Professional Palm OS Programming

Book excerpt: 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…