Ubuntu Mobile Guide 7.10

Table of Contents

About This Guide

Conventions

Contributing and Feedback

1. Introduction

2. Developer Blueprints

Application Framework

Possible User Applications

Mobile User Interface

Window Manager

Mobile Architecture

Image Creation

Mobile Kernel

Mobile Hardware Decode

Gnome Components

Screen Keyboard

Mobile Browser

Mobile Graphics

Power Management

Power Thermal Optimizations

Power Policies

Media Player

Utilities

USB Client

3. Setting up the Development Environment and Creating Images

Summary

Supported devices

Development Environment

Concepts

Install and Run Image Creator

Speeding Up Image-Creator by using a local mirror server

Test the target image UI on the Workstation

4. What is Hildon Desktop?

Hildon Desktop

5. Anatomy of a Python Application in UME

Purpose

Application files

Application Directory

Application auto-discovery via the .desktop file

Executable file

Main Python file

Glade user interface file

Icon file

Sample make file

6. Using Glade and Python to create an Application for Ubuntu Mobile

Purpose

Prerequisites

Prerequisites

Packages

Using Glade

This Python program's structure

Creating the Hildon Program and Hildon Window

Importing the .glade file

Reparenting to Hildon Window

Getting the menu and making it a Hildon Menu

Source

7. Porting Python Applications to Ubuntu Mobile

Objective

Assumed Knowledge

Get the Source Code and try it out on UME

Hildonize Step 1

Hildonize Step 2

8. Porting C Applications to Ubuntu Mobile

Objective

Assumed Knowledge

Overview

Get the source and try to compile

Hildonizing

9. Application Development for UME - An Example

Showing the User Relevant Information Based on their Location

10. Theming and Customization of UME

Overview

11. API References

D-Bus API

GTK API

Hildon API

Gnome Developer Documentation