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The Maemo connectivity subsystem is implemented by using known Linux conventions. It resides in the user space of Linux, and relies on the Linux kernel through standard C libraries. GPRS or WLAN is the main channel to the Internet. The Bluetooth software of Maemo is based on BlueZ, which is known as the de-facto implementation of Bluetooth for Linux. D-Bus is used for internal application level message exchange.

Even though the connectivity device drivers are closely related to this subsystem, they are considered to be outside of the scope of this manual.

===Components of the Maemo connectivity architecture===

* '''Maemo connectivity UI''' - User Interface parts of the connectivity. This includes Control Panel applets and several different dialogs.
* '''Maemo connectivity daemon (ICd)''' - [http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/beta/libconic/ LibConIC] API works together with [http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/beta/icd2/ ICd], handling all Internet Access Points (IAPs). IC daemon handles both WLAN and GPRS connections.
* '''OBEX wrapper''' - Interface to OBEX services. The primary target user of this library is the OBEX gnome-vfs module.
* '''OpenOBEX''' - Open source implementation of the Object Exchange (OBEX) protocol. For more information on OpenOBEX, visit http://triq.net/obex/
* '''BlueZ Bluetooth stack''' - The de-facto implementation of Bluetooth for Linux. For more information on BlueZ, visit [http://www.bluez.org/ http://www.bluez.org]
* '''[http://git.kernel.org/?p=bluetooth/bluez.git;a=tree;f=doc;hb=HEAD BlueZ D-Bus API]''' - BlueZ accepts commands via D-Bus.
* '''WLAN connectivity daemon''' - The daemon controlling WLAN connections.
* '''WLAN device driver''' - mac80211 from Linux and wl12xx driver implemented by Nokia, licensed under GPLv2.

===Internet Access Points (IAP)===

The central concept for maemo Internet connections is the Internet Access Point (IAP), which represents a logical Internet (IP) connection that the user defines. An IAP has a unique name, usually in form of UUID). Among other things, it defines the radio bearer (e.g. WLAN, GPRS), and usually also the data transfer speed, username, password, proxy server, and the corresponding access point in the Internet or the telephone number of the service provider's modem.

==Connectivity Subsystem ==

This section describes the system decomposition of the Connectivity subsystem. Maemo applications can open Internet connections by using the LibConIC API. The Internet Access subsystem take care of the connection to the phone, if necessary, by using the services of the Phone Access subsystem. If an application needs to gain access to the phone's files, the File selector consults the Phone Access subsystem.

In offline mode, none of the radios must be active. The Device System Management Entity (DSME) of Maemo provides information about the transitions to and from the offline mode.

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Connectivity UI
|-
| Purpose
| Provides the UI for managing phone and Internet connections. Available as a Control Panel applet, and from the Status Bar.
|-
| Responsibilities and additional requirements
 |
* Displaying active connections with statistics
* Updating status indicators
* Providing dialogs for changing and disconnecting connections
|-
| Concurrent usage
| (N/A)
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Phone Access
|-
| Purpose
| Provides connections to phones with different Bluetooth profiles
|-
| Responsibilities and additional requirements
|
* Searching for phones and inquiring their services
* Keeping phone register
* Providing status of the phone connections for Connectivity UI
* Binding RFCOMM devices to Bluetooth services on the phone
* Providing easy access to OpenOBEX
|-
| Concurrent usage
| Number of clients not limited by Maemo. However, some phones may not support more than one Bluetooth profile at a time.
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Internet Access
|-
| Purpose
| Provides Internet connections over different bearers.
|-
| Responsibilities and additional requirements
|
* Providing means for configuration and management of IAP settings
* Providing API for Internet connections over different bearers (e.g. WLAN, GPRS)
* Providing status of Internet connections for Connectivity UI
|-
| Concurrent usage
| Number of clients not limited, but only one connection to the Internet can exist at any given time
|}

Phone and Internet connections are quite different by nature and behavior. These are introduced in more detail in the following sections.

===Phone Access ===

Phone Access is the subsystem handling connections to a cellular phone. It offers a search utility for finding potential phones and inquiring the services they can offer. This is based on the standard Bluetooth service discovery mechanism. Phone Access also keeps a record of phones that have connected to the device in GConf, and provides a list of them for the user to choose from. Phone Access relies on the Linux Bluetooth implementation called BlueZ. BlueZ offers the Berkeley socket interface to the HCI and to the L2CAP protocol for the user space applications.

In principle, any cellular phone supporting Bluetooth Service Discovery Protocol (SDP) and File Transfer Profile (FTP) can connect to Maemo. However, different mobile phones implement varying levels of file transfer services and OBEX. Some products limit access to the Inbox (Object Push), whereas more sophisticated ones make the Gallery and the memory card available. The recent products support the OBEX Capability request for retrieving more specific information about the file system on the phone.

Maemo connects to a phone on an on-demand basis, such as when an application requires a connection. For example, when the Internet browser is about to open a URL, it requests Phone Access to establish a connection to the phone. This causes Phone Access to bind an RFCOMM device to the requested service on the phone. In a similar fashion, the File Selector can set up a file transfer connection to the phone using another RFCOMM device. After binding to a service, the application in question can open the local RFCOMM device. Normal file selector access is performed with GnomeVFS layer to get transparent access to phone in the same way as internal flash and MMC are accessed.

;Name
: General Bluetooth UI
;Purpose
: User interface for managing all paired BT devices
;Responsibilities and additional requirements
: <ul><li>Keeping a list of all paired devices (not only phones)</li></ul>
;Concurrent usage
: N/A

;Name
: BT search
;Purpose
: Searches for available Bluetooth devices
;Responsibilities and additional requirements
: <ul><li>Bluetooth inquiry</li><li>Checking on offline mode state</li></ul>
;Concurrent usage
: N/A

;Name
: BT service discovery
;Purpose
: Checks if a found Bluetooth device is sufficient
;Responsibilities and additional requirements
: Bluetooth service discovery (SDP)
;Concurrent usage
: Not limited (but used by Phone selection UI and Phone connection daemon only)

;Name
: GW OBEX library
;Purpose
: Provides access to OpenOBEX library for the File selector (Gnome VFS) on a higher abstraction level than OpenOBEX itself supports
;Responsibilities and additional requirements
: <ul><li>Handling OBEX requests</li></ul>
;Concurrent usage
: Not limited

Maemo Bluetooth also supports HID (keyboard) and OPP (object push file transfer) profiles.

===Internet Access ===

The Internet Access subsystem manages connections to the Internet over different bearers and is also responsible for the configuration and management of Internet Access Points. Internet Access provides applications with TCP/IP connections. They can be established in the following ways:

* WLAN connection to a wireless access point.
* Bluetooth connection through phone using Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) and a cellular modem (in the phone).

For Bluetooth connections, AT commands are applied to establish a PPP link to the cellular modem and the connection to the Internet.

