Release History

TV Extension for Tizen SDK

New and Changed Features

TV Extension 9.0 Emulator

  • Update "9.0 Emulator TV Platform"
  • Support log for .net app developer
  • Support New Firstscreen UX
  • Support Sero Function (Screen Rotation and Related Events)
  • Apply .NET 6 / TizenFX TV API 11.0.0
  • Apply latest WASM

Tizen Studio IDE

  • TV Extension IDE Supported for Tizen TV SDK 9.0.0
  • web-add-ons package updated for Tizen 9.0 TV template
  • Add License TV 6 new ODM Vendors (Xianyou, Changhong, KTC, Videotex, Dualshine, TPV)

TV Simulator

  • Support Tizen 9.0 Web APIs
  • Update node-webkit from 0.72.0 to 0.83.0
  • Added webapis in Tizen8.0
    • AppCommon.setIMEPosition / AvInfo.set8kUpscalingDemo / clone.getVersion / clone.restoreCloneData / clone.setCloneUpdateStatusListener / clone.unSetCloneUpdateStatusListener / network.setIpMode / network.setSubnetMask / network.setGateway / network.setDns / network.setIp / network.getProxyserverInfo / network.setProxyserverInfo / remotepower.setVirtualStandbyMode / remotepower.setVirtualStandbyRebootTime / remotepower.getVirtualStandbyRebootTime / systemcontrol.setIRLock / systemcontrol.getIRLock / systemcontrol.setButtonLock / systemcontrol.getButtonLock / systemcontrol.setAutoPowerOn / systemcontrol.getAutoPowerOn / systemcontrol.setMagicinfoServerInfo / systemcontrol.getMagicinfoServerInfo / systemcontrol.isCustomAppDownloaded / systemcontrol.setCustomAppDownloadListener / systemcontrol.unsetCustomAppDownloadListener / systemcontrol.startNodeServer / systemcontrol.stopNodeServer / systemdebug.getVersion / systemdebug.startDebugLogs / systemdebug.stopDebugLogs

Fixed Bugs

Emulator

  • Fix issue: it takes too long time to boot emulator instance
  • Fix issue: No response happen when press "OK" on Emulator remote controller in case of focus on tile "Live TV"
  • Fix issue: Some tiles missed in protrait mode

Limitations

Install

  • Java error does not occur only when installed as "home" directory/folder (default folder) during Tizen Studio installation in Mac.
    (Next version will be modified)

TV Emulator

  • 4K video playback is not supported.
  • DRM (Digital Rights Management) is not supported.
  • Seeking from a second video does not work before the first video is completed.

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.

  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • getTunerEpop() method of the ProductInfo API
    • getDolbyDigitalCompMode() method of the AvInfo API
    • Billing API
    • SSO API

  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • Tizen.TV.Accessory
    • Tizen.TV.Multimedia
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Billing
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Sso

  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.

  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs,the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".

  • Sometimes web simulator gets stopped when running web apps with videos.
    (This issue occurs only in Windows )

  • Stopping profiling session from Visual Studio Tools for Tizen gets stuck with OpenTK Sample app.

  • Terminating OpenTK Sample app launched by the memory profiling feature in Visual Studio
    Tools for Tizen is not available.

  • Unit Test (IDE > Run > Run As > Tizen Web Unit Test Application) is not supported.

  • Search at Apps is not working in emulator.

New and Changed Features

TV Extension 8.0 Emulator

  • Update "8.0 Emulator TV Platform"
  • Support AMD CPU with whpx patch

Tizen Studio IDE

  • TV Extension IDE Supported for Tizen TV SDK 8.0.1
  • Add License TV 3 new ODM Vendors ("KONKA", "MACC", "EKKAA")

TV Simulator

  • UI cannot show properly in some scenario
  • Remote controller does not show properly in some scenario

Limitations

Install

  • Java error does not occur only when installed as "home" directory/folder (default folder) during Tizen Studio installation in Mac.
    (Next version will be modified)

TV Emulator

  • 4K video playback is not supported.
  • DRM (Digital Rights Management) is not supported.
  • Seeking from a second video does not work before the first video is completed.

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.

  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • getTunerEpop() method of the ProductInfo API
    • getDolbyDigitalCompMode() method of the AvInfo API
    • Billing API
    • SSO API

  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • Tizen.TV.Accessory
    • Tizen.TV.Multimedia
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Billing
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Sso

  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.

  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs,the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".

  • Sometimes web simulator gets stopped when running web apps with videos.
    (This issue occurs only in Windows )

  • Stopping profiling session from Visual Studio Tools for Tizen gets stuck with OpenTK Sample app.

