Developers guidelines
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Signing applications
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October 2006
In Symbian OS v9, UID ranges have been changed compared to earlier OS versions. The following table
lists UID ranges to be allocated Symbian APP, EXE or DLL files of different categories. UID classes 0-9
(range 0x00000000 – 0x9FFFFFFF) are referred to as the
protected
range
, and classes A-F (range
0xA0000000 – 0xFFFFFFFF) as the
unprotected range
. UID ranges not in this table are reserved.
To retrieve a UID from the Symbian Signed Portal:
1. Login to your account on
www.symbiansigned.com
.
2. Click the link “Request UIDs” in the left navigation bar.
3. Follow the instructions on the UID request page.
UID
class
UID range
Purpose
0
0x00000000 - 0x0FFFFFFF Development use only. Normally this range is not used for Symbian
OS v9 applications, since Developer certificates are required. UID
classes A or E can be used during development and for test pur-
poses.
The range 0x01000000 - 0x0FFFFFFF is reserved for test purposes
with pre-v9 applications.
1
0x10000000 - 0x1FFFFFFF Legacy UID allocations. This is the UID range used for both signed
and unsigned pre-V9 Symbian OS applications, not to be installed in
phones with Symbian OS v9 or later.
2
0x20000000 - 0x2FFFFFFF V9 protected UID allocations. UIDs in this range are allocated to
signed Symbian OS v9 applications via the Symbian Signed portal.
This requires login to the developer account.
7
0x70000000 - 0x7FFFFFFF Vendor IDs. Normally only used by phone manufacturers and net-
work operators. If another developer needs a VID, it can not be
retrieved directly via the Symbian Signed portal, but requests can be
sent via email to [email protected].
A
0xA0000000 - 0xAFFFFFFF V9 unprotected UID allocations. UIDs in this range are allocated to
unsigned applications via the Symbian Signed portal. UIDs are
retrieved via login to the developer account in the portal.
UIDs in this range can also be used for test applications and SDK
code examples, particularly this is useful for test projects, for exam-
ple games.
E
0xE0000000 - 0xEFFFFFFF Development use only. This range is particularly suited for illustra-
tive/learning purposes, applications that are not to be redistributed
via a .SIS file, for example HelloWorld. UIDs can be randomly
selected from the range as long as they do not conflict with other
UIDs on the device.
F
0xF0000000 - 0xFFFFFFFF Legacy UID compatibility range. Used for pre-v9 unsigned applica-
tions that are to be installed on a v9 device. A UID in the range
0x10000000 - 0x1FFFFFFF allocated by Symbian to a pre-v9 appli-
cation can be converted to one valid for v9 by simply exchanging the
first “1” to “F”. For example, a UID of 0x10034FD3 should be
changed to 0xF0034FD3.
