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@@ -1571,18 +1571,13 @@
By default \c .pkg file generated by \c qmake adds support for all
S60 3rd edition FP1, S60 3rd edition FP2 and S60 5th edition devices.
- As a last step we will embed the \c qt_installer.sis file to the Wiggly
- deployment file:
+ As a last step we will instruct qmake to generate smart installer \c .pkg file by defining
+ the UID of the installation package. The UID needs to be different than the application UID,
+ and should be reserved via normal Symbian mechanisms. You can use a random UID starting with
+ \c 0xE for testing purposes:
\snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_deployment.qdoc 58
- When \c qt_installer.sis is embedded to the application deployment file, the
- end-user does not need to download and install all dependencies separately.
- The drawback of \c .sis embedding is that the application \c .sis file size becomes
- big. To address these problems Forum Nokia is planning to release a smart installer
- which will take care of downloading and installing the necessary dependencies
- over-the-air. The expected availability of smart installer is 1Q 2010.
-
Now we are ready to compile the application and create the application
deployment file. Run \c qmake to create Symbian specific makefiles, resources (\.rss)
and deployment packaging files (\c .pkg). And do build to create the
@@ -1591,13 +1586,26 @@
\snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_deployment.qdoc 59
If everything compiled and linked without any errors, we are now ready to create
- an application installation file:
+ an application package (\c wiggly.sis):
\snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_deployment.qdoc 60
- If all binaries and dependencies were found, we should now have a self-signed
- \c wiggly_release-gcce.sis ready to be installed on a device. For more information
- about creating a \c .sis file and installing it to device see also
+ Now you can create the smart installer package for the application:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_deployment.qdoc 61
+
+ If all binaries and dependencies were found, you should now have a self signed
+ \c wiggly_installer.sis ready to be installed on a device. The smart installer
+ contained in the in the installer package will download the necessary dependencies
+ such as Qt libraries to the device.
+
+ \note If you want to have your application properly Symbian Signed for distribution,
+ you will have to properly sign both the application and the application installer packages.
+ Please see
+ \l{http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Symbian_Signed}
+ {Symbian Signed wiki} for more information about Symbian Signed.
+
+ For more information about creating a \c .sis file and installing it to device see also
\l {The Symbian platform - Introduction to Qt#Installing your own applications}{here}.
*/