  • Terminating OpenTK Sample app launched by the memory profiling feature in Visual Studio
    Tools for Tizen is not available.

  • Unit Test (IDE > Run > Run As > Tizen Web Unit Test Application) is not supported.

  • Search at Apps is not working in emulator.

New and Changed Features

TV Extension 8.0 Emulator

  • Update "8.0 Emulator TV Platform"
  • Support log for .net app developer
  • Support New Firstscreen UX
  • Support Sero Function (Screen Rotation and Related Events)
  • Apply .NET 6 / TizenFX TV API 11.0.0
  • Apply latest WASM

Tizen Studio IDE

  • web-add-ons package updated for Tizen 8.0 TV template
  • TV Extension IDE Supported for Tizen TV SDK 8.0
  • Add License TV 6 new ODM Vendors (SKYWORTH, DIXON, TDSYSTEMS, SQY, VEIRA, LOEWE)

TV Simulator

  • Support Tizen 8.0 Web APIs
  • Update node-webkit from 0.62.2 to 0.72.0
  • Added webapis in Tizen8.0
    AvInfo.getEnergySaving / AvInfo.setEnergySaving / AvInfo.setEcoSensor / AvInfo.setSubAmpMode
    systemcontrol.deleteAppPrivateInfo / systemcontrol.setCustomAppInfo / systemcontrol.getCustomAppInfo

Fixed Bugs

Emulator

  • Fix issue: it takes too long time to boot emulator instance
  • Fix issue: Emulator rotator does not work
  • Fix issue: App setting icon does not show out

Limitations

Install

  • Java error does not occur only when installed as "home" directory/folder (default folder) during Tizen Studio installation in Mac.
    (Next version will be modified)

TV Emulator

  • 4K video playback is not supported.
  • DRM (Digital Rights Management) is not supported.
  • Seeking from a second video does not work before the first video is completed.

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.

  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • getTunerEpop() method of the ProductInfo API
    • getDolbyDigitalCompMode() method of the AvInfo API
    • Billing API
    • SSO API

  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • Tizen.TV.Accessory
    • Tizen.TV.Multimedia
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Billing
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Sso

  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.

  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs,the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".

  • Sometimes web simulator gets stopped when running web apps with videos.
    (This issue occurs only in Windows )

  • Stopping profiling session from Visual Studio Tools for Tizen gets stuck with OpenTK Sample app.

  • Terminating OpenTK Sample app launched by the memory profiling feature in Visual Studio
    Tools for Tizen is not available.

  • Unit Test (IDE > Run > Run As > Tizen Web Unit Test Application) is not supported.

  • Search at Apps is not working in emulator.

New and Changed Features

TV Extension 7.0.1

  • Support for 3840x1080 px (32:9 aspect ratio) screen resolution has been added to the TV Emulator.
  • Support for 2560x1080 px (21:9 aspect ratio) application resolution has been added to the TV Emulator.
  • Updated the Tizen application installation policy. Since TV Extension 7.0.1, only applications signed with a Samsung certificate can be installed on the TV Emulator.

Tizen Studio IDE

  • Support for developing applications with 21:9 aspect ratio that display on 32:9 aspect ratio screens has been added.
  • To add support for 21:9 aspect ratio to an existing application, include the following metadata key in its "config.xml" file:
    <tizen:metadata key="http://tizen.org/metadata/app_ui_type/base_screen_resolution" value="extensive"/>

TV Simulator

  • Support for 3840x1080 px (32:9 aspect ratio) screen resolution has been added.
  • Support for 2560x1080 px (21:9 aspect ratio) application resolution has been added.

Limitations

TV Emulator

  • 4K video playback is not supported.
  • DRM (Digital Rights Management) is not supported.
  • Video seeking is not supported if another video has not completed playback.
  • The search feature in the Apps menu is not functional in the TV Emulator.
  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV Emulator.
  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the TV Emulator:
    • getTunerEpop() method of the ProductInfo API
    • getDolbyDigitalCompMode() method of the AvInfo API
    • Billing API
    • Sso API
    • Document API
    • Syncplay API
    • SystemControl API
    • Timer API
  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the TV Emulator:
    • Tizen.TV.Accessory
    • Tizen.TV.Multimedia
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Billing
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Sso

TV Simulator

  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the TV Simulator:
    • Broadcast API
    • AVPlayExtension API
    • RemotePower API

Known Issues

  • On a macOS computer, a Java installation error occurs if Tizen Studio is not installed in the "home" directory/folder (default folder). This issue is to be resolved in the next release.
  • On Windows computers, the TV Simulator can unexpectedly terminate when testing Web applications containing videos.
  • With Visual Studio Tools for Tizen, when running a memory profiling session with the OpenTK Sample application:
    • Stopping the profiling session causes the application to freeze.
    • Terminating the OpenTK Sample application is not possible.
  • In the Tizen Studio IDE, the "Run As > Tizen Web Unit Test Application" feature is not supported.

