Dear Partners and Developers,

The Samsung SMART TV team is pleased to release the Smart TV SDK 4.0.  This SDK provides developers with the tools they need to develop applications for the 2013 Smart TV Platform.  The toolset includes an Eclipse-based application editor, Visual Editor, debugger, and Smart TV Emulators for current and past TV platforms.  

The Mac OS X  and Linux platforms are now supported by the Samsung Smart TV SDK.  In addition to the Eclipse-based App Editor, a new Linux-based Emulator has been released.  This Emulator executes in an Ubuntu virtual machine that is run in the Virtual Box virtualization tool.

This release also marks the introduction of the Cloud Emulator.  The Emulator is hosted on a remote server that developers can connect to using a “thin client” Emulator on their development machine.  Currently, this feature is supported only on the Mac OS X platform.

■ [Editor]

   - Open Samsung Smart TV Semantic Service

   - Support for Mac OS X and Linux platforms

   - Full WYSIWYG code editing (visual editor and code editor are synced)

   - 6 new Visual Editor components (arrowbutton, hscrollbar, pageindicator, slidern, togglebutton, tooltip)

   - Smooth re-sizing of components

   - Web Inspector (debugger) support

■ Features for 2013 Platform on Windows

- Smart Interaction: Gesture events have been added (New HI (including Gesture) Simulator).

- Apps Framework

- 2013 App Engine (HTML5 Video/Audio, WebSocket, WebGL)

- UniPlayer

- SEF (Service Extension Framework)

- Convergence Framework

- OCI (Open Convergence Interface) : MIDI support

- MPEG Dash

- AllShare

- In-App Ads

- Flash 11.1

- Smooth Streaming

- Web Inspector support

- ATT (Automatic Test Tool) : User can record and playback input events for testing.

■ Features for 2013 Platform on Linux (First Release)

- Apps Framework

- App Engine / WebKit

- UniPlayer

- SEF (Service Extension Framework)

■ Features for 2013 Platform on Mac (First Release)

- Apps Framework

- App Engine / WebKit

- UniPlayer

- SEF (Service Extension Framework)

- Cloud Emulator client for Mac OS X

■ Getting the SDK

Developers creating applications for the 2013 platform are encouraged to use this latest SDK 4.0.

SDK 4.0 install file URL: http://www.samsungdforum.com/Devtools/Sdkdownload

SDK documentation URL: http://www.samsungdforum.com/Guide

Best Regards,

Your Samsung Smart TV SDK Team

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Thank you

Samsung Smart TV Apps Developer Forum

Dear Partners and Developers,

The Samsung SMART TV team is pleased to release SDK 4.0 Beta.

Beginning with the SDK 4.0 Beta, the Eclipse IDE is the only IDE for Smart TV development.  

The Smart TV Eclipse IDE has been updated with a Visual Editor.

The SDK 4.0 Beta is the first release for the 2013 platform.

* No SmartHub is released in BETA version, so the functions which is handled by

SmartHub such as EXIT / RETURN will not work.

* Flash Player is not in the scope of this SDK4.0 Beta version.

■ Main Featuares in SDK 4.0 Beta

   - Microsoft Smooth Streaming support

   - Additional Eclipse Plugin Features : Visual Editor

   - ATT (Automatic Test Tool) : User can record and playback input events for testing.

■ Updated Features for 2013 Platform

   - Many S/Ws have been upgraded, and will be upgraded

■ Getting the SDK

Developers creating applications for the 2013 platform are encouraged to use this latest SDK 4.0 Beta.

SDK 4.0 Beta install file URL: http://www.samsungdforum.com/Devtools/Sdkdownload

SDK documentation URL: http://www.samsungdforum.com/Guide

Best Regards,

Your Samsung Smart TV SDK Team

Dear Partners and Developers,

The Samsung SMART TV team is pleased to release SDK 3.5.2 

With SDK 3.5.0 versions and above, developers can choose from two IDEs:

1) Samsung IDE + Emulator

2) Eclipse IDE + Emulator

■ Main Features in SDK 3.5.2

SDK 3.5.2 Bug Fixes

- Video/Audio Player : GetDuration() now returns proper value when the video has finished playing.

- Eclipse Plugin : Emulator run path error has been fixed.

- Samsung IDE : Fixed auto-generated scene code that caused errors such as : 

                          (error: 'undefined' is not an object (evaluating '$.sfKey.LEFT')

- Common API : Fixed bug that causes some apps to ignore certain key presses.

- SMART HUB : JavaScript errors have been fixed.

SDK 3.5.2 Update list 

- TV Font : 

Users installing the SmartTV SDK 3.5.2 for the first time do not have to resinstall the fonts.  

Users who are updating must still navigate to [SDK_INSTALL_DIR]/Emulator/Emulator2012_v3.5/bin and reinstall the fonts.

