Questions tagged [smart-tv]

Smart TV is a term that describes group of TV platforms that allows developing and publishing applications (Samsung SmartTV, LG NetCast, Philips NetTV, Sharp Aqos+, GoogleTV) like on desktop or mobile platforms. Applications are usually developed in HTML/CSS/JavaScript and are following the trend of Internet services integration with traditional broadcast (DVB).

Smart TV is a term that describes group of TV platforms that allows developing and publishing applications (Samsung SmartTV, LG NetCast, Philips NetTV, Panasonic Smart VIERA TV, Sharp Aqos+, GoogleTV) like on desktop or mobile platforms. Applications are usually developed in HTML/CSS/JavaScript and are following the trend of Internet services integration with traditional broadcast (DVB).

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Resetting the opacity of a child element - Maple Browser (Samsung TV App)

I have an issue with creating a transparent element which has a child element. Using this code the child element gets the opacity value from the parent element. I need to reset/set the child's element opacity to an arbitrary value. Browser of…
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SmartTV development for starters

I am doing some research on SmartTV development right now and the topic seems very very fragmented. I mean: If you want to develop a android app, you get eclipse and the android sdk. If you want to develop for iphone, you get xcode. But…
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Mechanism for apps to display their image content in native 4k

As I understand that currently UHD video content is streamed on 4k TV mostly using HEVC codec. I want to understand how can apps which have UHD image content can display their image content in native 4K? What I am exactly looking for is rendering…
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LG webOS back event

Currently I'm developing a LG webOS application (using Vue.js). Everything works fine, except the fact that when I press the back button on the remote, the back event does not fire. This causes that I'm forced to assign the function to go back to…
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Enable developer mode on LG WebOS tv

I'm developing a simple app on a LG webOS smart TV. Since I had no luck running my app from the usb drive, I'm trying to use the developer mode from Eclipse IDE. The thing is: I've added a new target configuration, pointing to the physical TV…
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Browsers in SmarTvs: Which engine do they use?

I've been searching for a while and I found no answer good enough for this. I have decided to validate my layouts for this kind of platform, but never thought about how they would appear on this kind of TV. So I would like to know if SmarTVs use…
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Launch an App on Samsung Smart TV startup

I want to automatically launch an app on TV startup. i.e. when the user power on the TV, TV will powerup and my app will start
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Is there a common framework which exists across LG, Samsung and Android smart TVs?

I want to write a program (not an application, but a library) that will run on different Smart TV OS. For example, Samsung Tizen, LG WebOS, Android, Roku, etc. I somehow see that C++ libraries are supported on all of the above platforms, so creating…
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Samsung SmartTV get current time

How can I get current time for Samsung SmartTV app written on HTML, CSS and JavaScript? The problem is in Javascript Date object. When I call new Date() on the web environment, I receive system Date value with current time. But when I instantiate…
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How can i test samsung smart TV app?

I developed a samsung smart TV app, tested it in samsung emulator, it works fine. Now how will i test it in a TV, with out uploading it to samsung app store.
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How to launch App on LG webOS based Pro:Centric Device

I am developing applications for various Smart TV platforms and the client is asking about LG Pro:Centric device. Is there anyone who can help me launch the app on Pro:Centric platform. Please refer to proper guidance or authentic links. Suggestions…
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LG WEBOS : Could not connect to the device, please check the device connection

I've followed everything here step by step : App Testing on webOS TV But I still can't seem to connect using either the webOS CLI or the webOS IDE. I get the following error: Via the IDE : Could not connect to the device "name", please check the…
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Show virtual keyboard on smart tv

I develop app on Sony Internet TV (Opera TV OS) and I can't show virtual keyboard when textbox focused. I use event.stopPropagation(); and event.preventDefault(); in my keydown code. Can I show virtual keyboard when textbox active ?
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How is Philips TV Browser getting preview images for pages?

I want to provide my own preview image for page in Philips TV (NETTV models) browser. It is displayed near page address in history. How can I do it? (image from avforum, obtained from google search) Philips TV use Opera 11.6 as browser. userAgent…
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Tools for creating app for Smart TV

I should create app for Smart TV. I have googled, but I don't find something that can help me. And I want to know is it possible to create the app only on Java without JavaScript? What do I should use? Help me please :) Thanks in advance!
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