TV Emulator

  • Sometims ,when voice guide is enabled and the TV Emulator instance is rebooted, the emulator can run slowly and the voice guide can stop working. Disable voice guide and reboot the emulator.
  • When multiple applications are installed on the TV Emulator, the applications can be missing from the Apps menu. Return to the TV home screen and open the Apps menu again.
  • Sometimes ,sound distortion might occur when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the TV Emulator.
  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs, the TV Emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when it is executed with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".

New and Changed Features

TV Extension 7.0

  • NEW Update "7.0 Emulator TV Platform"
  • NEW Support Sero Function (Screen Rotation and Related Events)
  • NEW Apply .NET 6 / TizenFX TV API 10.10.0
  • NEW Apply latest WASM (Chromium M94)

(Known issue on TV Emulator)

  • Scenario: Voice guide ON and reboot emulator instance
    Issue: voice guide can not work and emulator response slow
    Work around solution: Turn Off voice guide.
  • Scenario: install 1st app, install 2nd app, enter into "APPS"
    Issue: "APPS" only show the 1st app
    Work around solution: return to firstscreen and enter into "APPS" again.

Tizen Studio IDE

  • NEW web-add-ons package updated for Tizen 7.0 TV template
  • NEW TV Extension IDE Supported for Tizen TV SDK 7.0

Tizen TV .NET App Template

  • Update Tizen TV .NET App Template for Tizen 7.0

Web Simulator

  • NEW Support Tizen 7.0 Web APIs
  • NEW Added B2B WebAPIs: RemotePower / Broadcast / AVPlay
  • NEW Update node-webkit from 0.50.0 to 0.62.2

Fixed Bugs

Emulator

  • Fix issue: voice guide can not work and emulator response slow
  • Fix issue: "APPS" only show the 1st app
  • Fix issue: it takes too long time to boot emulator instance

Web Simulator

  • Fix issue: no audio output for Mp4 on MacOS

Tizen TV .NET App Template

  • Fix issue: Backward Compatibility support of Tizen TV 7.0 Template for lower Tizen TV till 5.5 version

Limitation

Install

  • Tizen Studio should be installed under "home" directory/folder (default folder) in MAC OS
    otherwise Java installation error will occur . (Issue will be resolved in next release)

Emulator

  • 4K video play is not supported.
  • DRM(Digital Rights Management) is not supported.
  • Seeking from a second video does not work before the first video is completed

Web Simulator

  • Not support apis (Broadcast API ,AVPlayExtension API,RemotePower API)

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.

  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • getTunerEpop() method of the ProductInfo API
    • getDolbyDigitalCompMode() method of the AvInfo API
    • Billing API
    • SSO API
    • Document API
    • Syncplay API
    • SystemControl API
    • Timer API

  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • Tizen.TV.Accessory
    • Tizen.TV.Multimedia
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Billing
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Sso

  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.

  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs,the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".

  • Sometimes web simulator gets stopped when running web apps with videos.
    (This issue occurs only in Windows )

  • Stopping profiling session from Visual Studio Tools for Tizen gets stuck with OpenTK Sample app.

  • Terminating OpenTK Sample app launched by the memory profiling feature in Visual Studio
    Tools for Tizen is not available.

  • Unit Test (IDE > Run > Run As > Tizen Web Unit Test Application) is not supported.

  • Search at Apps is not working in emulator.

New and Changed Features

TV Extension 6.5.3

  • NEW Fix Licensing TV Web App execution issue (IDE)
  • NEW Fix issue : web-add-ons package (IDE)
  • NEW Fix issue : icon overlapping in web inspector (Emulator)
  • NEW Fix issue : ECP hang after frequent rotation (Emulator)

(Known issue on TV Emulator)

  • Scenario: Voice guide ON and reboot emulator instance
    Issue: voice guide can not work and emulator response slow
    Work around solution: Turn Off voice guide.
  • Scenario: install 1st app, install 2nd app, enter into "APPS"
    Issue: "APPS" only show the 1st app
    Work around solution: return to firstscreen and enter into "APPS" again.

