Last year saw the release of Tizen 2.3 of frustration for many developers. Without notice of support for OSP (the bada C - Framework) away and offered no suitable alternative. This' paradigm shift’ now ensures that many developers are stuck with their old code, because a migration tool or the like and there is not a manual port is associated with considerable effort. Continue reading
Samsung has released a new revision of the Tizen SDK 2.3. New in the Tizen SDK 2.3 Rev2 is the return of a Native UI builder that has been missing since the Beta published in the last year of the SDK. Continue reading
Yesterday, Samsung has released a firmware, the developer of a Reference Tizen device finally provides the opportunity to test their apps with Tizen 2.3.
The firmware (also known as M0 or TRATS2) for the RD-PQ I installed myself tonight. I have discovered the firmware by chance, when it became known that the Source code to Tizen 2.3 was published. Then I thought, let's see what the Release folder on the server to download hergibt and lo and behold, there is a subfolder with “2.3”.
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For a little excitement among the Tizen developers just makes the finding that Samsung has probably decided to remove the OSP framework from the current Tizen SDK 2.3b. OSP is the native application framework that was used for the bada smartphones. Samsung has adapted it after the end of bada and Tizen to be there live, which made it very easy bada developers to port their apps on bada Tizen. Continue reading
Samsung has time for the start of the new Gear S the Tizen SDK for wearables updated with a large update. The new version also carries the additional B (eta) and is officially 1.0.0 b3, intended Tizen version is 2.2.1.3. Continue reading
Bob Summerwill has stopped his project MonoTizen for the time beeing. Continue reading
Yesterday, Samsung has released another Tizen SDK. After the Tizen SDK (InVehicle, smartphones) and the Tizen SDK for wearables (Wearables) now follows the Tizen-based Samsung TV SDK.
As the name suggests, the SDK for writing applications for TV sets is determined. The applications are written like with the Tizen SDK for wearables in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS. Support for C is not currently available. The SDK runs under Windows as well as Mac OS and Linux and are either 32bit or 64bit it.
In the first beta of the SDK also a web simulator and debugger are included in addition to the IDE.
So looks like there are early efforts, a Tizen porting Monkey to take shape. TizenExperts have a Gast Article posted by Bob Summer Will, introducing the project. Continue reading
For the recently published Smart Watches on Tizen-based Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo Samsung launches a lucrative App Challenge shortly. Total prize money $ 1,250,000, is a hefty sum.
The Challenge expected to commence on 08.05.2014, there are over the length and conditions of participation currently no information. In addition, Samsung held in May various Samsung Developer Events, vorangig in Asia. To find events in Korea (24./25.5.), Singapore (5.4.), Malaysia (15.4.), USA (during the TDC) and Brazil (9./10.5.) Instead. Even an event for Russia seems planned, is currently not yet terminated. Other countries are still to be added. The visit of such an event is, however, not be a prerequisite for the challenge, but can be helpful.
Samsung has for all interested parties who wish to deal with the app development for Tizen Smart Watches a own website submitted.
Since late last year Nokia offers a Tizen SDK for its maps service HERE . Unfortunately there currently is no documentation available so you have to experiment a bit in order to use it. If you have developed bada Apps with NAVTEQ maps, you have a slight advantage, because the Tizen HERE SDK builds very heavily on it and probably is a direct descendant of it. Continue reading