User Library

The User Library allows the applications and services that run on a phone to access the functionality provided by the Symbian platform Kernel.

User Library provides APIs to access the functionality of the processor and memory hardware, and a large number of programming utilities like arrays, strings, and maths.

• Arrays And Lists
  
• Basic Types
  A list of documents that describe the basic types.
• Buffers And Strings
  Links to documents that describe buffers and strings.
• Date And Time Handling
  Topics related to handling Date and Time.
• Dynamically loading link libraries
  Topics related to Dynamically loading link libraries.
• Handles
  
• Inter Process Communication
  
• Key Codes
  Contains a list of the key code types and a brief description.
• Maths
  
• Memory Management
  Memory is allocated to programs in chunks, the documentation in this set explains how to allocate, manage and release that memory.
• Message Queue
  
• Publish and Subscribe
  This section explains the publish and subscribe concepts.
• Notifier framework
  This document describes the notifier framework.
• Reference Counting Objects
  
• System macros
  This section explains the system macros concepts.
• System Static Functions Overview
  This document provides an overview of the system static functions.
• System Wide Error Codes Overview
  This is an overview document of error codes used system APIs.
• Thread And Process Management
  These documents describe thread and process management.
• Timers and Timing Services
  Topics related to describe timers and various services provided by them.
• UID Manipulation
  
• Version Handling Overview
  Encapsulates version information.
• User Library Example Code
  This describes the example code for the User Library component.