Tizen 6.5 Emulator

  • Fix issue: webapp can not draw expected shape with webgl api.
  • Fix issue: App installation fail with Samsung public / partner certificate.
  • The platform of emulator has been updated to Tizen 6.5.
  • Support Sero features (Screen rotation and related events).
  • Support new firstscreen UX.
  • Add app memory usage measurement feature.
  • Update .NET Core 3.1 / TizenFX TV API 9.9.0

Web Simulator

  • Support 4 modules of Samsung Product API. (Document / SystemControl / Syncplay / Timer)
  • Fix UI issue after change orientation in full screen on Linux and macOS.
  • Support Tizen 6.5 Web APIs.
  • Update node-webkit from 0.30.0 to 0.50.0.

WebAssembly

  • Toolchain updated (1.39.4.7)
  • Added multicast options to Tizen Sockets
  • Added socket hostbindings support
  • Enhanced lock system
  • Fixed excessive CPU usage of poll()/select()
  • Fixed filesystem and sockets-related memory leaks

Tizen WASM Player

  • Added API to choose either hardware or software decoding mode
  • Added support for using Video Texture mode on a side thread with offscreen canvas
  • Added support for closed captions
  • Fixed memory leak
  • Added (ultra)low-latency video decoding

Emscripten ports

  • Added FFmpeg port
  • Enabled cURL to use poll() internally for increased performance on Tizen Sockets
  • Fixed SDL2_image multithreaded build

Tizen TV .NET App Template

  • Update Tizen TV .NET App Template for Tizen 6.5.

Fixed Bugs

Emulator

  • Booting time improved in TV Emulator 6.5
  • Video play performance issues improved in TV Emulator 6.5 for Windows 10 OS

Limitation

Tizen TV .NET App Template

  • Debug Mode in Templates for Tizen 6.5 does not work on TV with Tizen 6.0 version

Emulator

  • 4K video play is not supported.
  • DRM(Digital Rights Management) is not supported.
  • Seeking from a second video does not work before the first video is completed

Limitation

Tizen TV .NET App Template

  • Debug Mode in Templates for Tizen 6.5 does not work on TV with Tizen 6.0 version

Emulator

  • 4K video play is not supported.
  • DRM(Digital Rights Management) is not supported.
  • Seeking from a second video does not work before the first video is completed

Web Simulator

  • Not support apis (Broadcast API ,AVPlayExtension API,RemotePower API)

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.

  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • getTunerEpop() method of the ProductInfo API
    • getDolbyDigitalCompMode() method of the AvInfo API
    • Billing API
    • SSO API
    • Document API
    • Syncplay API
    • SystemControl API
    • Timer API

  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • Tizen.TV.Accessory
    • Tizen.TV.Multimedia
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Billing
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Sso

  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.

  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs,the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".

  • Sometimes web simulator gets stopped when running web apps with videos.
    (This issue occurs only in Windows )

  • Stopping profiling session from Visual Studio Tools for Tizen gets stuck with OpenTK Sample app.

  • Terminating OpenTK Sample app launched by the memory profiling feature in Visual Studio
    Tools for Tizen is not available.

  • Unit Test (IDE > Run > Run As > Tizen Web Unit Test Application) is not supported.

  • Search at Apps is not working in emulator.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 6.5 Emulator

  • Fix issue: webapp can not draw expected shape with webgl api.
  • Fix issue: App installation fail with Samsung public / partner certificate.
  • The platform of emulator has been updated to Tizen 6.5.
  • Support Sero features (Screen rotation and related events).
  • Support new firstscreen UX.
  • Add app memory usage measurement feature.
  • Update .NET Core 3.1 / TizenFX TV API 9.9.0

Web Simulator

  • NEW Support 4 modules of Samsung Product API. (Document / SystemControl / Syncplay / Timer)
  • Fix UI issue after change orientation in full screen on Linux and macOS.
  • Support Tizen 6.5 Web APIs.
  • Update node-webkit from 0.30.0 to 0.50.0.

WebAssembly

  • Toolchain updated (1.39.4.7)
  • Added multicast options to Tizen Sockets
  • Added socket hostbindings support
  • Enhanced lock system
  • Fixed excessive CPU usage of poll()/select()
  • Fixed filesystem and sockets-related memory leaks

Tizen WASM Player

  • Added API to choose either hardware or software decoding mode
  • Added support for using Video Texture mode on a side thread with offscreen canvas
  • Added support for closed captions
  • Fixed memory leak
  • Added (ultra)low-latency video decoding

Emscripten ports

  • Added FFmpeg port
  • Enabled cURL to use poll() internally for increased performance on Tizen Sockets
  • Fixed SDL2_image multithreaded build

Tizen TV .NET App Template

  • Update Tizen TV .NET App Template for Tizen 6.5.

