IM API: Purpose

IM API is an interface for sending and receiving instant messages. IM API is intended for those user applications, which need this kind of functionality, e.g. games. From a functionality point of view IM API can be divided as follows:

• Connection management – connecting to the protocol stack and receiving connection change notifications.
• IM handling – sending and receiving instant messages and related sending errors, e.g. invalid user IDs, etc.

S60 or Symbian OS exceptions

This API is valid for all platforms running Symbian OS v8.0 or newer versions.