Tizen 4.0 M1 Source Code Release

Tizen 4.0 M1 Source Code Release

BY Dong-hyun Lee 06 Jun 2017 Tizen Platform Release, Tizen

We are pleased to announce the Tizen 4.0 the first milestone release.

This milestone provides developers with Tizen .NET, an application framework for Tizen based on .NET. Developers can use the C# programming language and the Common Language Infrastructure standards and benefit from a managed runtime for faster application development, and efficient, secure code execution.

Highlights of this release are as follows:

  • Tizen.NET

    • Xamarin.Forms 2.3.5
    • C# Tizen Platform-specific API
    • C# 3D UI Framework(NUI, Natural User Interface)
  • Web Framework
    • Web engine base open source up version : chromium M56 is applied
    • Below HTML5/W3C standard feature/API is added
      • Shadow DOM v1, Pointer Events, WebGL 2,  Credential Management API, ECMAScript7 Async and Await
  • Toolchain
    • gcc Upgraded from 4.9.2 to 6.2.1 (Linaro '16 Dec version)
    • Language C++11 is fully supported.
  • Graphics System
    • Wayland Server

      • Add the extension protocols and impelementation for wayland server. For example tizen_screen_rotation, tizen_screenshooter, tizen_remote_surface.
      • libpepper-evdev and libpepper-keyrouter are added. These library can be used for headless wayland server.
    • Display and GL
      • Frontbuffer rendering is added for VR rendering engine.
      • Support the layer commit to ensure an output commit per each vblank in TDM(Tizen Display Management)
    • OpenGLES 3.2 support
    • Voice Webpage Control and Voice Touch are supported

Please refer to the release notes for details.

Written by Dong-hyun Lee
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