Fixed Bugs

Emulator

  • Booting time improved in TV Emulator 6.5
  • Video play performance issues improved in TV Emulator 6.5 for Windows 10 OS

Limitation

Tizen TV .NET App Template

  • Debug Mode in Templates for Tizen 6.5 does not work on TV with Tizen 6.0 version

Emulator

  • 4K video play is not supported.
  • DRM(Digital Rights Management) is not supported.
  • Seeking from a second video does not work before the first video is completed

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.

  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • getTunerEpop() method of the ProductInfo API
    • getDolbyDigitalCompMode() method of the AvInfo API
    • Billing API
    • SSO API
    • Document API
    • Syncplay API
    • SystemControl API
    • Timer API

  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • Tizen.TV.Accessory
    • Tizen.TV.Multimedia
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Billing
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Sso

  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.

  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs,the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".

  • Sometimes web simulator gets stopped when running web apps with videos.
    (This issue occurs only in Windows )

  • Stopping profiling session from Visual Studio Tools for Tizen gets stuck with OpenTK Sample app.

  • Terminating OpenTK Sample app launched by the memory profiling feature in Visual Studio
    Tools for Tizen is not available.

  • Unit Test (IDE > Run > Run As > Tizen Web Unit Test Application) is not supported.

  • Search at Apps is not working in emulator.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 6.5 Emulator

  • (New)Fix issue: App installation fail with Samsung public / partner certificate.
  • The platform of emulator has been updated to Tizen 6.5.
  • Support Sero features (Screen rotation and related events).
  • Support new firstscreen UX.
  • Add app memory usage measurement feature.
  • Update .NET Core 3.1 / TizenFX TV API 9.9.0

Web Simulator

  • (New) Support 4 modules of Samsung Product API. (SyncPlay / Docment / Timer / SystemControl)
  • (New) Fix UI issue after change orientation in full screen on Linux and MacOS.
  • Support Tizen 6.5 Web APIs.
  • Update node-webkit from 0.30.0 to 0.50.0.

WebAssembly

  • Toolchain Update(1.39.4.7)
  • Added multicast options to Tizen Sockets
  • Added socket hostbindings support
  • Enhanced lock system
  • Fixed excessive CPU usage of poll()/select()
  • Fixed filesystem and sockets-related memory leaks

Tizen WASM Player

  • Added API to choose either hardware or software decoding mode
  • Added support for using Video Texture mode on a side thread with offscreen canvas
  • Added support for closed captions
  • Fixed memory leak
  • Added (ultra)low-latency video decoding

Emscripten ports

  • Added FFmpeg port
  • Enabled cURL to use poll() internally for increased performance on Tizen Sockets
  • Fixed SDL2_image multithreaded build

Tizen TV .NET App Template

  • Update Tizen TV .NET App Template for Tizen 6.5.

Fixed Bugs

Emulator

  • Booting time improved in TV Emulator 6.5
  • Video play performance issues improved in TV Emulator 6.5 for Windows 10 OS

Limitation

Tizen TV .NET App Template

  • Debug Mode in Templates for Tizen 6.5 does not work on TV with Tizen 6.0 version

Emulator

  • 4K video play is not supported.
  • DRM(Digital Rights Management) is not supported.
  • Seeking from a second video does not work before the first video is completed

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.

  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • getTunerEpop() method of the ProductInfo API
    • getDolbyDigitalCompMode() method of the AvInfo API
    • Billing API
    • SSO API

  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • Tizen.TV.Accessory
    • Tizen.TV.Multimedia
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Billing
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Sso

  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.

  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs,the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".

  • Sometimes web simulator gets stopped when running web apps with videos.
    (This issue occurs only in Windows )

  • Stopping profiling session from Visual Studio Tools for Tizen gets stuck with OpenTK Sample app.

  • Terminating OpenTK Sample app launched by the memory profiling feature in Visual Studio Tools for Tizen is not available.

  • Unit Test(IDE -> Run -> Run As -> Tizen Web Unit Test Application) is not supported.

  • Search at Apps is not working in emulator.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 6.0 Emulator

  • The platform of emulator has been updated to Tizen 6.0.
  • Support Sero features (Screen rotation and related events).
  • Add app memory usage measurement feature.
  • Update .NET Core 3.1 / TizenFX TV API 8.8.0

Web Simulator

  • Support Tizen 6.0 Web APIs.
  • Update node-webkit from 0.28.2 to 0.30.0.

