A curated list of awesome resources for building Smart TV apps
Smart TV is a growing platform of TVs having access to the internet and allowing to browse web-sites and install applications. It has own ecosystem with main players like Samsung, LG, Android TV and Apple TV. In this list you will find official and third-party resources for developing Smart TV apps and communicating with TV from remote devices.
- Platforms
- Cross-platform frameworks
- Remote control protocols
- Cross-platform tools
- Navigation libraries
- Testing
- Misc
- Community
Below are the most popular platforms for Smart TV. The full list is here.
- Samsung TV Developers site - News, documentation and SDK downloads.
- Tizen TV Developers site - Full API documentation and guides for developing Tizen TV apps.
- Tizen Studio - IDE for TV apps development including Tizen TV Emulator.
- Smart View SDK - Official Android, IOS and JavaScript SDK for communication between remote device and Samsung Smart TV.
- Samsung TV Developers Forum - Ask questions and share tips when developing apps with Samsung SDKs.
- Samsung Smart TV Bug Bounty - If you find bug in Samsung TV, submit it here and get a reward $1000+.
- vscode-extension-tizentv - A Visual Studio Code extension that provides a lightweight IDE for Tizen application developers.
- Wits - A tool for reloading tv app's JavaScript/CSS without reinstalling the app every time you make a change.
- samsungctl - Library and command line tool for remote controlling Samsung televisions via a TCP/IP connection. It currently supports both pre-2016 TVs as well most of the modern Tizen-OS TVs with Ethernet or Wi-Fi connectivity (Python).
- samsung-tv-remote - Node.js module to remotely control Samsung Smart TV starting from 2016 (JavaScript).
- homebridge-samsungtv2016 - A plugin for Homebridge that allows you to control your 2016 Samsung TV with HomeKit and Siri (JavaScript).