;Name
: IC daemon
;Purpose
: IC daemon establishes Internet connections over different bearers.
;Responsibilities and additional requirements
: <ul><li>Controlling that only one Internet connection (one active IAP) can exist at any given time</li><li>Using WLAN or GPRS connection daemon for getting a network device and getting the connection authenticated</li><li>Starting IP level services like PPP and DHCP</li><li>Providing statistics about the usage of IAPs to any application</li>
;Concurrent usage
: Has multiple clients and limits the connections to one at a time

;Name
: Internet Connectivity GUI
;Purpose
: Has GUI applications for configuring Internet Access Points and WLAN settings.
;Responsibilities and additional requirements
: <ul><li>Providing the UI for configuring an IAP</li><li>Providing the UI for WLAN settings</li><li>Scanning for available WLAN networks (on request)</li><li>Saving IAP and WLAN settings (excluding EAP settings) to GConf</li><li>Opening up dialogs and displaying notifications</li></ul>
;Concurrent usage
: N/A

;Name
: WLAN connection daemon
;Purpose
: Manages WLAN network connections
;Responsibilities and additional requirements
: <ul><li>Starting WLAN driver with the settings provided; stopping WLAN</li><li>Requesting authentication when necessary</li><li>Relaying WLAN IAP settings from IC daemon to WLAN drivers and authentication requests to EAP</li><li>Relaying WLAN events from WLAN drivers</li><li>Providing WLAN status information</li></ul>
;Concurrent usage
: Not limited

;Name
: EAP UI
;Purpose
: User interface for EAP authentication
;Responsibilities and additional requirements
: <ul><li>Invoking a dialog for an authentication password</li><li>Showing authentication status</li></ul>
;Concurrent usage
: N/A

;Name
: EAP
;Purpose
: Provides WLAN security excluding basic WEP settings, which are in Wireless Extensions
;Responsibilities and additional requirements
: <ul><li>Taking care of the authentication process for the active IAP</li><li>Delivering progress events to IC daemon</li><li>As a special case, controlling the EAP-SIM authentication using the SIM Access Profile</li><li>Providing authentication status</li></ul>
;Concurrent usage
: N/A

==Internet Connectivity Daemon ==

This section describes how the Internet Connectivity daemon works internally. The following subsections explain the behavior and the decomposition of this component in detail, also covering the interfaces that this component realizes.

===Decomposition ===

If the ICd receives a request to activate or deactivate an IAP, the ICd activates the IAP or, if no IAP has been defined as the default, shows a uI requesting the user to choose one. Depending on the type of the IAP, the ICd uses the appropriate network type plug-in to activate or deactivate specific network interface.

The ICd tracks the applications requesting IAPs by recording their D-Bus base service names. This allows the ICd to detect situations where processes using an IAP have aborted or crashed.

Maemo version 3.0 introduced the automatic connection creation feature in the Internet Connectivity Daemon. In other words, the device tries to connect automatically to the saved IAPs, and keep connected as long as possible. With this feature, applications like e-mail and RSS reader are always up to date. The device is also always ready for online use, for example, incoming VoIP calls or IM chat. In earlier versions, the Internet connection was automatically closed if no application was using it or when the connection was idle for the period of time defined by the idle timeout configuration parameter.

When the device is not connected, it scans for saved IAPs and tries to connect automatically, taking into account the value defined by the search interval configuration parameter. The search interval can be 5, 10, 30 or 60 minutes; all other values are automatically mapped to "Never". This setup switches off the automatic connection feature. In this case, the device behaves just like the former versions: Connections are created only when applications require it.

Because each application keeps its data updated and provides the always-online feature, the ICd is only responsible for creating connections.

While writing an application making use of the ICd system, keep the following in mind:

* The application must always use the existing available connection.
* As in former versions, if the device is not connected but a connection is required by user interaction, the application must require connection creation using LibConIC API.
* Ensure that the user is aware of updates and can see the time when the data was last updated.
* Ensure that the application registers via LibConIC and listens to signals emitted by the ICd (Connection Created, Lost and Changed), and react as follows:
** '''Connection Created''': Use the connection and update all data.
** '''Connection Lost''': Go to an idle state silently and wait until a new connection is created.
** '''Connection Changed''': Use the new connection.
* Ensure that automatic data updates run in background and silently:
** Avoid alarming the user with unnecessary banners or dialogs.
** Ensure that usernames and passwords are saved so that automatic updates can be performed without prompts.
** During and after updates, ensure that no failures display error notifications.
* The connectivity infrastructure must take care of error situations in a centralized way.

You can switch off the automatic connection creation feature by using offline mode. While in this mode, the configuration parameter for allowing WLAN in offline mode is checked. Depending on the state of this configuration parameter, WLAN IAPs are either enabled or disabled in the offline mode. Also other radios like Bluetooth are normally disabled in the offline mode.

=== WLAN ===

For connecting to a WLAN, the ICd needs to associate with the network as well as enable EAP authentication and the DHCP client as needed. Independently of whether an active IAP using WLAN exists, the requested WLAN network is first scanned to ensure that it is available. If the requested network is found and the current IAP is using WLAN, the current IAP is deactivated. WLAN is activated according to the following procedure:

* If the network requires EAP authentication, the EAP authentication procedure is started. While performing the EAP authentication, the EAP software may show GUI dialogs relating to the EAP authentication procedure. When EAP authentication is complete, the EAP software sets security keys for the WLAN network, resulting in state change messages from wlancond. The ICd receives these messages but ignores them and waits for the reply from EAP authentication instead. If the EAP authentication fails, the ICd aborts with a D-Bus error message.
* After the EAP process starts, the ICd instructs wlancond to associate with the WLAN network. Any static security settings relating to pre-shared security keys are also supplied at this point. If it cannot establish a connection to the WLAN network, the ICd aborts with an error.
* Because the DHCP client is a stand-alone program, start it by using exec if the WLAN IAP requires dynamic IP address acquisition. When the DHCP client has obtained an IP address, it configures IP-related parameters, and sends a D-Bus signal to the ICd. If it cannot obtain the IP address lease, the ICd times out, stops the DHCP client and aborts with a D-Bus error message.

==LibConIC Library ==

Internet Connectivity API (in shorter form: Libconic) is an API for applications to manage internet connections on Maemo devices. It was introduced in the first IT OS 2007 release, deprecating the old OSSO IC API (osso-ic-lib). OSSO IC API was conclusively removed in the IT OS 2008 release. For more information on libconic interfaces, see [http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/5.0-final/libconic/index.html Internet Connectivity API]

Libconic is high level and stable object-oriented API suitable for the following purposes:

* requesting Internet connection
* listening for Internet connection status events
* receiving statistics of Internet connection
* getting proxy settings for the current connection
* getting a list of user-saved connections (IAPs)

=== Application Requirements ===

Before applications can use the Libconic API, they must meet the following requirements:

# use non-blocking sockets
# have the system D-Bus running
# <code>g_type_init()</code> has to be called
# employ no threading support in the Libconic API

If the application is a standard Hildon application, almost all of these requirements are already fulfilled. LibOSSO context initialization connects the application to both session and system D-Bus buses, <code>g_type_init()</code> is called as a part of <code>gtk_init()</code>, and probably no extra threads are used.

=== Non-Blocking Sockets ===

Blocking sockets cannot be used because that would also block incoming Connectivity events. Non-blocking sockets should be used in order to receive the events properly. For example, GLib IO Channels with the <code>G_IO_FLAG_NONBLOCK</code> flag provide non-blocking way to use sockets.

With threads, blocking sockets can be used, although Libconic API itself is not thread safe.

=== System D-Bus ===

Libconic API uses internally system D-Bus for delivering messages to the Connectivity components. Applications must be running normal D-Bus dispatch, watch and timeout monitoring before using the Libconic API. If the GLib mainloop is used, this can be accomplished with <code>dbus_connection_setup_with_g_main()</code>.

N.B. Setting up LibOSSO context connects the application to required D-Bus.

=== GType ===

Libconic API is <code>GObject</code>-based, so in order to get the API working, you must initialize GLib's <code>GType</code> properly. To do that, use <code>g_type_init()</code>.

=== No Multiple Threads ===

Libconic API is not thread-safe. If the applications has threads, use Libconic API only from the same context where <code>GMainloop</code> is running.

