There shows an application development kit exists for Samsung smart TV. But my doubt is that will it support android applications. Does all the smart TV's are Google powered? will they all support android application.
Samsung's 2012 TV range will be running the Google TV software in some fashion (I'm not sure what fashion, but I believe it will sit alongside or on top of Samsung's existing system).
Google TV is Android powered.
You won't be able to take advantage of it if you want to support TVs released in 2011 or earlier.
On normal 2012 Samsung models you won't run Android app too.
Samsung and Google has signed agreement, but it will be only for one or two TV sets models as it is with Sony and LG.
So if you want to make applications for Samsung - forget about android apps, use HTML/JavaScript.
And I mentioned it already here https://stackoverflow.com/a/10881869/364483 - you can also make HTML/Javascript Apps for Google TV.
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What are the differences between Android Automotive, Android Auto, and Android for mobile phones (from a user perspective and architecturally / technically)?
They are different products.
Android Auto - to simplify things - you can think about it as an app which runs on your phone, an app which is streaming (casting) apps to your car's unit. Android Auto runs on your mobile phone, all apps are casted from your mobile phone.
Android Automotive - it's open source OS (just like standard Android) but it is created for manufacturers. They can build with it the whole infotainment system. It can be heart of your vehicle. Every manufacturer can use it differently. So it's like standard Android but for cars.
But also looking at standard Android (for mobile). Using Android (which is open source) doesn't mean you have with it all Google serivces etc. Open Source version of Android Automotive and Android OS (for mobile) doesn't contain Google Services and apps.
Just like in mobile phones - it depends on manufacturer if it will bring Google Services with it.
There are manufacturers using it already with Google Services (Volvo, Polestar) but there are also many using it without Google apps.
It has been 4 years since the below question was asked:
Is it possible to install an android app on Tizen OS device?
I have a samsung watch running Tizen 4.0 and I need to install google fit onto it. This is so that google fit (running on my phone already) can have access to the steps and heart rate sensor data from my watch.
This is because google fit is compatible with many apps and partners whereas samsung health is barely compatible with anything.
Does anyone know how to side load google fit onto a Tizen OS device (or even just enable google fit on the phone to access the wearable sensors)
I do not need to view the google fit app on my watch, although this would be a bonus.
Please keep answers very simple as I have no experience in developing for mobile devices.
Thank you very much in advance,
Anya
Unfortunately, I think it will not be supported: Using APK for Android on Tizen platform...
It is not simple issue - more than just using an java application...
Definitely, since Google fit needs Google Play Service library (A collection of Google-specific features) https://developers.google.com/android/guides/overview,
Tizen Platform also needs to run Google Fit. It is more complicated than running a java application.
In the Samsung Galaxy S6 there is a S Health app that measures heart rate, SpO2, stress and other values. It looks like I can purchase additional apps for this. Is this S Health exclusive to Samsung? When I search online Google Fit API shows up. I'm starting from scratch on my knowledge of this subject.
Background:
I want to make an app that accesses the API's above but I'm not sure if it's an Android API, Samsung API open to developers or a closed Samsung API. How does it all fit together?
S Health is now available on a variety of Android devices and is no longer exclusive to Samsung devices.
To make an app that interacts with S Health, you will need an Android development environment and the Samsung Health SDK. This can be found at: http://developer.samsung.com/health
The SDK download also includes a programming guide that can get you started. There are also sample apps that interact with S Health here: http://developer.samsung.com/sample-app/list.do
I want to develop an app on android that uses screen mirroring with Samsung TV. I'm looking to use my android app screen as a remote(say a game controller) & TV screen to run the actual game. My initial approach was learning google cast but it needs a chromecast dongle which I don't want to use for this project. I want to use Samsung Smart TV's Screen Mirroring feature to do so. After some googling, I figured out that samsung uses Allshare Framework API for screen mirroring/cast but I'm not completely sure on this. I'm currently struggling to find a proper documentation for screen mirroring. If someone can point to the correct documentation link then that'd be awesome. Also, please correct me if I'm wrong with the assumption that this can be achieved using Allshare API only.
It seems Samsung have came out with this new SDK - Samsung Multiscreen SDK( or maybe I've found it now :)). This link should cover most of the questions I've asked above. Also, if you are Unity user, Samsung has their own version of Unity which comes intalled with Samsung Multiscreen Game SDK. But you need to send a partnership request to samsung in order to use this version of Unity. Apart from these two, you can also use Connect SDK which is independent of any technology, i.e. it covers almost every other technology used for Cast. For exmple, if you have a Samsung Smart TV at your home & a Roku connection. With Samsung SDK you can only discover Smart TV but not Roku stick. Whereas, with Connect SDK you can discover Samsung Tv as well as Roku & any other Cast device which is available in your network.
I have been developing for Android for a while now and recently got interested in developing for kindle devices as well. I am not completely sure how to go about this but what I would really like to know is if it is possible to build an app targeting Kindle that will also run on all Android devices?
While the look and feel of the Kindle Fire tablet appears distinctly different from other mobile operating systems, it is actually Android in disguise. In fact, it is very compatible for existing Android applications, which is customized to remove native access to the Google app ecosystem.
The first gen Kindle Fire device is based on Android Gingerbread (API level 10), the second gen Kindle Fire devices are based on Android Ice Cream Sandwich (API level 15) and the third gen Kindle Fire devices are based on Android Jelly Bean (API level 17). See Device and Feauture Specifications at the Amazon Developer website.
For developers, this implies that building applications targeting Amazon’s Kindle Fire is similar to building an Android application. In fact, per Amazon, most of the Android applications (76% of the applications they tested) can work on Kindle Fire without needing any change or development effort.
Changes will be required when it comes to In-App-Purchase and Push Notification (Amazon provides a proprietary API for these services, Push is supported for Kindle Fire 2nd gen or newer). So eventually you might want to maintain at least two APK builds, one for Google Play and one for Amazon.
For complete steps see - setting-up-your-development-environment.
The two big differences I've noticed between developing for standard Android devices and the Kindle Fire:
Push messaging - Normal Android uses GCM (Google Cloud Messaging) which requires that Google Play be installed on the device, while Amazon devices use ADM (Amazon Device Messaging) which require that the ADM library be present. ADM will not work on the 1st generation Kindle Fire.
In-app purchasing - This one is pretty obvious. Android uses Google Play, while Amazon uses the Amazon App Store. Both use their own SDK for in-app purchasing, their own URIs for links to products, etc.