WebAssembly

  • WebAssembly is updated to version 2.0.
  • WasmPlayer is newly added.
  • Tizen Sockets extension is newly added.
  • Wasm Core module is optimized.
  • Stability is enhanced.
  • Please check the detail on WebAssembly

Tizen TV .NET App Template

  • Update Tizen TV .NET App Template for Tizen 6.0.

Tizen Studio IDE

  • Support video_splash_screen tag.

Fixed Bugs

Web Simulator

  • Adjust remote control position for portrait mode in full screen.
  • Issues of orientation scenarioes are fixed.

Limitation

Emulator

  • 4K video play is not supported.
  • DRM(Digital Rights Management) is not supported.
  • Seeking from a second video does not work before the first video is completed

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.

  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • getTunerEpop() method of the ProductInfo API
    • getDolbyDigitalCompMode() method of the AvInfo API
    • Billing API
    • SSO API

  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:

    • Tizen.TV.Accessory
    • Tizen.TV.Multimedia
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Billing
    • Tizen.TV.Service.Sso

  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.

  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs,the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".

  • Sometimes web simulator gets stopped when running web apps with videos.
    (This issue occurs only in Windows )

  • Stopping profiling session from Visual Studio Tools for Tizen gets stuck with OpenTK Sample app.

  • Terminating OpenTK Sample app launched by the memory profiling feature in Visual Studio Tools for Tizen is not available.

  • Unit Test(IDE -> Run -> Run As -> Tizen Web Unit Test Application) is not supported.

  • Search at Apps is not working in emulator.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 5.5 Emulator

  • The platform of emulator has been updated to Tizen 5.5.
  • Support Youtube playback.
  • Web Browser is removed.
  • Menu is removed and specific menu features are moved to emulator control panel.

Web Simulator

  • Support Tizen 5.5 Web APIs.

WebAssembly (Beta Version)

  • Support C/C++ WebAssembly development.
  • The guide on WebAssembly will be provided soon.

Fixed Bugs

Web Simulator

  • Fix "After changing the name of html file, apps aren't launched correctly".
  • Fix "Volume is not properly controlled".

Emulator

  • Fix "Dash streaming seek issue".

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.
  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.
  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs, the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".
  • Sometimes web simulator gets stopped when running web apps with videos. (This issue occurs only in Windows.)
  • Stopping profiling session from Visual Studio Tools for Tizen gets stuck with OpenTK Sample app.
  • Terminating OpenTK Sample app launched by the memory profiling feature in Visual Studio Tools for Tizen is not available.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 5.0 Emulator

  • The TV platform and emulator have been updated(Commercial Version).

Web Simulator

  • Upgrade the NWjs version from 0.20.1 to 0.28.2.
  • Support Tizen 5.0 Web APIs.

Fixed Bugs

Web Simulator

  • Fix "Audio/video playback pending issue".
  • Fix "Wrong menu/source UI display in potrait mode".
  • Fix "Screen disappearing issue in ScaleScreen mode".

IDE

  • Fix "Unable to create Sample app in Tizen studio on selecting Sample Project Template".
  • Fix "Tizen studio-3.x unable to install app in TV-2.2.1 as debug mode".
  • Fix "Service dlog feature was called for every apps".

Emulator

  • Fix "html5 videos get stopped after 15 sec".
  • Fix "Detailed infomation dialogs get clipped".
  • Change "Referred site address in About Dialog".

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.
  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.
  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs, the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".
  • The emulator is not supported on Ubuntu 12.04.
  • Sometimes web simulator gets stopped when running web apps with videos. (This issue occurs only in Windows.)
  • If you run the web app through the IDE before the emulator is fully executed, there is an issue that the web app does not run.
  • Stopping profiling session from Visual Studio Tools for Tizen gets stuck with OpenTK Sample app.
  • Terminating OpenTK Sample app launched by the memory profiling feature in Visual Studio Tools for Tizen is not available.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 5.0 Emulator

  • The TV platform and emulator have been updated.
  • Emulator launch speed has been improved.
  • The MDE Enabler has been added.
  • .NET 2.1 has been implemented.
  • EFL 1.21 has been implemented.
  • The Chromium version has been updated to M63.

Tizen .NET

  • .NET Core 2.1 has been implemented.
  • TizenFX TV 5.5.0 has been implemented.
  • The OpenTK and SkiaSharp libraries have been implemented.