===Libconic Usage ===

==== Requesting for Connection ====

Libconic is an asynchronous connection API, which heavily relies on <code>GObject</code> signals. Basically this means that <code>GMainloop</code> must be iterated in order to successfully execute connection requests. After the application is set up, use a <code>ConIcConnection</code> object to request a connection:

<source lang="c">
    gboolean success = FALSE;
    /* Create connection object */
    ConIcConnection *connection = con_ic_connection_new();
    /* Connect signal to receive connection events */
    g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(connection), "connection-event",
                     G_CALLBACK(my_connection_handler), NULL);
    /* Request connection and check for the result */
    success = con_ic_connection_connect(connection, CON_IC_CONNECT_FLAG_NONE);
    if (!success) g_warning("Request for connection failed");
</source>

At this point, the application does not yet have an Internet connection. A successful return from <code>con_ic_connection_connect()</code> means only that the request was successfully dispatched to the Internet Connectivity daemon. When the daemon has a connection ready, the application receives an event (as an <code>GObject</code> signal) indicating that the device is connected. If the connection attempt fails, the application receives a disconnected event with an error describing the reason for the failure.

The connection handler (<code>my_connection_handler()</code> function registered in the previous snippet) could look like this:

<source lang="c">
static void my_connection_handler(ConIcConnection *connection,
                                  ConIcConnectionEvent *event,
                                  gpointer user_data)
{
    ConIcConnectionStatus status = con_ic_connection_event_get_status(event);
    ConIcConnectionError error;
    const gchar *iap_id = con_ic_event_get_iap_id(CON_IC_EVENT(event));
    const gchar *bearer = con_ic_event_get_bearer_type(CON_IC_EVENT(event));
    switch(status) {
        case CON_IC_STATUS_CONNECTED:
            g_debug("Hey, we are connected to IAP %s with bearer %s!", iap_id, bearer);
            break;
        case CON_IC_STATUS_DISCONNECTING:
            g_debug("We are disconnecting...");
            break;
        case CON_IC_STATUS_DISCONNECTED:
            g_debug("And we are disconnected. Let's see what went wrong...");
            error = con_ic_connection_event_get_error(event);
            switch(error) {
                case CON_IC_CONNECTION_ERROR_NONE:
                    g_debug("Libconic thinks there was nothing wrong.");
                    break;
                case CON_IC_CONNECTION_ERROR_INVALID_IAP:
                    g_debug("Invalid (non-existing?) IAP was requested.");
                    break;
                case CON_IC_CONNECTION_ERROR_CONNECTION_FAILED:
                    g_debug("Connection just failed.");
                    break;
                case CON_IC_CONNECTION_ERROR_USER_CANCELED:
                    g_debug("User canceled the connection attempt");
                    break;
            }
            break;
        default:
            g_debug("Unknown connection status received");
    }
}
</source>

====Listening for Connection Events ====

Sometimes the application does not actively start connections but needs to detect if the device is online. The Libconic "automatic events" feature, enabled with the <code>automatic-connection-events</code> <code>GObject</code> property, can achieve this:

<source lang="c">
    /* Create connection object */
    ConIcConnection *connection = con_ic_connection_new();
    /* Connect signal to receive connection events */
    g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(connection), "connection-event",
                     G_CALLBACK(my_connection_handler), NULL);
    /* Set automatic events */
    g_object_set(G_OBJECT(connection), "automatic-connection-events", TRUE, NULL);
</source>

When automatic events are turned on, the application receives connected and disconnected events for all Internet connection changes. In addition to this, the application receives an event for the initial connection status. If the device is disconnected, <code>ConIcConnectionEvent</code> with status <code>CON_IC_STATUS_DISCONNECTED</code> is emitted. This event has <code>NULL</code> IAP ID and bearer, because there is no IAP getting disconnected, but the event indicates that the device is offline.

N.B. The main loop must be iterated in order to receive the event. If you need the connection status information synchronously, you can iterate the main loop yourself:

<source lang="c">
static void connection_info(ConIcConnection *connection,
                            ConIcConnectionEvent *event,
                            gpointer user_data)
{
    ConIcConnectionStatus status = con_ic_connection_event_get_status(event);
    ConIcConnectionStatus *status_ptr = (ConIcConnectionStatus*)user_data;
    *status_ptr = status;
}
/* ... */
    /* Create connection object and set on automatic events (see previous snippet) ... */
    static ConIcConnectionStatus status = 0xFFFF;
    ConIcConnection *connection = con_ic_connection_new();
    g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(connection), "connection-event",
                     G_CALLBACK(connection_info), &status);
    g_object_set(G_OBJECT(Connection), "automatic-connection-events", TRUE, NULL);
    /* Iterate main loop for the first connection event */
    while (status == 0xFFFF) g_main_context_iteration(NULL, TRUE);
    if (status == CON_IC_STATUS_CONNECTED)
        g_debug("We are connected!");
    else
        g_debug("We are not connected!");
</source>

==== Receiving Statistics of Connection ====

To receive statistics of the current Internet connection, use the <code>con_ic_connection_statistics()</code> function and the corresponding event handler. You can retrieve statistics for a specified IAP or just for the current default connection. Note that currently the Internet Connectivity daemon provides only one Internet connection at a time, so the best option is to leave IAP ID <code>NULL</code>.

<source lang="c">
static void connection_statistics(ConIcConnection *connection,
                                  ConIcStatisticsEvent *event,
                                  gpointer user_data)
{
    g_debug("Here are all kind of nice statistics about the connection:");
    g_debug("Time active: %u, signal strength: %u, received packets: %llu, "
            "sent packets: %llu, received bytes: %llu, sent bytes: %llu",
            con_ic_statistics_event_get_time_active(event),
            con_ic_statistics_event_get_signal_strength(event),
            con_ic_statistics_event_get_rx_packets(event),
            con_ic_statistics_event_get_tx_packets(event),
            con_ic_statistics_event_get_rx_bytes(event),
            con_ic_statistics_event_get_tx_bytes(event));
}
/* ... */
    /* ConIcConnection object named "connection" has already been created */
    g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(connection), "statistics",
                     G_CALLBACK(connection_statistics), NULL);
    if (!con_ic_connection_statistics(connection ,NULL))
        g_warning("Requesting connection statistics failed!");
</source>

==== Getting Proxy Settings ====

Libconic allows you to set up Internet connection proxy settings for various protocols. The first step is to discover the current proxy mode by using the <code>con_ic_connection_get_proxy_mode()</code> function. Next, use the following functions to get the actual proxy settings:

* If proxy mode is <code>CON_IC_PROXY_MODE_NONE</code>, do not use any proxies.
* If proxy mode is <code>CON_IC_PROXY_MODE_MANUAL</code>, use the following functions to query proxy settings:
** <code>con_ic_connection_get_proxy_host()</code> to get the proxy host
** <code>con_ic_connection_get_proxy_port()</code> to get the proxy port
** <code>con_ic_connection_get_proxy_ignore_hosts()</code> to get a list of hosts for which the proxy should not be used.
* If proxy mode is <code>CON_IC_PROXY_MODE_AUTO</code>, use <code>con_ic_connection_get_proxy_autoconfig_url()</code> to get a proxy auto configuration URL.
** Use of auto configuration URL is explained in [[:wikipedia:Proxy_auto-config|Wikipedia]]

In this example, the <code>connection-event</code> handler is modified to print HTTP proxy settings when establishing connection:

if (status == CON_IC_STATUS_CONNECTED) {
        g_debug("We are connected! \
Let's see what kind of settings we have for HTTP proxy...");

/* Do things based on specified proxy mode */
        switch (con_ic_connection_get_proxy_mode(connection)) {

case CON_IC_PROXY_MODE_NONE:
                g_debug("No proxies defined, it is direct connection");
                break;

case CON_IC_PROXY_MODE_MANUAL:
                g_debug("HTTP proxy %s:%d in use",
                        con_ic_connection_get_proxy_host(connection, CON_IC_PROXY_PROTOCOL_HTTP),
                        con_ic_connection_get_proxy_port(connection, CON_IC_PROXY_PROTOCOL_HTTP));

g_debug("List of hosts, for which proxy should not be used:");
                ignore_hosts = con_ic_connection_proxy_ignore_hosts(connection);
                for (GSList *iter = ignore_hosts; iter != NULL; iter = g_slist_next(iter))
                {
                    g_debug("%s", (gchar *)iter->data);
                    g_free(iter->data);
                }
                g_slist_free(ignore_hosts);
                break;

case CON_IC_PROXY_MODE_AUTO:
                g_debug("Proxy auto-config URL %s should be used",
                        con_ic_connection_get_proxy_autoconfig_url(connection));
                break;
        }
    }
}
</source>

Proxy functions also exist for each individual protocol (like <code>con_ic_connection_get_proxy_ftp_host()</code>), but these functions are deprecated. Avoid them in newly-written code.

