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Tizen 3.0-M2-Aug for IVI Released

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In anticipation of Tizen 3.0 release for IVI early next year, Tizen IVI team is pleased to announce that Tizen 3.0-M2-Aug for In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) was released on August 29th.

This new preview features an upgraded Wayland (1.2), weston compositor (1.2.1) and is based on a 3.11 Linux kernel. It comes with an enhanced Tizen Web RunTime (WRT), featuring new Web APIs (Automotive, Speech, DLNA). The Resource Policy Manager (Murphy), Automotive Message Broker, Hands-Free Dialer, MediaPlayer, and many more packages have been upgraded and new middleware components have been added, such as a new PIM manager (SyncEvolution), a speech-recognition framework, SmartDeviceLink, and basic support for Ethernet AVB.

A new automotive HomeScreen is under development and can be installed separately. Refer to the release notes for more details.
 
For more information about this release, refer to these release notes. 
- Tizen IVI 3.0-M2-Aug release notes: https://wiki.tizen.org/wiki/IVI/IVI_August_29,_3.0-M2-Aug

For more information about Tizen for In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI), visit our wiki at: https://wiki.tizen.org/wiki/IVI. Tizen for IVI shares core frameworks with other Tizen profiles, with additional key components to support automotive use cases. Preview releases are made available on an approximately monthly basis, leading up to the final Tizen 3.0 release for IVI expected in Q1 2014.

Bootable images for this release are available:

Tizen 2.2 Platform Release

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We are pleased to announce that Tizen platform 2.2 source code and SDK are now available at https://developer.tizen.org/downloads/sdk.

Tizen 2.2 contains several changes in UI and UX. Highlights of this release include:

  • H/W back key and menu key replacing S/W keys
  • Fine-grained Access Control for API privileges powered by Smack
  • IDE and tools, including secure profile UX, UI customizer and live editing/preview for CSS/HTML5 files

For more information, please refer to the release notes and the API change notes.

TDC2013 slides, audio and video

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Hopefully you were able to make it to this year's Tizen Developer Conference - we had great attendees, great sessions, and great sponsors. But if you missed it (or if you were there and couldn't get to everything you wanted to see) we have posted the slides, video, and audio from the conference sessions and keynotes.

Thanks again to everyone who was involved in the conference. We had a great time and hope to see you next year!

Tizen App Challenge is now open!

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Hey app developers, have we got something for you! Tizen App Challenge is now open, which is your chance to get in on over $4M of prizes for the best apps submitted to Tizen Store.

Developers can submit their certified apps to Tizen App Challenge between now and November 1st, 2013. 

Eligible submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges, with prizes ranging from $30,000 to $200,000.  In addition, HTML5 apps are eligible for a special $50,000 award.

Getting started is easy!

 

Tizen 2.2 Beta SDK Release

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We are pleased to announce that Tizen 2.2 Beta SDK is now available.
As a minor release, Tizen 2.2 Beta contains several changes in UI and UX such as H/W key support.

Please visit the release notes and the API change notes for more detailed information.

 

Downloading SDK Install Manager
  http://download.tizen.org/sdk/InstallManager/tizen-sdk-2.2b/ ( CDN )

Downloading SDK Image
  http://download.tizen.org/sdk/sdk-images/2.2b/ ( CDN )

Getting binaries and images
  http://download.tizen.org/releases/2.2b/RD-PQ-REF/ ( CDN )

How to flash to a device
  https://wiki.tizen.org/wiki/Flash_Tizen_2.2_Image_to_Reference_Device

Tizen 2.1 SDK and Source Code Release

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We are pleased to announce that Tizen 2.1 source code and SDK are now available at https://developer.tizen.org/downloads/sdk.