Native Client (NaCl)

  • The NaCl Toolchain Download Manager has been added.

Fixed Bugs

Web Simulator

  • The issue where the keyboard stops working after closing the configuration settings has been fixed.
  • On macOS, in the configuration settings, the issue where the first firmware option checkbox is always checked has been fixed.

Native Client (NaCl)

  • The issue where, if a NaCl project has not been selected, a device debug configuration cannot be created has been fixed.
  • The issue where, if the NaCl SDK directory has not been defined, the Debugger tab in the Debug Configuration window is blank has been fixed.
  • Issues with the privileges page have been fixed.

Emulator

  • OpenTK bugs have been fixed.
  • Debugging bugs for .NET applications through Visual Studio have been fixed.

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.
  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.
  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs, the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".
  • The emulator is not supported on Ubuntu 12.04.
  • If there is no audio connection, video playback stops after 15 seconds.
  • There is an issue to use the memory profiler feature in "Visual Studio Tools for Tizen" for NUI template.
  • There is an issue that stops when the web simulator runs the video web app. (This issue occurs only in Windows.)
  • If you run the web app through the IDE before the emulator is fully executed, there is an issue that the web app does not run.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 5.0 Emulator

  • The TV platform and emulator have been updated.
  • Emulator launch speed has been improved.
  • The MDE Enabler has been added.
  • .NET 2.1 has been implemented.
  • EFL 1.21 has been implemented.
  • The Chromium version has been updated to M63.

Tizen .NET

  • .NET Core 2.1 has been implemented.
  • TizenFX TV 5.5.0 has been implemented.
  • The OpenTK and SkiaSharp libraries have been implemented.

Native Client (NaCl)

  • The NaCl Toolchain Download Manager has been added.

Fixed Bugs

Web Simulator

  • The issue where the keyboard stops working after closing the configuration settings has been fixed.
  • On macOS, in the configuration settings, the issue where the first firmware option checkbox is always checked has been fixed.

Native Client (NaCl)

  • The issue where, if a NaCl project has not been selected, a device debug configuration cannot be created has been fixed.
  • The issue where, if the NaCl SDK directory has not been defined, the Debugger tab in the Debug Configuration window is blank has been fixed.
  • Issues with the privileges page have been fixed.

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.
  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.
  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs, the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".
  • The emulator is not supported on Ubuntu 12.04.
  • If there is no audio connection, video playback stops after 15 seconds.
  • When using the NUI template, the Visual Studio Tools for Tizen memory profiler and debugger do not work properly.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 4.0 Emulator

  • The TV platform emulator has been updated.
  • A new security review has been applied.
  • Tizen .NET Nuget Package Versions
    • Tizen.NET: 4.0.0
    • Tizen.NET.TV: 4.4.0.1341
    • Tizen.NET.Sdk: 1.0.1
    • Xamarin.Forms: 2.5.0.77107
    • Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Tizen: 2.5.0.77107

Native Client (NaCl)

  • The C/C++ code indexer has been enabled.
  • Support for glibc-based NaCl toolchains has been added for new NaCl projects.
  • Support for the pepper_56 NaCl toolchain has been added.

Web Simulator

  • Dragging and dropping the remote control has been disabled.

Fixed Bugs

Tizen Studio

  • Installing Web applications on 2016 and 2018 TVs has been fixed.
  • Issues related to the "Installed Web App List" in the Device Manager have been fixed.

Emulator

  • Issues of a ECP panel with some java versions.

Web Simulator

  • "Esc" key event handling has been fixed.
  • The issue causing applications to launch twice has been fixed.

Native Client (NaCl)

  • Issues related to adding Tizen privileges to the "config.xml" file have been fixed.

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.
  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.
  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs, the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".
  • The emulator is not supported on Ubuntu 12.04.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 4.0 Emulator

  • The TV platform emulator has been updated.
  • A new security review has been applied.
  • Tizen .NET Nuget Package Versions
    • Tizen.NET: 4.0.0
    • Tizen.NET.TV: 4.4.0.1341
    • Tizen.NET.Sdk: 1.0.1
    • Xamarin.Forms: 2.5.0.77107
    • Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Tizen: 2.5.0.77107

Native Client (NaCl)

  • The C/C++ code indexer has been enabled.
  • Support for glibc-based NaCl toolchains has been added for new NaCl projects.
  • Support for the pepper_56 NaCl toolchain has been added.

Web Simulator

  • Dragging and dropping the remote control has been disabled.