====Getting List of User-Saved Connections ====

To query all user-saved connections (IAPs), use the <code>con_ic_connection_get_all_iaps()</code> function. The function returns simply a singly linked list of <code>ConIcIap</code> objects:

<source lang="c">
    /* ConIcConnection object named "connection" has already been created */
    GSList *saved_iaps = con_ic_connection_get_all_iaps(connection);
    g_debug("The following connections have been saved by the user:");
    for (GSList *iter = saved_iaps; iter != NULL; iter = g_slist_next(iter)) {
        /* Get IAP object and print some information about it */
        ConIcIap *iap = (ConIcIap *)iter->data;
        g_debug("Connection %s called '%s' using bearer %s",
                con_ic_iap_get_id(iap), con_ic_iap_get_name(iap),
                con_ic_iap_get_bearer_type(iap));
        /* We unref the IAP object as we are not going to use it anymore */
        g_object_unref(iap);
    }
    g_slist_free(saved_iaps);
</source>

==== Porting Application from OSSO IC API to Libconic ====

* If the application does not have <code>GType</code>, GLib or D-Bus configured, set them up:

<source lang="c">
      DBusConnection *system_dbus;
      GMainLoop *main_loop;
      g_type_init();
      main_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
      system_dbus = dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, NULL);
      dbus_connection_setup_with_g_main(system_dbus, NULL);
</source>

* Include the correct header file:

<source lang="c">
      #include <osso-ic.h>
      /* change to: */
      #include <conic.h>
</source>

* Set up <code>ConIcConnection</code> object and <code>connection-event</code> handler instead of <code>osso_iap_cb_t</code> callback:

<source lang="c">
      static void my_connection_cb(struct iap_event_t *event, void *arg)
      {
      /* ... */
      }
      /* ... */
          osso_iap_cb(my_connection_cb);
      ===>
      static void my_connection_cb(ConIcConnection *connection,
                                   ConIcConnectionEvent *event,
                                   gpointer user_data)
      {
      /* ... */
      }
      /* ... */
          ConIcConnection *connection = con_ic_connection_new();
          g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(connection), "connection-event",
                           G_CALLBACK(my_connection_cb), app_data);
</source>

* Request statistics with <code>con_ic_connection_statistics()</code> instead of <code>osso_iap_get_statistics()</code>.
* List all available IAPs with <code>con_ic_connection_get_all_iaps()</code> instead of <code>osso_iap_get_configured_iaps()</code>.
* Configure autoconf to use Libconic instead of OSSO IC API:
<source lang="autoconf">
PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OSSOIC, osso-ic)
AC_SUBST(OSSOIC_CFLAGS)
AC_SUBST(OSSOIC_LIBS)
# Change to:
PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CONIC, conic)
AC_SUBST(CONIC_CFLAGS)
AC_SUBST(CONIC_LIBS)
</source>
* In <code>debian/control</code> file <code>Build-Depends</code> section, depend on <code>libconic0-dev</code> instead of <code>osso-ic-dev</code>.

==Bluetooth Libraries ==

This section explains how Maemo Bluetooth libraries work internally. The following subsections explain the behavior and the decomposition of the Bluetooth library components in detail.

=== Discovering devices ===

Maemo provides D-BUS interface for displaying bluetooth device search dialog (You can find list of available Bluetooth D-BUS calls [[#D-Bus Connectivity UI Interface|here]]).

Devices can be searched with following steps:
# Set up D-BUS connection
# call bt_ui.search_req to show dialog - you can filter the results
# catch bt_ui.search_result signal
# process results

Here's working example in C how this is done:

<source lang="c">
//Bluetooth discovery example - bluetooth libraries won't work in SDK!
#include <hildon/hildon-program.h>
#include <dbus/dbus.h>
#include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>
#include <contbtdialogs-dbus.h>

/* structure to hold some info */
typedef struct _AppData AppData;
struct _AppData {
    HildonProgram *program;
    HildonStackableWindow *window;
    DBusGConnection *dbus_conn;
};

static DBusGConnection *dbus_conn = NULL;
static AppData *app = NULL;

gboolean initialize()
{
    GError *error = NULL;

//connects to system bus - this is where bt_ui resides
    dbus_conn = dbus_g_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, &error);
    if (dbus_conn == NULL)
    {
        g_print("Initialization failed: %s\n", error->message);
        g_clear_error(&error);
        return FALSE;
    }

return TRUE;
}

DBusHandlerResult search_done(DBusConnection *con, DBusMessage *msg, void *data)
{
    gchar *device_address;
    gchar *device_name;
    gchar *device_name_logical;
    gchar *device_class_minor;
    gchar *device_class_major;
    gboolean device_trusted = FALSE;
    gchar **device_services;
    gint device_services_len;
    DBusError *err = NULL;

if (dbus_message_is_signal(msg, CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_INTERFACE, CONBTDIALOGS_SEARCH_SIG))
    {
        /* this is our message, so get response args */
        if (dbus_message_get_args(msg, err, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &device_address,
                          DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &device_name,
                          DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &device_name_logical,
                          DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &device_class_major,
                          DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &device_class_minor,
                          DBUS_TYPE_BOOLEAN, &device_trusted,
                          DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY, &device_services,
                          DBUS_TYPE_INT32, &device_services_len,
                          DBUS_TYPE_INVALID))
        {
            g_print(_("Error getting device info: %s\n"), err->message);
            dbus_error_free(err);

return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_NOT_YET_HANDLED;
        }

g_print("OK");
        /* you can now use args */
        return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_HANDLED;
    }

return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_NOT_YET_HANDLED;
}

gboolean searchBtDevices(AppData *app)
{
    GError *error = NULL;
    DBusGProxy *proxy;
    DBusConnection *second_conn;
    gchar *filter_string = NULL;
    gchar **filter = NULL;

filter = g_new0(gchar*, 1);
    filter[0] = NULL;

/* Create proxy to bluetooth UI service */
    proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name( app->dbus_conn,
                                   CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_SERVICE,
                                   CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_PATH,
                                   CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_INTERFACE );

hildon_banner_show_information( GTK_WIDGET(app->window), NULL, _("Searching BT devices..."));

/* run the call to show dialog */
    if (!dbus_g_proxy_call( proxy,
                            CONBTDIALOGS_SEARCH_REQ,
                            &error,
                            G_TYPE_STRING, "",
                            G_TYPE_STRING, "",
                            G_TYPE_STRV, &filter,
                            G_TYPE_STRING, "require",
                            G_TYPE_INVALID, G_TYPE_INVALID ))
    {
        g_print(_("Bluetooth discovery failed: %s\n", error->message);
        g_clear_error(&error);
        g_strfreev(filter);
        g_object_unref( G_OBJECT(proxy) );

return FALSE;
    }

g_object_unref( G_OBJECT(proxy) );
    g_strfreev(filter);

