additional hardware – provided through separate DLL, kernel extension – eg.
Keyboard, media devices etc.

• Device drivers for optional hardware

• Each device drivers – 2 parts

• User side library for applications to link

• Kernel side library – actual hardware access

Memory Management

• MMU – primary function - provide protected mode

• Other functions

• Restriction on access to process data

• Protection of application code and OS code

• Isolation of peripheral hardware

• Partial constructed objects placed here until their construction completed

• If phone not have sufficient memory to complete object creation, delete the contents of
stack

System software

• Symbian os system services framework operates in client server mode


• Most of the system services are provided as servers – file server, font and bitmap server,
media server

• Applications – client connect to server and request their services

• Client connects to server using kernel interfaces and use message passing mechanism for
interaction

• Server operates in unprivileged mode – backend device drivers or kernel extensions to


perform their task

• User library – provide APIs to application framework and controlled access to kernel

Applications for symbian

• Symbian enables independent software vendors(ISV) to focus on developing new


applications for mobile phones

• Third party vendors provide software in installation file(SIS)

• SIS file – libraries and resources of application secured by certification system

• During installation, Update file system with the files from SIS file

• After installation, user can launch the application

• Applications – 2 parts

– engine that implement functionality

– UI

Development environment

• C++ and Java

• JAVA

->Symbian supports various forms of java – personal java, Java phone APIs, MIDP

->Symbian v8.0 supports J2ME MIDP2.0, CLDC 1.1. Additional libraries provided – bluetooth,
FileGCF, PIM, wireless messaging(WMA), Mobile media, 3D graphics

• C++

->Windows emulator running on PC that maps Symbian OS calls to Win32 APIs

->Also require VC++

->SDKs have emulation environment that can imitate exact target environment in terms of
stack and heap size, runtime memory utilization, etc.

Sample Symbian OS code: -


• Kernel and user library together constitute – e32

• e32Cons.h – information for console

• E32base.h – few basic classes used by most Symbian applications

• CBase class – base for all objects

• CConsoleBase – inherits from Cbase

• E32Main() – main function

• Descriptors – handle strings and binary data

• prinf() – method of Cbase class

• Source file
• Project specification file

• Applications can be built for different targets, the information for each target is
different file

• .mmp file

• Component definition file

• Always called the bld.inf

• Contains information about the project specification files

Source Code

• NewApplication() – starting point of any UI based application

• Display “Hello Symbian”

• HelloSymbian_Main.cpp

• NewApplication() – Return object of CHelloSymbian

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