Fixed Bugs

Tizen Studio

  • Installing Web applications on 2016 and 2018 TVs has been fixed.
  • Issues related to the "Installed Web App List" in the Device Manager have been fixed.

Web Simulator

  • "Esc" key event handling has been fixed.
  • The issue causing applications to launch twice has been fixed.

Native Client (NaCl)

  • Issues related to adding Tizen privileges to the "config.xml" file have been fixed.

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.
  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.
  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs, the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".
  • The emulator is not supported on Ubuntu 12.04.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 4.0 Emulator

  • Update Emulator TV Platform (Official TV Platform)
  • A new security review has been applied

Tizen .NET

  • Tizen .Net Update (It is the same as the previous release)
    • Tizen.NET : 4.0.0
    • Tizen.NET.TV : 4.4.0.1341
    • Tizen.NET.Sdk : 1.0.1
    • Xamarin.Forms : 2.5.0.77107
    • Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Tizen : 2.5.0.77107

Nacl

  • C/C++ code indexer enabled
  • glibc based NaCl toolchain support in newly created NaCl projects
  • pepper_56 NaCl toolchain support

Fixed Bugs

Tizen Studio

  • Fix of web app install fail bug on 2018 TV
  • Show installed web app list on connected devices

Web Simulator

  • ESC key event handling
  • App launching at second time
  • Remote control drag-n-drop feature is removed

Nacl

  • Disappearing manually added Tizen privileges in the config.xml file issue fixed
  • Sometimes privileges added in the NaCl project's properties window were not added to the config.xml - fixed

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.
  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.
  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs, the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".
  • The emulator is not supported on Ubuntu 12.04.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 4.0 Emulator

  • The TV platform emulator has been updated.
  • A security review has been applied.
  • .NET applications have been added to the emulator:
    • Smart Hub Preview
    • TV Apps
    • My Contents
  • .NET secure command and debugging features have been added.

Tizen Studio 2.2

  • .NET secure command features have been added.

Tizen .NET

  • .NET debugging has been added.
  • The latest TizenFX APIs have been applied:
  • The TizenFX TV APIs have been updated:
  • New TizenFX TV APIs have been applied:
  • Updated Nuget package versions are available:
    • Tizen.NET : 4.0.0
    • Tizen.NET.TV : 4.4.0.1341
    • Tizen.NET.Sdk : 1.0.1
    • Xamarin.Forms : 2.5.0.77107
    • Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Tizen : 2.5.0.77107

Fixed Bugs

  • Minor Web simulator bugs have been fixed to improve stability.

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.
  • The following Samsung Product Web APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • The following TizenFX TV APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.
  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs, the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".
  • The emulator is not supported on Ubuntu 12.04.

New and Changed Features

Tizen 4.0 Emulator

  • The TV platform emulator has been updated.
  • Support for Tizen .NET (.NET Core 2.0 libraries) has been added.

Tizen Studio 2.0

  • The CPS structure for the .NET development environment has changed.

Tizen .NET

  • New API modules have been applied:
    • csapi-tizenfx
  • The latest TV open APIs have been applied:
    • csapi-tv
    • csapi-tv-service-billing
    • csapi-tv-service-sso
    • csapi-tv-windows
  • Updated Nuget package versions are available:
    • Tizen.NET: 4.0.0
    • Tizen.NET.Sdk: 1.0.0
    • Xamarin.Forms: 2.4.0.18342
    • Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Tizen: 2.4.0.18342

Fixed Bugs

  • NaCl project cleanup has been fixed.
  • Debugging NaCl applications on TVs has been fixed.

Known Issues

  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.
  • The following APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.
  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs, the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".
  • The emulator is not supported in Ubuntu 12.04.
  • Certificates cannot be transferred to devices. This is expected to be fixed in the next release.
  • .NET debugging is unavailable.

Bug Fixes

  • Issues related to connecting the IDE to new TV images have been fixed.

Known Issues

  • TV simulator: No new issues. For information on older issues, see the TV simulator known issues.
  • The application "Lock/Unlock" feature is not functional in the TV emulator.
  • The following APIs are not supported by the emulator:
  • There can be sound distortion when testing the text-to-speech (TTS) features with the emulator.
  • If you use a MacBook Pro which has both Intel HD and NVIDIA® GPUs, the emulator can be unexpectedly terminated when you execute the emulator with "OpenGL ES Ver" set to "v1.1 & v2.0". Check the emulator configuration in the Emulator Manager, and on the "General" tab in the "Emulator Configuration" window, set "OpenGL ES Ver" to "v2.0 & v3.0".