/* create second connection to catch our signal */
    second_conn = dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, NULL);
    /* set search_done as message handler */
    g_assert(dbus_connection_add_filter(second_conn, search_done, NULL, NULL));
    /* we are looking for signal, so accept only signals */
    filter_string = g_strdup_printf("type='signal'");
    dbus_bus_add_match(second_conn, filter_string, NULL);
    dbus_connection_unref(second_conn);

return TRUE;
}

void search_btn_pressed(HildonButton *btn, gpointer data)
{
    /* data = our AppData struct */
    if (!searchBtDevices(data))
        return FALSE;
    else
        return TRUE;
}

HildonStackableWindow *createMainWindow(AppData *app)
{
    /** Creates window with button that searches bt devices when clicked **/

HildonStackableWindow *window = HILDON_STACKABLE_WINDOW(hildon_stackable_window_new());
    GtkWidget *search_btn;
    
    search_btn = hildon_button_new( HILDON_SIZE_AUTO_WIDTH | HILDON_SIZE_FINGER_HEIGHT,
 HILDON_BUTTON_ARRANGEMENT_VERTICAL );
    hildon_button_set_text (HILDON_BUTTON (search_btn), "Bluetooth example", "BT example");

/* Add signals */
    g_signal_connect( G_OBJECT(window), "delete_event", G_CALLBACK(gtk_main_quit), NULL;
    g_signal_connect( G_OBJECT(window), "destroy", G_CALLBACK(gtk_main_quit), NULL);
    g_signal_connect( G_OBJECT(search_btn), "clicked", G_CALLBACK(search_btn_pressed), app);

gtk_widget_show_all( GTK_WIDGET(search_btn) );

return window;     
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    /* Create empty appdata */
    app = g_new0(AppData, 1);

/* Init localization support */
    locale_init();

/* Init gtk */
    gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

if (!initialize())
        return -1;

/* Create program object */
    app->program = HILDON_PROGRAM(hildon_program_get_instance());
    g_set_application_name("Bluetooth discovery example");

app->window = createMainWindow();
    if (!window)
        return -1;
    
    app->dbus_conn = dbus_conn;

gtk_widget_show_all( GTK_WIDGET(window) );
    gtk_main();

/* just in case */
    if (dbus_conn != NULL)
        dbus_g_connection_unref(dbus_conn);

return 0;
}

</source>

=== Libgwobex ===

Libgwobex provides access to libopenobex functionality by providing a helper/wrapper interface. Libopenobex is explained in detail in the following section.

The interface to libgwobex is available at [http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/5.0-final/osso-gwobex/ GW OBEX Library Documentation].

===Creating Connection ===

The connection with libgwobex is established using the <code>gw_obex_setup_dev</code> function, setting up the connection. gw-obex.h

<source lang="c">
#define OBEX_FTP_UUID \
        "\xF9\xEC\x7B\xC4\x95\x3C\x11\xD2\x98\x4E\x52\x54\x00\xDC\x9E\x09"
#define OBEX_FTP_UUID_LEN 16

/* ... */

GwObex* gw_obex_setup_dev (const gchar * device, const gchar * uuid, gint uuid_len,
                           GMainContext * context, gint * error )
</source>

The following code snippet illustrates how to open a handle using <code>gw_obex_setup_dev</code>.

<source lang="c">
if (ctx->rfcomm_dev) {
        if (ctx->use_ftp)
                ctx->obex = gw_obex_setup_dev(ctx->rfcomm_dev,
                        OBEX_FTP_UUID, OBEX_FTP_UUID_LEN,
                        NULL, &err);
        else
                ctx->obex = gw_obex_setup_dev(ctx->rfcomm_dev, NULL,
                        0, NULL, &err);

if (ctx->obex == NULL)
                printf("OBEX setup failed: %s\n", response_to_string(err));
}
</source>

In this example, <code>ctx-&gt;rfcomm_dev</code> points to a string containing the device node name (e.g. <code>/dev/rfcomm0</code>). <code>ctx-&gt;use_ftp</code> dictates whether to set up standard folder browsing services. If <code>use_ftp</code> is untrue, then INBOX is connected.

===Closing Connection ===

To close a gwobex connection, use the following function: gw-obex.h

<source lang="c">
void gw_obex_close ( GwObex * ctx );
</source>

The following code demonstrates this usage.

<source lang="c">
if (ctx->obex) {
        gw_obex_close(ctx->obex);
        ctx->obex = NULL;
}
</source>

If <code>ctx-&gt;obex</code> is not <code>NULL</code>, it is simply passed as an argument to <code>gw_obex_close()</code>.

===Using Connection ===

The libgwobex library provides general file handling functionality, including reading directory structure, browsing in different folders and getting files.

To read entries from an opened directory, use the following function: gw-obex.h

<source lang="c">
gboolean gw_obex_read_dir (GwObex * ctx,
                           const gchar * dir,
                           gchar ** buf,
                           gint * buf_size,
                           gint * error );
</source>

<code>gw_obex_read_dir</code> reads an entry from the selected folder and returns the result in the <code>buf</code> argument given to the function.

<source lang="c">
gboolean ret;
/* ... */
ret = gw_obex_read_dir(ctx->obex, dir, buf, buf_size, err);
</source>

This reads an entry from the directory <code>dir (char *)</code> and returns it in <code>buf (char **)</code>.

To change the current directory, use the following function: gw-obex.h

<source lang="c">
gboolean gw_obex_chdir (GwObex * ctx, const gchar * dir, gint * error );
</source>

which changes the directory of the FTP connection. Below is a code example using this function.

<source lang="c">
/* Ignore parent dir pointers */
if (g_str_equal(name, ".."))
        return TRUE;

if (!gw_obex_chdir(ctx->obex, name, err)) {
        printf("Could not chdir to %s\n", name);
        return FALSE;
}
</source>

To retrieve files over the OBEX connection, use the <code>gw_obex_get_file</code> function: gw-obex.h

<source lang="c">
gboolean gw_obex_get_file (GwObex * ctx,
                           const gchar * local,
                           const gchar * remote,
                           const gchar * type,
                           gint * error);
</source>

<code>gw_obex_get_file</code> uses the <code>ctx</code> context for retrieving the remote file to local file.

<source lang="c">
gboolean ret;
ret = gw_obex_get_file(ctx->obex, name, name, err);
</source>

Using the libwobex wrapper directly allows you to perform many more functions. For more information, see the [http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/5.0-final/osso-gwobex/ API document].

===Libopenobex ===

The LibOpenOBEX library implements a generic OBEX Session Protocol, but not the OBEX Application Framework. OBEX is a protocol designed to allow data interchanging between different kinds of connections (e.g. Bluetooth, IrDA). For more information on the OBEX protocol, see [http://www.irda.org/ http://www.irda.org]; select the Developer-&gt;Specifications category. OBEX resembles the HTTP protocol, expect for a few differences:

* Transports: While HTTP is normally layered above a TCP/IP connection, OBEX is usually transported over IrLAP/IrLMP/Tiny TP (on IrDA) or over Baseband/Link Manager/L2CAP/RFCOMM (on Bluetooth).
* Binary transmissions: OBEX communicates using binary transmissions, as HTTP is transmitted in a human-readable XML-based format.
* Session support: HTTP is stateless, while OBEX maintains the connection.

For more information on OBEX, see the summary available at the [[:wikipedia:OBject EXchange|Wikipedia article on OBEX]].

For libopenobex code samples, see http://openobex.triq.net/downloads the samples are in the example apps package.

===Using BlueZ D-Bus API ===

The BlueZ system exports a D-Bus API that can be employed instead of OSSO Bluetooth tools. See the following documents:

* [http://git.kernel.org/?p=bluetooth/bluez.git;a=tree;f=doc;hb=HEAD BlueZ D-Bus API documentation]

==Connectivity UI ==

===UI Components ===

Connectivity UI contains various dialogs and other components used to control the connectivity. The different UI parts are:

* Connectivity UI
* Connectivity dialogs
* Status bar applets
* Control panel applet
* Bluetooth UIs

The connectivity dialogs are invoked by D-Bus method calls, so for example the ICd is using these D-Bus method calls for showing dialogs when they are needed. The next section specifies the D-Bus API of Maemo connectivity UI.

