Python for S60 1.9.4 released.
Changes 1.9.4 from 1.9.3:
- A single Nokia signed runtime package which can be installed on all S60 3rd ED and above devices is available. The actual size of the runtime is ~1MB, but due to the embedded OpenC sis and Platform Service sis, the size is increased to 2.8MB. The runtime includes only the most essential modules. The Rest of the modules are available with the application packager tool.
- Improved version of application packager tool. The PyS60 application packager now scans the Python application being packaged and picks up the missing Python modules on which the application is dependent and packages them along with the application files. Refer Chapter 7. “Module Repository” in the PyS60 Documentation for more details.
- Easier runtime deployment: Python runtime and its dependent components can be installed by just running any Python application packaged using 1.9.4 application packager. This feature is available only from S60 3rd edition FP2 devices onwards and also these devices should have been updated with the latest firmware.
- Two new APIs are added to the socket module – access_points() & set_default_access_point() which have similar functionality to the APIs present in btsocket module.
- Two new APIs are added to e32 module – get_capabilities() and has_capabilities(). The former can be used to get the capabilities, the application has been signed with, and the latter to check if a given list of capabilities is granted to the application or not. Note: The capabilities of scriptshell are displayed on startup using the get_capabilities() API.
- Added a new mode to appuifw.app.screen – ‘full_max’ which can be used to achieve fullscreen on devices that don’t have Left Soft Key and Right Soft Key(e.g.: Nokia 5800). Setting the screen to ‘full’ will translate to ‘large’ mode on these devices.
- The prefix to the binaries of 1.9.x to support co-existence with 1.4.x runtime, has been changed from ‘251_’ to ‘kf_’.
Corrected defects:
- 3368: Importing modules under application’s private directory fails.
- 3841: socket vs. btsocket interoperability.