October 2006

This month sees the culmination of a very special project for the SDP with the release of an open-source, cross-platform, Java API for Skype.

The gurus behind this adventure are Koji Hisano (UBION INC.) and Bart Lamot, and it has been a privilege watching them at work. Koji and Bart were working on separate Java APIs for Skype which are Skype API for Java and JSA but joined forces and shared happily to build a powerful Java platform for Skype.

Skype4Java is a wrapper library of Skype API for Java developers. Using Skype4Java enables developers to make plug-ins on multiple platforms and use good IDEs, libraries, and frameworks. This project supports many functions of the Skype API. They started implementation of Skype 2.5 and 2.6 functions.

Skype has promoted this project from the start as the official API and we are looking forward to helping you work with this API. You can also read more in our last October newsletter.

To get started, go to the project Wiki page in the DevZone .

As Jaanus announced the latest Public Beta released for 2.6, we are glad to tell you that this includes a great new API command:

SET SILENT_MODE {ON |OFF}

This simple command offers powerful opportunities to develop games and other applications to use Skype without interruptions from the client by hiding and showing the Skype UI

We have also published at the end of September, the Skype Developer newsletter: first ever edition

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If you have an application listed in our Extras Gallery then you probably had my emails recently telling you that we are moving to a new gallery next week and that your entry needs to be moved across to the new system.

If you haven’t, then next week we will be launching our new improved Extras Gallery and you will need to re-enter your application in to our new system ASAP if you want it to continue being available for download.

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