=== D-Bus Connectivity UI Interface ===

If the user must provide information about the IAP that the system is about to connect to, you can use the following method:

;Service
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui</code>
;Interfaces
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui</code>
;Object paths
: <code>/com/nokia/icd_ui</code>

The Internet Connectivity UIs implement the following D-Bus API used by the ICd and EAP.

==== D-Bus methods ====

===== show_conn_dlg =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>boolean: When <code>TRUE</code> the dialog is requested because there were no saved connections (i.e. autoconnect was tried before invoking the dialog)</li></ol>
;Return parameters
: none
;Errors
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui.error.flight_mode</code>: Flight mode enabled, dialog not shown
;Description
: Shows the Connect Dialog where the user can choose an IAP.

===== show_disconnect_dlg =====

;Parameters
: none
;Return Parameters
: none
;Errors
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui.error.flight_mode</code>: Flight mode enabled, dialog not shown
;Description
: Shows the disconnect dialog.

===== show_retry_dlg =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  Bluetooth address of the device used with SAP</li><li>string  Name of the connection attempt error which selects the retry dialog type.</li></ol>
;Return Parameters
: none
;Errors
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui.error.flight_mode</code>: Flight mode enabled, dialog not shown
;Description
: Shows the retry dialog.

===== show_change_dlg =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  Name of the currently active IAP</li><li>string  Name of the IAP to be activated</li></ol>
;Return Parameters
: none
;Errors
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui.error.flight_mode</code>: Flight mode enabled, dialog not shown
;Description
: Shows the Change IAP Dialog

===== show_passwd_dlg =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  Username supplied by ICd</li><li>string  Password supplied by ICd</li><li>string  Name of the IAP</li></ol>
;Return Parameters
: none
;Errors
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui.error.flight_mode</code>: Flight mode enabled, dialog not shown
; Description
: Shows the username/password dialog.

===== show_gtc_dlg =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  GTC challenge string</li></ol>
;Return Parameters
: none
;Errors
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui.error.flight_mode</code>: Flight mode enabled, dialog not shown
;Description
: Shows EAP GTC challenge dialog.

===== show_mschap_change_dlg =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  Supplied username</li><li>string  Old password that is to be changed</li><li>string  Name of the IAP</li>
;Return Parameters
: none
;Errors
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui.error.flight_mode</code>: Flight mode enabled, dialog not shown
;Description
: Shows EAP MSCHAPv2 change password dialog.

===== show_private_key_passwd_dlg =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>byte array  Certificate ID</ol>
;Return Parameters
: none
;Errors
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui.error.flight_mode</code>: Flight mode enabled, dialog not shown
;Description
: Shows EAP private key password dialog

===== show_server_cert_dlg =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  Certificate name</li><li>string  Certificate serial</li><li>boolean <code>TRUE</code> if certificate is expired, <code>FALSE</code> otherwise</li><li>boolean <code>TRUE</code> if root CA is unknown or self-signed certificate, <code>FALSE</code> otherwise</li></ol>
;Return Parameters
: none
;Errors
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui.error.flight_mode</code>: Flight mode enabled, dialog not shown
;Description
: Shows server certificate error and expiration dialogs. If both boolean arguments are false, the error dialog is shown. If either or both boolean arguments are TRUE, the expiration dialog is shown instead.

===== strong_bt_req =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  Bluetooth address of the device to pair with</li><li>boolean  <code>TRUE</code> if strong authentication enabled, <code>FALSE</code> if strong authentication is disabled</li></ol>
;Return Parameters
: none
;Errors
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui.error.flight_mode</code>: Flight mode enabled, dialog not shown
;Description
: Requests strong (16 digit) BT PIN dialog for a BT device

===== show_sim_pin_dlg =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  Bluetooth address of the device used with SAP</li><li>boolean  <code>TRUE</code> if PIN was incorrect and retry dialog should be displayed before asking PIN. <code>FALSE</code> if this is the first PIN request.</li></ol>
;Return Parameters
: none
;Errors
: <code>com.nokia.icd_ui.error.flight_mode</code>: Flight mode enabled, dialog not shown
;Description
: Shows SIM PIN dialog

The code example for the application to show the connect dialog using <code>show_conn_dlg</code> is following. Note the use of the macro.

<source lang="c">
#include <osso-ic-ui-dbus.h>
/* ... */
/* in our code somewhere, where we need the Connect Dialog*/
DBusMessage *uimsg;
/* construct the message for Connect Dialog request*/
uimsg =
  dbus_message_new_method_call(ICD_UI_DBUS_SERVICE,
                             ICD_UI_DBUS_PATH,
                           ICD_UI_DBUS_INTERFACE,
                         /*macro for show_conn_dlg */
                               ICD_UI_SHOW_CONNDLG_REQ);
/* send the message */
reply =
  dbus_connection_send_with_reply_and_block(connection,
                                    uimsg,
                                   reply_timeout,
                                   &error);
if (reply == NULL) {
    DLOG_ERR("Failed to show connect dialog: %s", uierror.message);
    dbus_error_free(&uierror);
}
dbus_message_unref(uimsg);
dbus_message_unref(reply);
/* ... */
</source>

==== D-Bus signals ====

The signals emitted from <code>com.nokia.icd_ui</code> interface are listed below.

===== disconnect =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>boolean  <code>TRUE</code> if "disconnect" pressed, <code>FALSE</code> if "cancel"</li></ol>
;Description
: Signal emitted from UI when disconnect dialog has been closed.

===== retry =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  The IAP that is to be retried</li><li>boolean  <code>TRUE</code> if "retry" pressed, <code>FALSE</code> if "cancel"</li></ol>
;Description
: Signal emitted from UI when the retry dialog has been closed.

===== change =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  Old IAP to change from</li><li>string  New IAP to change to</li><li>boolean  Change to the new IAP If <code>TRUE</code>, keep old if <code>FALSE</code></li></ol>
;Description
: Signal emitted from UI when change connection dialog has been closed.

===== passwd =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  Username supplied or modified by the user</li><li>string  Password supplied or modified by the user</li><li>string  IAP name</li><li>boolean  <code>TRUE</code> if "ok" pressed, <code>FALSE</code> if "cancel"</li></ol>
;Description
: Signal emitted from UI when the username/password dialog has been closed

===== gtc_response =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  Response to the given challenge or empty string if cancelled</li><li>boolean  <code>TRUE</code> if "ok" pressed, <code>FALSE</code> if "cancel"</li></ol>
;Description
: Signal emitted from UI when the EAP GTC challenge dialog has been closed.

===== mschap_change =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  Supplied username</li><li>string  The new password or empty string if cancelled</li><li>string  IAP name</li><li>boolean  <code>TRUE</code> if "ok" pressed, <code>FALSE</code> if "cancel"</li></ol>
;Description
: Signal emitted from UI when the MSCHAPv2 password has been changed

===== private_key_passwd =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>byte array  Certificate ID</li><li>string  Password for the private key or empty string if none</li><li>boolean  <code>TRUE</code> if "ok" pressed, <code>FALSE</code> if "cancel"</li>
;Description
: Signal emitted from UI when the private key password dialog has been closed

===== server_cert =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>boolean  <code>TRUE</code> if strong PIN entered, <code>FALSE</code> if strong PIN dialog was canceled</li></ol>
;Description
: Signal emitted from UI when the server certificate error dialog has been closed

===== strong_bt =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>boolean  <code>TRUE</code> if strong PIN entered, <code>FALSE</code> if strong PIN dialog was cancelled</li></ol>
;Description
: Signal emitted from UI when the strong (16 digit) BT PIN has been entered

===== sim_pin =====

;Parameters
: <ol><li>string  SIM PIN code or empty string if  cancelled</li><li>boolean  <code>TRUE</code> if "ok" pressed, <code>FALSE</code> if "cancel"</li></ol>
;Description
: Signal emitted from UI when the SIM PIN has been entered.