As a minor release, Tizen 2.1, codenamed Nectarine, contains several new features and performance enhancements. Highlights of this release include:

  • Enhanced Web framework that provides state-of-the-art HTML5/W3C API support including new features, such as Content Security Policy 1.0 and Navigation Timing, and relevant specification updates
  • Web DynamicBox runtime framework supporting the embedding of Web DynamicBox in viewer-like applications (e.g., home screen application)
  • Enhanced Web IDE providing WYSIWYG design environment, Chrome-based JavaScript inspector, and JavaScript log viewer
  • Native IDE providing a project wizard, WYSIWYG design environment, unit test tool, and dynamic analyzer

Please visit https://source.tizen.org/release for more information on the release.

Tizen 2.1 Beta SDK and Source Code Release

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We are pleased to announce that Tizen 2.1 Beta source code and SDK are now available. As a minor release, Tizen 2.1 Beta contains several new features and performance enhancements. Please visit the release notes and the API change notes.   Downloading SDK Install Manager   http://download.tizen.org/sdk/InstallManager/tizen-sdk-2.1b/ Downloading SDK Image   http://download.tizen.org/sdk/sdk-images/2.1b/

Tizen Conference schedule

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After a couple of weeks reviewing the 160+ sessions submitted to the program committee, we have finally come up with a first schedule for Tizen Developers Conference 2013. We have created a balanced scheduled, trying to fullfil the needs of the Application developer community, those investigating deploying Tizen on their devices, and the community of people currently developing Tizen. Following the lines of the Call For Papers, we have therefore created three tracks:

  • Application development and deployment
    • An Overview of Tizen Native Application Framework
    • Basics of HTML5 game development
    • Cordova on Tizen 2.0
    • Developer Highlight Presentations: Native App Development for Tizen Devices
    • Developer Highlight Presentations: Web App Development for Tizen Devices
    • HAXM accelerates Tizen SDK emulator on Windows/Mac

Tizen 2.0 SDK and Source Code Release

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We are pleased to announce that Tizen 2.0 source code and SDK are now available at https://developer.tizen.org/downloads/sdk. Tizen 2.0 represents a major milestone for software developers and device vendors. We encourage you to download the new SDK, and let us know what you think of it after you have installed and used it. If you have questions, or need to submit bugs, please visit our community page.

This release includes many new features and improvements over Tizen 1.0 released in April, and Tizen 2.0 alpha in September, 2012. As a Tizen 2.0 developer, you will find strong HTML5/W3C APIs and a new native framework. Highlights of this release include:

  • Enhanced Web framework that provides state-of-the-art HTML5/W3C API support
  • Web UI framework, including full-screen and multi-window support
  • Additional Tizen device APIs, such as Bluetooth and NFC support, and access to the device’s calendar, call history, and messaging subsystems
  • Web Runtime framework supporting new configuration elements for specifying the required features and privileges, and providing the basic runtime environment for NPRuntime plugins
  • Native framework supporting full-featured application development and providing a variety of features such as background applications, IP Push, and TTS (Text-To-Speech)
  • Core and native reference applications including Calendar, Contacts, Gallery, Phone, Settings, and Video Player
  • Enhanced Web IDE providing WYSIWYG design environment, Chrome-based JavaScript inspector, and JavaScript log viewer

The new and improved Tizen developer site

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Welcome to the redesigned and updated Tizen developer site. Now it’s easier to find the information you need, get involved in Tizen community, and start developing Tizen apps. Keep checking this site for the latest updates, technical content, and community news. You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks. 

Everyone can become part of Tizen community. We encourage you to read and comment on blog posts, chat to your fellow developers in the forums, mailing lists and IRC channel, and even contribute to Tizen wiki. You can ask questions, share your development experience, contribute sample code, and collaborate with other developers. You can also download the latest Tizen source code and submit bug fixes. 

You’ll find all the information you need to get started, including design and development guides for HTML5 and Tizen APIs, as well as sample apps. Creating a Tizen web app is easy – just download the SDK and create an app using the New Project Wizard. You can create a new app using one of the built-in templates or build one of the sample apps, which demonstrate various Tizen API features. You’ll be up and running in minutes, so now’s the perfect time to get started.

 

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