Deploying Applications to Symbian Devices

Creating Symbian Signed Smart Installer Packages

If the application uses functions that require advanced capabilities (AllFiles, DRM, TCB, CommDD, DiskAdmin, NetworkControl, MultimediaDD), you must use the standard Symbian Signed process to have the application Symbian Signed. Depending on the capabilities used, you may use either the Express Signed or the Certified Signed path, or the manufacturer-specific channel (for AllFiles, DRM, and TCB).

1. Make sure that the source directory is clean. For example, if you use Git, enter the following command:

   git clean -dfx

2. Click Projects to edit the Build Settings for the Symbian Device target.
3. Select the Release configuration.
4. Open the Run Settings.
5. In the Create SIS Package step, specify the developer certificate and key in the Custom certificate and Key file fields.
6. In the Deploy SIS Package step, click Remove Item to skip the step of copying the SIS file to a device. The SIS file is created in the project folder.
7. Edit the project .pro file to use the correct UIDs and vendor information for the application, as illustrated by the following code snippet:

    symbian {
         TARGET.UID3 = 0x2000D7D1
         DEPLOYMENT.installer_header=0x2002CCCF
   
         vendorinfo = \
         "%{\"CustomVendor-EN\"}" \
         ":\"CustomVendor\""
   
         my_deployment.pkg_prerules = vendorinfo
         DEPLOYMENT += my_deployment
     }

8. Choose Build > Run Project.
9. Submit the created .sis file to Symbian Signed for certification.

   Note: Ensure that your application complies with the Symbian Signed Test Criteria before submitting the file for certification. Also, if the file is intended for Ovi Store publishing, verify that the application complies with Ovi Store publishing requirements.

10. After receiving the .sis file from Symbian Signed, copy it over the old application.sis.

    Note: The instructions below assume that you have installed Qt SDK.

11. To package Nokia Smart Installer for Symbian with the application, choose Start > Qt SDK > Symbian > Qt for Symbian Command Prompt to open the Qt command line environment.
12. Change to the project directory. For example:

    cd C:\Sources\Application

13. To create a Smart Installer wrapper package, enter the following command:

    C:\Sources\Application> make ok_installer_sis QT_SIS_CERTIFICATE=publisherid.cer QT_SIS_KEY=publisherid.key

14. Submit the created wrapped .sis file, application_installer.sis, to Symbian Signed. Express Signed is a suitable signing option for the wrapper package. The capabilities used in the application do not play a role here, because the wrapper package is already signed.

Qt Creator automatically generates a wrapper package in the project folder.

Note: Ensure that your application complies with the requirements before submitting the file to Ovi Store.

For more information about the qmake DEPLOYMENT variable, see qmake Variable Reference.

For more information about the Nokia Smart Installer, see the Nokia Smart Installer for Symbian Manual.

Note: Nokia Smart Installer for Symbian is only available on Windows.