[ How to reInstall TV fonts ]

(Install TV fonts in your Windows system for compatibility with the TV)

1) Please go to this path: [SDK_INSTALL_DIR]/Emulator/Emulator2012_v3.5/bin

2) Double click each of the following files:

- shadow_us.ttf, shadow_eu.ttf, shadow_ko.ttf, shadow_s_cn.ttf,shadow_t_cn.ttf, shadow_jp.ttf

3) Click 'install' button in the dialog box

■ Previous Updates

   - Eclipse is now supported as an IDE (from SDK 3.5.0)

   - InputFramework has been added (from SDK3.5.0)

     o Remote Control has been separated into a new process

     o App developers can change their input device using theInput Device button on the emulator screen

   - In-App Advertisements (from SDK 3.5.1)

     o Banner, Pre-Roll and App Launch supported

■ Pre-setting requirements before installing SDK 3.5.2

[Install DirectX for both IDEs]

- DirectX End-User Runtime Web InstallerDownload URL:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=35

[For Eclipse Install]

Please run Eclipse as 'Run as Administrator'.

Samsung SMART TV SDKEclipse plugin requires Java Standard Edition(Java SE) version1.6 or higher.

 - Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE):

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

■ S/W modulesfor year 2012 TV/AV products

    1. AppEngine (Webkit Core)

    2. Samsung Player 

    3. Flash

    4. SEF (Service Extension Framework) 

    5. Mpeg-Dash (including HAS [HTTP Adaptive Streaming])

    6. TV-Mobile Framework (Convergence)

    7. OCI (Open Convergence Interface)

    8. Interactive Edutainment

    9. AllShare

    10. Apps Framework

    11. Smart Interaction (Voice Recognition & Camera)

    12. 2012 Smart Hub

[Getting the SDK]

Developers creating applications for the 2012 platform are encouraged to use this latest SDK 3.5.2.

SDK 3.5.2 install file URL: http://www.samsungdforum.com/Devtools/Sdkdownload

SDK documentation URL: http://www.samsungdforum.com/Guide/

Best Regards,

Your Samsung Smart TV SDK Team

Dear Partners and Developers,

The Samsung SMART TV team is pleased to release SDK3.5.1.

The SDK 3.5.1 supports the main features of the Samsung SMART TV Platform 2012.  This includes support for the development of JavaScript & Flash Apps on 2012 products.

With SDK 3.5.0 versions and above, developers can choose from two IDEs:

1) Samsung IDE + Emulator

2) Eclipse IDE + Emulator

[New Features in SDK 3.5.1]

- Eclipse is now supported as an IDE (SDK 3.5.0 and above)

- InputFramework has been added (SDK 3.5.0 and above)

   o Control has been separated into a new process

   o App developers can change their input device using the Input Device button on the emulator screen

- In-App Advertisements (SDK3.5.1)

    o Banner, Pre-Roll and App Launch types supported

[2012 Features]

Since SDK 3.0, we have supported new features such as Convergence (AllShare andTV-Mobile Framework) and Smart Interaction.

AllShare:AllShare is Samsung’s content sharing service that allows you to search for and play video, photo, and music files freely across many devices that support AllShare services, such as PC, TV, mobile phone, and digital camera. You can do this either wirelessly or with a cable.

Fig 1.AllShare: Share videos, photos and music seamlessly across devices

TV-Mobile Framework: With the TV-Mobile Framework, developers can create exciting new applications that use the power of Wi-Fi connectivity between SmartTV and mobile devices. Create multiplayer games with up to 4 players,and create apps that are controlled with mobile devices. Throughout this experience, you can view movie clips seamlessly. The only limit is your imagination.

Fig 2.TV-Mobile Framework: Multiple User Game

Smart Interaction: Control. Navigate. Berecognized. Smart Interaction lets you interact with your TV like never before.  A simple gesture is all it takes to access your favorite movies,sports, apps and other Smart Content.  With voice control, your voice isall you need to turn on your Smart TV, navigate menus and get to your favorite Smart Content.  Say what you want and let your TV do the rest.

Fig 3. Smart Interaction: Voice and motion control let users interact with their TV in exciting new ways

[Getting the SDK]

Developers creating applications for the 2012 platform are encouraged to use this latest SDK 3.5.1.

SDK 3.5.1 install file URL: http://www.samsungdforum.com/Devtools/Sdkdownload

SDK documentation URL: http://www.samsungdforum.com/Guide

Thank you for your interest in the SmartTV SDK.

Sincerely,

Your Samsung SMART TV Team 

Thank you for your interest in Samsung SMART TV.

We are pleased to announce the release of the improved and upgraded version of Samsung SMART TV Ad SDK to our developers and partners. You can download the new Samsung SMART TV Ad SDK from:

  - Samsung D Forum(www.samsungdforum.com) : Dev tools > SDK Download(Login required)

  - Samsung AdHub(www.samsungadhub.com) : Support > Guide & Tools > SDK Download 

With this update, we are able to support more SMART TV In-app advertising features. The update enables developers and partners to embed video advertising as well as banner advertising, after AdHub assigns them an inventory ID.

The Samsung SMART TV Team is excited to help developers and partners alike to monetize and grow the Samsung SMART TV ecosystem. 

Please note that only Javascript-based applications are supported at this time and we are looking to support other languages on Samsung SMART TV. The AdHub team will update you with any changes. 

For detailed information on SMART TV advertising, please visit Our Capabilities > Smart TV Ads(http://www.samsungadhub.com/pr/capabilities/smarttv/smarttv.do).

Thank you,

Samsung SMART TV Team