Sony Ericsson UIQ 3 manual Preface, Purpose of this document

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Developers guidelines Signing applications

Preface

Purpose of this document

This document describes how to handle signing of native Symbian™ OS v9 applications for

Sony Ericsson phones. The document is intended for developers of UIQ™ 3 C++ applications who want insight in the implications of Symbian Platform Security (PlatSec) on the deployment and installation of applications in these phones.

Readers who will benefit from this document include support engineers and software developers.

It is assumed that the reader is familiar with C++ program development and deployment in general.

These Developers guidelines are published by:

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, SE-221 88 Lund, Sweden

Phone: +46 46 19 40 00

Fax: +46 46 19 41 00

www.sonyericsson.com/

©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2006. All rights reserved. You are hereby granted a license to download and/or print a copy of this document.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Second edition (October 2006)

Publication number: EN/LZT 108 8297 R2A

This document is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty*. Improvements and changes to this text necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this document. Printed versions are to be regarded as temporary reference copies only.

*All implied warranties, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, are excluded. In no event shall Sony Ericsson or its licensors be liable for incidental or consequential damages of any nature, including but not limited to lost profits or commercial loss, arising out of the use of the information in this document.

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Contents Signing applications Preface Purpose of this documentProducts Sony Ericsson Developer WorldDocument conventions AbbreviationsTypographical conventions Trademarks and acknowledgementsDocument history Change historyContents Developers guidelines Signing applications Symbian OS v9 security architecture Restricted and unrestricted APIs IntroductionCapabilities Secure Identifier, SID IdentifiersUnique Identifiers, UIDs Vendor Identifier, VIDData caging Unsigned sandboxed applicationsCapability User granted permission Symbian Signed applicationsCapability mapping Basic Capabilties Signing freeware applications Developer certificatesACS publisher ID Publisher certifiers Symbian OS v9 application signing Required capabilities Planning for developmentSigning or not UserEnvironment LocalServicesNetworkServices LocationSWEvent PowerMgmtWriteDeviceData ProtServCreating a Symbian Signed application General signing procedureDiskAdmin AllFilesSymbian Signed portal account registration UID allocationUID UID range Purpose Class To retrieve a UID from the Symbian Signed PortalACS publisher ID Number of IMEIs Identity requirementsExtended Capabilities Developers guidelines Signing applications To do before submitting the application UID InformationPolicy statement dialog PKG file formatDevelopers guidelines Signing applications Appendix Capability CommDD Functions listed by capabilityCapability AllFiles Capability DiskAdmin Capability Drm Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Capability LocalServices Developers guidelines Signing applications Capability Location Capability MultimediaDD Capability NetworkControl Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Capability NetworkServices Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Capability ReadDeviceData Capability PowerMgmtCapability ProtServ Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Capability ReadUserData Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Capability SurroundingsDD Capability SwEvent Capability WriteDeviceData Capability TcbCapability TrustedUI Capability UserEnvironment Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Capability WriteUserData Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Developers guidelines Signing applications Capability Illegal Developers guidelines Signing applications