Symbian Capabilities
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Symbian Capabilities
Overview
The platform security model of Symbian requires applications (including Qt applications) to have certain "capabilities" before they are allowed to use sensitive functionality.
S60 Capabilities
Basic capabilities - approved by the end user
- LocalServices
- UserEnvironment
- NetworkServices
- ReadUserData
- WriteUserData
- Location (from S60 3rd FP2)*
Applications that require only basic capabilities can be distributed with a self-signed certificate.
Extended capabilities
Applications using these capabilities require approval by "Symbian Signed":https://www.symbiansigned.com.
Open signed online
- SwEvent
- SurroundingsDD
- ProtServ
- PowerMgmt
- ReadDeviceData
- WriteDeviceData
- TrustedUI
- Location (before S60 3rd FP2)*
Certified Signed
- NetworkControl
- MultimediaDD
- CommDD
- DiskAdmin
Manufacturer-approved capabilities
- AllFiles
- DRM
- TCB
Adding Capabilities to Project
To extend capabilities edit .pro file of the project and specify the capabilities at TARGET.CAPABILITY.
Example: Adding location capabilities to a Qt application for Symbian
symbian:TARGET.CAPABILITY += Location