Connection Settings UI API provides a UI for selecting a connection management item, such as Destination, Connection Method, Default Connection or Always-Ask. The UI is provided for application settings, in connection setup time Agent Dialog API is used. Destinations and Connection Methods are the basic components of the Bearer Mobility concept.
Bearer Mobility enables automatic selection of the most appropriate access technology (bearer type) in certain situation or environment, and roaming between access technologies, thus providing the always-on experience from the end-user point-of-view.
Bearer Mobility becomes concrete on the UI level via so-called “destination network” thinking. Instead of explicit Internet Access Point (IAP) association, the application can ask for a connection to a certain destination, e.g. “Internet” or “Intranet”. Each destination can contain numerous access technologies (hence “connection methods”) that can be used to reach the destination or service domain in question. When a connection to a destination is going to be established, the device can automatically select the best available connection method, and roam between the connection methods defined inside that particular destination.
This API is valid for S60 release 3.2 or later.
Connection Settings UI API is an SDK API and is first published in S60 release 3.2.