Integrating applications into Maemo Application Framework

Maemo .desktop file

1. To make an application visible in maemo Task navigator, a desktop file is needed for the application.
2. /usr/share/applications/hildon/[application].desktop
3. Use af-sb-init.sh restart to restart GUI again in order for the new entry to be seen in the task navigator.
   

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Example libOSSO <=== the name of the application Exec=/usr/bin/example_libosso ;; <== binary to launch X-Osso-Service=org.maemo.example_libosso     ;; <=== D-BUS service name Icon=qgn_list_gene_default_app MimeType=application/x-example; 

D-Bus Service File

• Only one instance of a D-BUS service can be run simultaneously, guaranteeing that each application is running only once.
• /usr/share/dbus-1/services/[application].service
• use af-sb-init.sh restart before D-BUS daemon recognizes it.
  

[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.maemo.example_libosso     # D-Bus service name (has to be unique)
Exec=/usr/bin/example_libosso           # binary to launch