===Bluetooth D-Bus UI dialogs ===

conbtdialogs-dbus.h

<source lang="c">
/** 
  Example of use (command line):
  
  dbus-send --system --print-reply \
    --dest='com.nokia.icd_ui' /com/nokia/bt_ui \
    com.nokia.bt_ui.show_send_file_dlg \
    array:string:file:///home/user/MyDocs/.documents/testing.txt
    
  dbus-send --system --print-reply \
    --dest=com.nokia.bt_ui  /com/nokia/bt_ui 
    com.nokia.bt_ui.show_search_dlg \
    string: string: array:string: string:
*/

#ifndef CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_H
#define CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/** Conbtdialogs service, resides in system dbus */
#define CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_SERVICE                "com.nokia.bt_ui"
/** Conbtdialogs interface */
#define CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_INTERFACE                "com.nokia.bt_ui"
/** Conbtdialogs path */
#define CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_PATH                        "/com/nokia/bt_ui"

/** 
  Show send file dialog
 
  Arguments:
  
  uris: DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY                Array of strings representing the URIs of the
                                files to send.
  
  Returns:
  
  DBUS_TYPE_BOOLEAN             TRUE, if dialog was shown successfully.
 */
#define CONBTDIALOGS_SEND_FILE_REQ                "show_send_file_dlg"

/** 
  File sending result signal
 
  Arguments:
  
  success: DBUS_TYPE_BOOLEAN        TRUE, if all files were sent successfully or
                                FALSE, if error occurred or sending was 
                                canceled.
 */
#define CONBTDIALOGS_SEND_FILE_SIG                "send_file"

/** 
  Show BT device search dialog
 
  Arguments:
  
  major_class: DBUS_TYPE_STRING To set filtering based on major_class or
                                "". Possible major class values are:
                                
                                "miscellaneous", "computer", "phone", 
                                "access point", "audio/video", 
                                "peripheral", "imaging", "wearable",
                                "toy" and "uncategorized".
  
  minor_class: DBUS_TYPE_STRING To set filtering based on minor_class or "".
                                Possible minor class values are:
                        
                                - Minor classes for "computer": 
                                  "uncategorized", "desktop", "server",
                                  "laptop", "handheld", "palm", "wearable"

- Minor classes for "phone": "uncategorized",
                                  "cellular", "cordless", "smart phone",
                                  "modem", "isdn"
  
  service_classes: DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY To set filtering based on service classes.
                                   Supported classes include "positioning", 
                                   "networking", "rendering", "capturing",
                                   "object transfer", "audio", "telephony", 
                                   "information". Can be empty list, when no
                                   service class filtering is performed.
  
  bonding: DBUS_TYPE_STRING     Bonding mode for found and selected device:
                                
                                "require" for requiring a bonding from a
                                selected device (i.e. bond device if it has not
                                been bonded before). 
                                
                                "force" to always bond (i.e. device will be
                                bonded even if bonded before).
                                
                                Any other string will allow to search and
                                select device without bonding it.
                                
  Returns:
  
  DBUS_TYPE_BOOLEAN             TRUE, if dialog was shown successfully.
 */
#define CONBTDIALOGS_SEARCH_REQ                 "show_search_dlg"

/** 
  Bluetooth search result signal
 
  Arguments:
  
  address: DBUS_TYPE_STRING     Bluetooth address of the selected device, or ""
                                if search dialog was cancelled.
  
  name: DBUS_TYPE_STRING        Name of the device.
  
  icon: DBUS_TYPE_STRING        Logical name for the icon describing the 
                                device.
  
  major_class: DBUS_TYPE_STRING Major class of the device.
  
  minor_class: DBUS_TYPE_STRING Minor class of the device.
  
  trusted: DBUS_TYPE_BOOLEAN    Defines whether the device is marked as a trusted device.
  
  services: DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY     List of strings describing the service classes
                                and SDP-based services provided by the device.
 */
#define CONBTDIALOGS_SEARCH_SIG                 "search_result"
</source>

<source lang="c">
/**
  Bluetooth UI Library for maemo

Copyright (C) 2006 Nokia. All rights reserved.
  
  This sample demonstrates the use of conbtdialogs API and especially 
  send_file function. Compile the program with conbtdialogs and dbus:
  
  gcc -Wall `pkg-config -libs -cflags dbus-glib-1 conbtdialogs` \
-o send_file conbtdialogs_send_file.c
  
  Run with list of URLS:
  
  ./send_file file:///home/user/MyDocs/.sounds/Everyday.mp3
*/

#define DBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE

#include <glib.h>
#include <conbtdialogs-dbus.h>
#include <dbus/dbus.h>
#include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>

DBusGConnection *connection = NULL;
GMainLoop *mainloop = NULL;

static gboolean initialize(void)
{
    GError *error = NULL;

g_type_init ();

/* Create main loop */
    mainloop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, TRUE);
    if ( mainloop == NULL ) return FALSE;

/* Create DBUS connection */
    connection = dbus_g_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, &error);

if (connection == NULL )
    {
        g_print ("Error: %s\n", error->message);
        g_clear_error (&error);
        return FALSE;
    }

return TRUE;
}

static gboolean uninitialize(void)
{
    /* Quit main loop and unref it */
    if (mainloop != NULL)
    {
        g_main_loop_quit(mainloop);
        g_main_loop_unref(mainloop);
    }

return TRUE;
}

static DBusHandlerResult file_sent_signal ( DBusConnection *connection,
                                            DBusMessage *message,
                                            void *data )
{
    gboolean success = FALSE;

/* check signal */
    if (!dbus_message_is_signal(message,
                                CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_INTERFACE,
                                CONBTDIALOGS_SEND_FILE_SIG))
        return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_NOT_YET_HANDLED;

/* get args */
    if ( !dbus_message_get_args ( message, NULL,
                                  DBUS_TYPE_BOOLEAN, &success,
                                  DBUS_TYPE_INVALID ) )
      return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_NOT_YET_HANDLED;

/* print if file sending was success or failure */
    g_print ( "File sending was a " );

if (success) g_print("success\n"); else g_print("failure\n");
    dbus_connection_close(connection);
    uninitialize();

return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_HANDLED;
}

gint main(gint argc, gchar **argv)
{
    GError *error = NULL;
    gchar **files = NULL;
    gint idx = 0;
    DBusGProxy *proxy;
    DBusConnection *sys_conn;
    gchar *filter_string = NULL;

if (argc < 2) return 1;

if (initialize() == FALSE) {
        uninitialize();
        return 1;
    }

/* Copy urls to GLib compatible char array */
    files = g_new0(gchar*, argc);

for (idx = 1; idx < argc; idx++)
        files[idx-1] = g_strdup(argv[idx]);

files[argc-1] = NULL;

/* Open connection for btdialogs service */
    proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name(connection,
                                      CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_SERVICE,
                                      CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_PATH,
                                      CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_INTERFACE);

/* Send send file request to btdialogs service */
    if (!dbus_g_proxy_call(proxy, CONBTDIALOGS_SEND_FILE_REQ,
                           &error,
                           G_TYPE_STRV, files, G_TYPE_INVALID,
                           G_TYPE_INVALID))
    {
        g_print("Error: %s\n", error->message);
        g_clear_error(&error);
        g_strfreev (files);
        g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(proxy));
        uninitialize();
        return 1;
    }
    g_strfreev (files);
    files = NULL;

g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(proxy));

