Starting with Tizen 6.5, Samsung is not releasing any further enhancements to the Samsung Smart Signage Platform (SSSP), and the SSSP is going to be deprecated starting with Tizen 7.5. To fulfill the needs of Samsung signage partners and to replace the SSSP, Samsung has launched new Tizen Samsung Product APIs in Tizen 6.5. These new Tizen APIs are extensions of the Tizen Web Device API.

This guide describes the differences between the SSSP APIs and the new Tizen Samsung Product APIs in the following areas:

• New Tizen Samsung Product APIs
• Privileges
• SSSP API vs. Tizen Samsung Product API
• Samsung Product API JavaScript file
• Prerequisites for Migration

New Tizen Samsung Product APIs

Tizen 6.5 includes the following new APIs:

• Document API
• Syncplay API
• SystemControl API
• Timer API

These APIs provide similar features as the SSSP except for functionalities not supported in Samsung devices based on Tizen 6.5. Some features, especially getting network information, are performed via the already existing Tizen Samsung Product APIs. For more details, see SSSP API vs. Samsung Product API and the API references.

Privileges

To use security-sensitive APIs, you must declare the required privileges and sign your application with a certificate for the appropriate privilege level. The new Samsung Product APIs are all partner-privileged APIs and you need to add their privileges to the "config.xml" file when developing applications. For the detailed privilege information and information on how to add privileges, see Configuring Web Applications.

SSSP API vs. Tizen Samsung Product API

The following table shows the interface mapping between the SSSP API and the Tizen Samsung Product API.

B2BDoc API vs. Document API

The following table shows the methods mapping between the SSSP B2BDoc API and the Samsung Product Document API .

B2BControl API vs. AvInfo API, Network API, SystemControl API and Timer API

The following table shows the methods mapping between the SSSP B2BControl API and the Samsung Product AvInfo API, the Network API, the SystemControl API, and the Timer API.

The following features related APIs, however, are no longer supported even as Tizen Samsung Product APIs:

• Network setting features
• The features not provided by Samsung devices since Tizen 6.5
• Hotel related features, which can be provided through another interface module if required

B2BSyncplay API vs. Syncplay API

The following table shows the methods mapping between the SSSP B2BSync API and the Samsung Product Syncplay API .

Samsung Product API JavaScript File

The SSSP Web APIs are packaged as a JavaScript file separated from the Samsung Product APIs. The package file is called "b2bapis.js". The new, on the other hand, APIs are provided as a single JavaScript package file, called "webapis.js", with other Samsung Product APIs.

To use the SSSP APIs, "b2bapis.js" must be loaded in the "index.html" file:

<script type="text/javascript" src="$B2BAPIS/b2bapis/b2bapis.js"></script>

Sample code:

var onSuccess = function(val) {
  console.log("[clearSyncPlayList] success : " + val.result);
}

var onError = function(error) {
  console.log("[clearSyncPlayList] code :" + error.code + " error name: " + error.name + "  message " + error.message);
}

try {
  b2bapis.b2bsyncplay.clearSyncPlayList(onSuccess, onError);
} catch catch (e) {
    console.log("[clearSyncPlayList] call syncFunction exception [" + e.code + "] name: " + e.name + " message: " + e.message);
}

To use the Samsung Product API, "webapis.js" needs to be loaded in "index.html" file:

<script type="text/javascript" src="$WEBAPIS/webapis/webapis.js"></script>

Sample code:

var onsuccess = function(val) {
  console.log("[removePlaylist] success : " + val.result);
}
var onerror = function(error) {
  console.log("[removePlaylist] code :" + error.code + " error name: " + error.name + "  message " + error.message);
}

try {
  webapis.syncplay.removePlaylist(onsuccess, onerror);
} catch (e) {
  console.log("[removePlaylist] call syncFunction exception [" + e.code + "] name: " + e.name + " message: " + e.message);
}

Prerequisites for Migration

• To use the new Samune Product APIs, partner level certificate is required.
• In "config.xml", set required_version to “6.5”.
• The "tv-samsung 6.5" profile is supported since Tizen Studio 4.5.1.
• Add <script type='text/javascript' language='javascript' src='$WEBAPIS/webapis/webapis.js'></script> to "index.html" file.
• Remove <script type="text/javascript" src="$B2BAPIS/b2bapis/b2bapis.js"> </script> from "index.html" file.
• Replace the SSSP privileges with corresponding to new Samsung Product APIs in "config.xml".