Games on Symbian OS: A Handbook for Mobile Development (Paperback)

Michael Coffey

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Games on Symbian OS: A Handbook for Mobile Development Book Description

Games on Symbian OS is the only guide to highlight the gaming opportunities presented by the Symbian OS platform, with particular emphasis on the creation of mobile games in C++ using native APIs.

Jo Stichbury leads a field of industry experts to provide the reader with detailed information about the key APIs used to create games. The book includes a broad introduction to games on mobile phones and describes the various ways of creating and playing mobile games. It also provides clear code examples and discussion, with information about how to optimise code for best practice. The authors use standard techniques to relay information (tables, diagrams and code samples) as well as cross-referencing between chapters and, where necessary, to other books in the Symbian Press series and beyond (e.g. to SDK documentation).

Games on Symbian OS does not focus solely on Symbian C++; readers will also learn how to create mobile games for Symbian OS phones on other platforms such as N-Gage, Flash Lite and J2ME.

Highlights include: Writing native C++ games on Symbian OS Smartphones Java games Designing a game for multi-play Using phone specific hardware services to make interesting gamesRead Games on Symbian OS and discover your potential to develop mobile games on Symbian OS.

About the Author :

Michael Coffey has contributed to Games on Symbian OS: A Handbook for Mobile Development as an author. Michael Coffey is Emeritus Reader in Greek and Latin at University College, London.

Book Details

Title:	Games on Symbian OS: A Handbook for Mobile Development
Publisher:	John Wiley & Sons
Author:	Fadi Chehimi, Leon Clarke, Michael Coffey
Edition:	Paperback
Language:	English
ISBN:	0470998040
EAN:	9780470998045
No. of Pages:	373
Publish Date:	2008-04-30
Binding:	Paperback

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