/* Now wait for file sent signal, use low level bindings as glib 
       bindings require signal marshaller registered */
    sys_conn = dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, NULL);
    g_assert(dbus_connection_add_filter(sys_conn,
                                        file_sent_signal,
                                        NULL,
                                        NULL ));
    filter_string =
       g_strdup_printf ("type='signal',interface='%s'", CONBTDIALOGS_DBUS_INTERFACE);

dbus_bus_add_match(sys_conn, filter_string, NULL);
    dbus_connection_unref(sys_conn);

/* Run mainloop */
    g_main_loop_run(mainloop);

return 0;
}
</source>

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@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 This section describes the system decomposition of the Connectivity subsystem. Maemo applications can open Internet connections by using the LibConIC API. The Internet Access subsystem take care of the connection to the phone, if necessary, by using the services of the Phone Access subsystem. If an application needs to gain access to the phone's files, the File selector consults the Phone Access subsystem.
-In offline mode, none of the radios must be active. The [[Documentation/Maemo 5 Developer Guide/Architecture/System Software#Device State Management Entity (DSME)|Device System Management Entity (DSME)]] of Maemo provides information about the transitions to and from the offline mode.
+In offline mode, none of the radios must be active. The Device System Management Entity (DSME) of Maemo provides information about the transitions to and from the offline mode.
-;Name
+{| class="wikitable"
-: Connectivity UI
+! Name
-;Purpose
+! Connectivity UI
-: Provides the UI for managing phone and Internet connections. Available as a Control Panel applet, and from the Status Bar.
+|-
-;Responsibilities and additional requirements
+| Purpose
-: <ul><li>Displaying active connections with statistics</li><li>Updating status indicators</li><li>Providing dialogs for changing and disconnecting connections</li></ul>
+| Provides the UI for managing phone and Internet connections. Available as a Control Panel applet, and from the Status Bar.
-;Concurrent usage
+|-
-: (N/A)
+| Responsibilities and additional requirements
+ |
+* Displaying active connections with statistics
+* Updating status indicators
+* Providing dialogs for changing and disconnecting connections
+|-
+| Concurrent usage
+| (N/A)
+|}
-;Name
+{| class="wikitable"
-: Phone Access
+! Name
-;Purpose
+! Phone Access
-: Provides connections to phones with different Bluetooth profiles
+|-
-;Responsibilities and additional requirements
+| Purpose
-: <ul><li>Searching for phones and inquiring their services</li><li>Keeping phone register</li><li>Providing status of the phone connections for Connectivity UI</li><li>Binding RFCOMM devices to Bluetooth services on the phone</li><li>Providing easy access to OpenOBEX</li></ul>
+| Provides connections to phones with different Bluetooth profiles
-;Concurrent usage
+|-
-: Number of clients not limited by Maemo. However, some phones may not support more than one Bluetooth profile at a time.
+| Responsibilities and additional requirements
+|
+* Searching for phones and inquiring their services
+* Keeping phone register
+* Providing status of the phone connections for Connectivity UI
+* Binding RFCOMM devices to Bluetooth services on the phone
+* Providing easy access to OpenOBEX
+|-
+| Concurrent usage
+| Number of clients not limited by Maemo. However, some phones may not support more than one Bluetooth profile at a time.
+|}
-;Name
+{| class="wikitable"
-: Internet Access
+! Name
-;Purpose
+! Internet Access
-: Provides Internet connections over different bearers.
+|-
-;Responsibilities and additional requirements
+| Purpose
-: <ul><li>Providing means for configuration and management of IAP settings</li><li>Providing API for Internet connections over different bearers (e.g. WLAN, GPRS)</li><li>Providing status of Internet connections for Connectivity UI</li></ul>
+| Provides Internet connections over different bearers.
-;Concurrent usage
+|-
-: Number of clients not limited, but only one connection to the Internet can exist at any given time
+| Responsibilities and additional requirements
+|
+* Providing means for configuration and management of IAP settings
+* Providing API for Internet connections over different bearers (e.g. WLAN, GPRS)
+* Providing status of Internet connections for Connectivity UI
+|-
+| Concurrent usage
+| Number of clients not limited, but only one connection to the Internet can exist at any given time
+|}
 Phone and Internet connections are quite different by nature and behavior. These are introduced in more detail in the following sections.
@@ Line 113: / Line 139: @@
 : IC daemon establishes Internet connections over different bearers.
 ;Responsibilities and additional requirements
-: <ul><li>Controlling that only one Internet connection (one active IAP) can exist at any given time</li><li>Using WLAN or GPRS connection daemon for getting a network device and getting the connection authenticated</li><li>Starting IP level services like PPP and DHCP</li><li>Providing statistics about the usage of IAPs to any application</li></ul>
+: <ul><li>Controlling that only one Internet connection (one active IAP) can exist at any given time</li><li>Using WLAN or GPRS connection daemon for getting a network device and getting the connection authenticated</li><li>Starting IP level services like PPP and DHCP</li><li>Providing statistics about the usage of IAPs to any application</li>
 ;Concurrent usage
 : Has multiple clients and limits the connections to one at a time
@@ Line 241: / Line 267: @@
 ==== Requesting for Connection ====
-[http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/5.0-final/libconic/ LibConIc] is an asynchronous connection API, which heavily relies on <code>GObject</code> signals. Basically this means that <code>GMainloop</code> must be iterated in order to successfully execute connection requests. After the application is set up, use a <code>ConIcConnection</code> object to request a connection:
+Libconic is an asynchronous connection API, which heavily relies on <code>GObject</code> signals. Basically this means that <code>GMainloop</code> must be iterated in order to successfully execute connection requests. After the application is set up, use a <code>ConIcConnection</code> object to request a connection:
 <source lang="c">
@@ Line 255: / Line 281: @@
 </source>
-At this point, the application does not yet have an Internet connection. A successful return from <code>con_ic_connection_connect()</code> means only that the request was successfully dispatched to the Internet Connectivity daemon. When the daemon has a connection ready, the application receives an [http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/5.0-final/libconic/conicconnectionevent_8h.html event] (as an <code>GObject</code> signal) indicating that the device is connected. If the connection attempt fails, the application receives a disconnected event with an error describing the reason for the failure.
+At this point, the application does not yet have an Internet connection. A successful return from <code>con_ic_connection_connect()</code> means only that the request was successfully dispatched to the Internet Connectivity daemon. When the daemon has a connection ready, the application receives an event (as an <code>GObject</code> signal) indicating that the device is connected. If the connection attempt fails, the application receives a disconnected event with an error describing the reason for the failure.
 The connection handler (<code>my_connection_handler()</code> function registered in the previous snippet) could look like this:
@@ Line 510: / Line 536: @@
 === Discovering devices ===
-Maemo provides a D-Bus interface for displaying a Bluetooth device search dialog (You can find a list of available Bluetooth D-Bus calls [[#D-Bus Connectivity UI Interface|below]]).
+Maemo provides D-BUS interface for displaying bluetooth device search dialog (You can find list of available Bluetooth D-BUS calls [[#D-Bus Connectivity UI Interface|here]]).
 Devices can be searched with following steps:
-# Set up a D-Bus connection
+# Set up D-BUS connection
-# call <code>bt_ui.search_req</code> to show the dialog - you can filter the results
+# call bt_ui.search_req to show dialog - you can filter the results
-# catch <code>bt_ui.search_result</code> signal
+# catch bt_ui.search_result signal
-# process the results
+# process results
-Here is a working example in C:
+Here's working example in C how this is done:
 <source lang="c">
-// Bluetooth discovery example - bluetooth libraries will not work in the SDK!
+//Bluetooth discovery example - bluetooth libraries won't work in SDK!
 #include <hildon/hildon-program.h>
 #include <dbus/dbus.h>