How would one go about capturing users keystrokes in the SMS composer on the Symbian OS, specifically for a Nokia N73 (or any of the symbian supported devices http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS#Devices_that_have_used_the_Symbian_OS)? I'm new to symbian development and I'm trying to write an application to analyse writing styles of those who send SMSs. Any information (or push in the right direction) would be great.
Many Thanks,
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Actually, you can capture keystrokes destined for any application in Symbian OS.
RWindowGroup::CaptureKey() and RWindowGroup::CaptureLongKey() allow your executable to capture keys from any applicaton, whether yours is in the foreground or not.
However, in this case this may prove to be tedious - these two functions work by capturing specific key codes and modifier combinations, so you would have to set up a lot of captures to deal with all the key combinations in the SMS composer.
You would also have to pass the event on to the SMS composer once your exectuable had captured it. Whilst nominally possible using RWsSession::SendEventToWindowGroup() or TApaTask::SendKey(), there are complexities involved the events arrive in right order (i.e. key down, key event, key up) and behaviour of different FEPs (Front End Processors) for user input.
So whilst it is nominally feasible to do what you require as above, it would prove to be tedious to implement and test, bordering on the risky. If all you want to do is analyse writing style to collect data (rather than in a product app), you might be better off writing your own SMS composer - there are plenty of examples on the Forum Nokia web site of editors and SMS sending.
On a related note - is there an API that can detect all the keys being pressed at once as I stamp on my Symbian phone in frustration at its APIs? ;-)
Well, there are several levels to answering to your question.
The keystrokes are actually captured by the message editor application. So, either it provides an API to feed you all its keystrokes (you can look for one on http://forum.nokia.com. You'll find the message editor API but it will be mostly about re-using GUI controls and not what you're looking for) or you would need a transparent application of your own that stays in the foreground and captures keystrokes before feeding them back to whatever application happens to be right behind. Fortunately (for obvious security reasons), Symbian OS will not allow you to do the later.
You can, however, have your own application read messages when they are saved in the phone memory: when they are saved in the Draft folder or in the SMS Outbox.
The obligatory shameless plug: I would advise reading the messaging chapter of http://www.quickrecipesonsymbianos.com in order to understand how to use the Symbian Message Store
The classes of interest in your case are : CmsvEntry, CMsvSession, MMsvSessionObserver, CMsvOperation and CSmsClientMtm.
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I dont know where to begin. Do I need to create an app? Do I need to use bots? I have tried finding docs online but don't know where to start. Any help with be appreciated.
I am trying to create a small form in a teams channel that my users will fill out.
User enters #projects
Web server responds with
User clicks submit and data gets posted to my web server.
You're correct that there are a few different kinds of applications in Teams, so finding the one that suits your needs can be a little confusing at first. For what you're trying to do, I would recommend a Bot, and when it received a message (which it will do when it receives your #mention), it can respond with an Adaptive Cards. Adaptive Cards, if you've not used them, are like small embedded forms inside the chat. The user can complete the card and click a button, and it will send the payload back to your bot to do whatever it needs.
Bots, incidentally, are basically just web services, so your bot can do whatever it needs once it received the payload, such as calling another API in turn.
You haven't mentioned what language you might want to work in, but here are some good starting point nevertheless:
https://dev.botframework.com/
https://github.com/microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples/tree/main/samples
https://github.com/microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples/tree/main/samples/csharp_dotnetcore/57.teams-conversation-bot (I've linked the C# version - you should know that Teams bots use the same Microsoft framework as -all- bots build for the Microsoft world, such as web chat bot or a Skype bot. As a result, you have to ensure that anything you look at is applicable to Teams as some content/samples are not)
https://adaptivecards.io/ (as with Bots, Adaptive Cards have a life outside of Teams, so some articles/content/etc. might not be applicable to your scenario)
I want to make an application which will send information to a server about user's location every 30min. It is needed to provide location specific push notifications.
I need such functionality for Android/iOS, which would work in background (also if device is restarted). I found some articles covering background services and I created background service doing that, but after phone is restarted it won't work.
Is it possible with Android and iOS? How can I achieve that?
With iOS, no. With Android, yes.
Apple has gone to great lengths to limit what apps can do. You can do some things in the background for an extended period of time (GPS, play audio, Voip, etc), but after a reboot your app will not be restarted until the user opens it again. There are exceptions to this. Voip apps are allowed to restart after a reboot, but apple will not approve your app for the App Store unless you actually have a place for a user in your app to use the Voip feature. Geofences are a possibility, but I haven't had experience with that feature yet. In my experience, Apple does whatever they can to make sure your app doesn't run forever.
With android, there is more flexibility and what you propose is totally possible. I've listed some important links below, since most of those solutions are far better documented than what I can do here.
Essentially you need to register as a boot receiver and then send an intent to start a titanium android service when the boot event is received. I don't have experience with starting a titanium service, but I'm sure its a simple intent you need to fire. Either way you'll need a module for this native code. I attached a link to a bencoding titanium module that may help you, although there may be some others out there. You may even need to code one yourself.
