Sunday, January 15, 2012

Optimize your apps for Nokia Belle

Upgrades to Nokia Belle software (also known as Symbian Belle) will start to roll out worldwide soon. Now you can optimize your current S^3 and Symbian Anna apps to make the most of the UI changes that Belle brings to a wide range of Nokia’s Symbian smartphones.

While many existing apps will be largely compatible with Belle from the start, we recommend that you first test your older apps with Nokia Belle and then address any compatibility issues you may find. Don’t have a Nokia Belle phone? No problem, you can use Nokia’s free Remote Device Access service to test your apps. Depending on the results, you may decide to make certain changes; then you can republish or update your app in Nokia Store to make the most of the new Belle software.

Also, if you develop new apps that use Belle-specific APIs, these apps will not work with phones that run S^3 or Symbian Anna. So you may also decide to limit the distribution of these applications to Belle-only phones.

Documentation about Nokia Belle compatibility is now available in the Nokia Developer Wiki. [Note: This Wiki article is a work in progress, and more details will be added soon.]

To learn more, watch this video showing a hands-on demo of the Symbian Belle UI:


Learn more about the features found in Nokia Belle.


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