Google TV - Latest release

Les Vogel

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Feb 3, 2012, 2:31:26 PM2/3/12

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Important Features

• Honeycomb 3.2 (API Level 13)

http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.2.html

• Chrome works faster

• Support for 3D content

• HLS works better

• Extensions to the Channel Listing Content Provdier

• Hardware Acceleration is turned on

Channel Listing Content Provider

- new column to ChannelListingContract, "DATA_SOURCE" example "TMS"

- new contract for exposing lineups for each device, MediaDeviceContract

content://com.google.android.tv.provider/devices

DEVICE_ID = "device_id"; // like Atsc01

LINEUP_ID = "lineup_id"; // like TMS:OTA94043

DEFAULT = "default"; // 0 or 1

Formal documentation should be up in a few days.

Hardware Acceleration

and all it’s kin now works.

For more information see http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel.html

This platform change has caused a few apps to misbehave. Please re-test your apps on this release. (We’ve also updated the M4’s aka if you have one of those).

How do I have two apk’s?

(One that runs on hardware that hasn’t yet updated, and one that runs on the new hardware - if needed)

The new APK should have:

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="13" android:targetSdkVersion="13" />

Market will be able to accept multiple apk’s, and deliver the right one to your tv.

See http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/market-filters.html for more information.

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Les Vogel

Developer Programs Engineer - GoogleTV

lesv@Google.com

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