[webkit-dev] S60WebKit MIME type question

Wed Jul 15 09:41:52 PDT 2009

>One thing to look out for is that I don't thin the NPAPI is fully implemented on S60.
it is pretty much fully implemented on S60 AFAIK, though the API got
"symbianized" for some reason, by changing some data types (char*) to
Symbian types (HBufC*).

http://trac.webkit.org/browser/S60/trunk/WebKit/Plugin/inc/npapi.h

Zalan.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Jack Wootton<jackwootton at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just to add, you are right, S60 browser uses ECOM to load a list of
> plugins at runtime that implement the interface
> 'CEcomBrowserPluginInterface'.  It stores meta data about each plugin,
> such as the MIME type it handles and the UID of the DLL implementing
> the plugin.  The browser then loads the plugin if the MIME type found
> in the <object> or <embed> tag matches.
>
> One thing to look out for is that I don't thin the NPAPI is fully
> implemented on S60.
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Jack Wootton<jackwootton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Plugins should follow the NPAPI
>> (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko_Plugin_API_Reference) and so
>> it shouldn't really matter if it pre-dates WebKit.  No doubt someone
>> else on this mailing list can offer more help here (since I'm new to
>> webkit).
>>
>> If you sign up to the Symbian Foundation, then you can browse S60 code
>> online.  Unfortunately having had a quick look it seems there are no
>> reference plugin implementations in the code.  There are some s60
>> specific plugin files, using the Symbian Foundation cross referencing
>> tool, they can be found in:
>>
>> /MCL/sf/mw/web/webengine/osswebengine/WebKit/s60/plugins
>> (http://developer.symbian.org/xref/oss/xref/MCL/sf/mw/web/webengine/osswebengine/WebKit/s60/plugins/)
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Sam Critchley<scritchley at gypsii.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jack,
>>>
>>> Thanks for taking the time to reply. The Nokia Platform Services resources
>>> are great, but currently only available in WRT on their S60 5th edition
>>> devices (5800 and N97). I think we're also going to look closely at the
>>> plug-in route as well - I wonder if there's a repository of standard
>>> plug-ins somewhere...
>>>
>>> I found the following on S60 browser plug-ins:
>>>
>>> http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/technologies/browser_plug-in_api.html
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I think this pre-dates the WebKit browser, so I'm not sure it
>>> still applies....
>>>
>>> I did find some documentation on Ecom plug-ins as well. I assume that's also
>>> available through S60WebKit as well. The main question is whether there's a
>>> repository of existing plug-ins somewhere (e.g. if there's a camera plug-in)
>>> or if you have to code your own.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 14, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Jack Wootton wrote:
>>>
>>>> If a browser finds a MIME type it cannot display (for example from an
>>>> <embed> or <object> tag) then is will iterate through available
>>>> plugins and load the plugin which handles that MIME type.
>>>>
>>>> Regarding camera on S60, you may want to take a look at:
>>>>
>>>> Nokia hvave released a beta version of the their new "Platform
>>>> Services" (JavaScript API to you and me), this includes a camera API
>>>> (the download includes a sis file which adds the new api to the
>>>> device, but it also comes with a JavaScript library which allows
>>>> pictures to be taken using the camera app and displayed using
>>>> JavaScript).  There are also sample widgets which use the camera API.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/cccea743-f4e5-418f-ad9f-0a7a7f50868f/Nokia_Platform_Services_2_0.html
>>>>
>>>> For something which isn't in beta, Nokia provide a JavaScript API for
>>>> launching 3rd party applications (you just supply the UID of the app
>>>> you wish to launch - I don't know how you can transfer data from the
>>>> app to the webkit environment though).  The API is part of Nokia's Web
>>>> Developer Library found here:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://library.forum.nokia.com/index.jsp?topic=/Web_Developers_Library/GUID-4D13AF3F-4733-44E7-996F-F27A11C9D6BF_cover.html
>>>>
>>>> You want to look at Web Developer's Library 1.7 > Web Runtime widgets
>>>>>
>>>>> Developing widgets > Web Runtime API reference > JavaScript Service
>>>>
>>>> API reference
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Sam Critchley<scritchley at gypsii.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Apologies for the very basic question, but I'm trying to find out how you
>>>>> can use custom MIME types in WebKit on S60 (3rd and 5th editions). We're
>>>>> looking at doing something like triggering the S60 camera app using a
>>>>> camera
>>>>> button in a web form (which is accessed in an app using Webkit for
>>>>> content
>>>>> display), take a picture, insert it into the form, and POST it to the
>>>>> website. Can anyone point me to information on how/whether we could do
>>>>> this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sam
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Regards
>>>> Jack
>>>
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