Open Book is a Nokia example featuring a 3D book implemented with OpenGL ES 2.0. The book can be browsed with intuitive touch gestures and it contains images retrieved from the device gallery and ads. The In-App Advertising feature is implemented by wrapping the Inneractive server API with Qt.
This example application is hosted in GitHub: https://github.com/nokia-developer/open-book
This example application demonstrates:
- Showing ads in OpenGL ES context
- Retrieving images from the phone gallery
- Optimised creation of image thumbnails
- Prerequisites
- Intermediate skills in Qt and C++
- OpenGL ES 2.0 basics
- Project structure
- The root folder contains the project file, resource files, the licence information, and this file (README.md).
images: Contains application graphics.inneraddengine_src: Source code for fetching and managing the ads.src: Contains the main source code files.
- Compatibility
- Symbian devices with Qt 4.7.4 or higher.
Tested to work on the Nokia 701 and the Nokia N8-00. Developed with Qt SDK 1.2.1.
None; the application can be self signed on Symbian.
The code itself does not comply with the Qt coding conventions and Qt coding style.
- Building, installing, and running the application
Check that you have the latest Qt SDK installed in the development environment and the latest Qt version on the device.
Make sure your device is connected to your computer. Locate the .sis installation file and open it with Nokia Suite. Accept all requests from Nokia Suite and the device. Note that you can also install the application by copying the installation file onto your device and opening it with the Symbian File Manager application.
After the application is installed, locate the application icon from the application menu and launch the application by tapping the icon.
- Licence
See the licence text file delivered with this project. The licence file is also available online at https://github.com/nokia-developer/open-book/blob/master/Licence.txt
- Related documentation
- http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Showing_ads_in_OpenGL_ES_context
- http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/JpegEmbeddedThumbs
- Version history
- Version 1.0: The initial release.