Professional Tizen Application Development

Create powerful, marketable applications with Tizen for the smartphone and beyond

Tizen is the only platform designed for multiple device categories that is HTML5-centric and entirely open source. Written by experts in the field, this comprehensive guide includes chapters on both web and native application development, covering subjects such as location and social features, advanced UIs, animations, sensors and multimedia.

This book is a comprehensive resource for learning how to develop Tizen web and native applications that are polished, bug-free and ready to sell on a range of smart devices, beyond just smartphones. Tizen is an open source platform that is housed within the Linux Foundation and is fully supported by Intel, Samsung and the Tizen Association. 

Professional Tizen Application Development:

• Explains how web applications can combine HTML5 features with Tizen device APIs to unleash the full potential of the Tizen platform
• Provides detailed, practical explanations of the most important Tizen native APIs
• Demonstrates best practices for adding key features like location, contacts and calendars to your apps
• Shows you how to use advanced features such as animations, face recognition and sensors to help you create applications that stand out from the crowd
• Shares code on advanced topics including multi-threading and hybrid applications
• Includes numerous fully functional code examples, for both web and native applications, complete with hints and tips to get the most out of the Tizen APIs

Hojun Jaygarl, Yoonsoo Kim, Eunyoung Choi are Samsung engineers working on Tizen. Cheng Luo, Kevin Bradwick and Jon Lansdell are experienced professional developers.

Professional Tizen Application Development prepares you to start creating amazing apps for multiple devices with the Tizen platform.

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Tizen
Chapter 2: Tizen Application Packages
Chapter 3: Tizen Development Tools

Part II: Tizen Web APIs
Chapter 4: Web Application Fundamentals
Chapter 5: Location-Based Services
Chapter 6: Multimedia
Chapter 7: Sensors and Other Hardware
Chapter 8: Messaging Services
Chapter 9: Contacts and Calendars

Part III: Tizen Native APIs
Chapter 10: Native UI Applications
Chapter 11: Native Application Fundamentals
Chapter 12: Native UI Controls
Chapter 13: Multimedia and Content
Chapter 14: Telephony and Networking
Chapter 15: Location and Social Services
Chapter 16: Advanced UI and Graphics
Chapter 17: I/O and Internationalisation

Part IV: Advanced Tizen
Chapter 18: Multithreading
Chapter 19: Inter-Application Communication and Hybrid Applications