Samsung is notorious for stopping your app with their SPCM feature. You may want to familiarize yourself with it. I've added a stackoverflow discussion link below.
I don't know all of your system requirements but honestly, for any app I would try my best to not run forever. It will hurt the battery life for your users and will add a lot of complexity. Maybe you could simply have the app check the GPS coordinates when it receives a push notification and decide right there and then whether to present a notification to the user? Just something to consider.
Either way good luck!
How to start an Application on startup?
http://docs.appcelerator.com/platform/latest/#!/guide/Android_Services
https://github.com/benbahrenburg/benCoding.Android.Tools
Dealing with Samsung SPCM killer
Good day all,
I have a java based phone (samsung star 2 5260) and it's three weeks that I'm trying to come up with a solution to receive notification on received emails.
The phone configures a periodic check for a minimum of 30 minutes, but I need a much more frequent control (five minutes maximum).
I have tried countless solutions, and I've come up with the closest one, being a custom mujmail midlet that supports my gmail mailbox over imap, deployed thanks to the netbeans editor.
Point is, I've modified mujmail's polling to run on the background, but audio does not play when the phone is locked, so even if the midlet checks and receives emails, it's unable to notify me. The application minimizes and keeps on running, but it's unable to tell me that new mail has arrived.
I've even tried sending an sms when there's new mail, but was unable to sign the application (looks like ktoolbar produces 1024 bit certificates, and thawte, verisign, etc. will only produce 2048 bit certs since a few years.), and so it'll always ask authorization, which renders this approach useless.
So I'm desperate to find an alternative.
And I was hoping that we can in some way emulate the 'system alert' that the phone uses when it's locked and you receive an sms (audio cue).
Is this a j2me functionality, or is it specific to the samsung sdk?
Does anybody have an idea of how to access this functionality from inside a midlet?
Is there a way to create a midlet in the trusted third party domain without signing it?
I know j2me is an old subject, but hopefully someone here is still knowledgeable about it.
Thanks in advance.
Looks like you're expecting too much from JavaME.
If it's possible to do what you want, you can be certain that it requires signing.
Basically you have to sign your MIDlet with a certificate that is supported on your phone. Most developers go for Thawte or Verisign, because their certificates are supported on the most devices.
If you're only interested in getting this to run on your own phone, it's possible you can find a much cheaper provider, like e.g. Samsung themselves. But I admit I don't know.
In any case, there's no way around signing, when you want to do things like this with JavaME.
(Well.... there's a tiny slim chance that your phone lets you set permissions, like "Never ask" in the MIDlet properties on the phone after installation, but only a tiny slim chance).
Even after signing your MIDlet, it still won't be able to wake up the phone. JavaME is a sandbox. If the user puts the phone to sleep, then JavaME can't wake it up. (At least not without special API's, which I don't think exists).
If it was me, I'd investigate this approach:
Implement PushRegistry timer to launch the MIDlet ever 5 minutes. This should theoretically launch the MIDlet despite the phone sleeping. (But not if it's turned off).
Then attempt if you can play an alarm sound here.
If you can't, then I'd look into sending an SMS to myself.
I am trying to create an accessibility app that will type in multiple windows at once, neither of which are owned by my app. For instance, let's say you have two Microsoft word documents open. When you hit a keystroke I want the command to go to both windows.
I have tried using Quartz events services, but it looks like it will only allow you to post to events either on a global or process level. But if two windows are running for the same process, how do I post to a specific window?
There's also the issue of the person typing in one window, while the content is being copied to the next.
Is it possible to post to a single window?
PS I know it's possible to do this in Windows
MacOS X includes a few tools which may be helpful. You should look into the Accessibility framework, Automator actions, and AppleScript. You should also be aware of application-specific solutions; in the case of Word, for example, you might look at VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). All of these tools provide ways that you can modify the content of other applications. Unfortunately, the level of support for each one varies from one application to another, and the way they're used also varies. So, it's unlikely that you'll find a single solution that works for all applications.
It's unlikely that you'll find a way to insert events directly into another process's event queue. That'd be a huge security hole, for one thing. Even if you could do that, you really wouldn't be able to target specific windows with your events. Mac applications use a responder chain that sends keystrokes to the "first responder", usually a component of the active window.
I want to send keys to other application with focusing on it with VB.NET. I want to be able to send a Keydown message and a KeyUp message. But without focusing on the application I want to send keys to.
The following example focuses on the application when it is sending the keys. I don't want that.
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/18366/Sending-Keystrokes-to-another-Application-in-C
The reason for this is I want to be able to Login with 2 games/windows onto 1 server and play with both of them. I have macros keys so I can set them to run this code. which will for example move the character on the 2nd game window while I control the character on my 1st game window. Like send "W" to move the 2nd character forward.
Any help?
In a quick research (I bet you dit it as well), I haven't found it possible.
SendKey is a way to simulate inputs at OS level, and not application level.
A possible workaround
That said, one way you could accomplish that would be creating a Virtual Machine and then run your automation script on it, keeping the host OS free. I'm just affraid that depending of the resources required by the game your are running (3D renderization), the VM specs maybe won't fit.
(Since I hate answers as "you can't do that", I just found interesting to share this palliative)