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March 2017

Samsung’s Third Tizen .NET Developer Preview Introduces New Visual Studio Tools

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Samsung Electronics today released the third preview of Tizen .NET application framework, featuring improved Visual Studio Tools for developing Tizen applications.

 

Since announcing its collaboration with Microsoft on .NET open-source projects such as .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms last November, Samsung has steadily released preview versions of Tizen .NET to help developers build better apps.

The second preview brought support for TV application development, to go along with the mobile support introduced in the first, and improved Visual Studio Tools for Tizen with several new features, including a Project Wizard, Manifest Editor, Emulator Manager, Emulator Control Panel and Certificate Manager.

 

Samsung’s Second Tizen .NET Developer Preview Introduces New Design Tools and Support for TV Apps

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Samsung Electronics today released the second preview of Tizen .NET, an application framework for Tizen app developers.

Last November, Samsung announced a collaboration with Microsoft on .NET open-source projects such as .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms, and released the first preview of Tizen .NET. An official version will be released in the second half of 2017.  

The second preview supports TV application development in addition to the mobile support introduced in the first preview. Visual Studio Tools for Tizen has also been improved with several new features, including project creation wizards, manifest editors, emulator managers, an emulator control panel and a certificate manager. Tizen .NET developers can now apply their skills with C#, standard APIs, Xamarin.Forms and Visual Studio to build both mobile and TV applications.

"Samsung is excited to release the second preview of Tizen .NET, and will release newer versions of previews every two months until the official version is shipped later this year,” said Hong-Seok Kim, the Vice President of Samsung Electronics’ Software R&D Center. “We are fully committed to delighting Tizen developers with .NET."

Tizen is an open-source operating system based on Linux that is hosted by the Linux Foundation and open to all developers. The operating system powers 50 million Samsung devices, including Smart TVs, mobile phones, wearables and other IoT devices.  

Tizen SDK Makes a New Beginning as Tizen Studio

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On September 1, 2016, Tizen SDK makes a new beginning as Tizen Studio 1.0.

Now you can select the necessary platform and profiles, and experience a fast and stable development environment and new UX and UI by installing Tizen Studio.

Applications for the newly released Gear S3 can be developed with Tizen Studio 1.0.

The existing Tizen SDK was released in accordance with Tizen platform version. Since there was 1 SDK program for each platform, you had to install several SDK programs to develop for several platforms. It was difficult to maintain and manage the related updates as well.

Accordingly, since Tizen 2.4 SDK, there has been an attempt to integrate the whole. Starting from Tizen Studio 1.0, you can select and install the necessary platforms and profiles with a one-time installation. In addition, Tizen Studio has been made stable and lightweight through a platform version-up, and its usability has been improved through the overall improvement of UX and UI.

Samsung Invites Unity Devs to Take on US$185,000 ‘Tizen App Challenge’

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Any developer who has designed a game with Unity that has reached more than 10,000 installs in the Google Play or Apple App Store may enter the challenge. Simply port the existing app to Tizen and start selling it in Tizen Store. The first 50 apps can get US$3,000 each, and the entrant with the most popular app (attaining the highest number of Tizen Store installations) will win the grand prize of US$20,000.

 

Samsung Electronics has announced that Tizen App Challenge for Unity developers will commence on August 18th, 2016 - prior to the launch of the Samsung Z2, a new smartphone running on Tizen operating system. If you are a developer who has made a Unity-based game that has reached more than 10,000 installs, you're eligible to enter the challenge.

 

The contest will run from August 18 to November 21, with a total amount of US$185,000 in prizes up for grabs. The first 50 apps can get US$3,000 each when the apps are started to be for sale in Tizen Store. Additionally, top prizes will be awarded to three participants whose games reach the highest number of downloads during the contest period, in the amount of US$20,000, $10,000 and $5,000, respectively.