installing builds on Samsung Tizen

 
 

USB Stick

There’s 3 different methods we use to install apps on Samsung Tizen:

  1. USB stick

  2. Command Prompt

  3. Tizen studio

Installing via USB stick is by far the easiest method, but no matter which method we use we need to first put the Tizen into dev mode:

  1. Open the Smart Hub menu.

  2. Select Apps.

  3. Hit 1 2 3 4 5 on your remote.

  4. Toggle on dev mode.

Please note that enabling dev mode on 2024 Tizens has changed:

  1. Open the new Smarthub menu.

  2. Move to the Apps tab.

  3. Go to Settings (bottom of the apps view).

  4. Hit 1 2 3 4 5 on your remote.

  5. Toggle on dev mode.

Then we download the zip folder of the application, extract all files from the folder, plug the USB stick into our PC, and drag and drop the userwidget folder and the .wgt file onto the stick. Eject the USB stick and plug it into your Tizen. It should download immediately and the app will appear in your Downloaded App row on the App page.

Command prompt

We first need to download and install Tizen Studio (make sure we’ve already set up the device with author/distributor certificates) with CLI Installer (https://developer.tizen.org/ko/development/tizen-studio/download?langredirect=1). Then we need to download the zip folder of our application and extract all files from the folder (you will also want to rename so there is no punctuation in the file name like periods or brackets). Now drag the .wgt file into your BIN folder within the Tizen Studio folder on your PC. The PC and Tizen need to be on the same network and we need to input the PC’s IP address into the dev mode popup that we saw earlier (image above). Now we can open command prompt and proceed with the rest of the steps:

  1. Point to where your tizen-studio tools folder is located (ex. cd c:/tizen-studio/tools).

  2. On your Tizen, hit the menu button -> General -> Network -> Network Status -> IP Settings -> Take note of the Tizen’s IP address.

  3. Type in sdb connect (tizen ip address).

  4. We can make sure we’re connected by typing in sdb devices (it should show the Tizen in the list).

  5. Now point to the bin folder (ex. cd c:/tizen-studio/tools/ide/bin).

  6. Type in tizen install -n (filename.wgt) -t (TV name) (ex. tizen install -n TESTAPPsamsungtizenqa3321.wgt -t UN40M5300).

  7. You’ll see that it’s installing and a confirmation when it finishes in command prompt.

  8. The app will now appear in the Downloaded App row.

tizen studio

We need to download and install Tizen Studio (make sure we’ve already set up the device with author/distributor certificates) with IDE (https://developer.tizen.org/ko/development/tizen-studio/download?langredirect=1). Then we need to download the zip folder of our application and extract all files from the folder. Now we can install the app through Tizen Studio:

  1. Open the device dropdown.

  2. Click Launch remote device manager.

  3. Select Scan.

  4. Select ON for your TV.

  5. Drag the widget into the project explorer.

  6. Right click on the folder.

  7. Select Configure → Convert to Tizen Projects.

  8. Under Profile → select tv- samsung from dropdown.

  9. Select the app (check mark).

  10. Select finish.

  11. Select Run as Tizen web application.

There may be times when your Tizen Studio will not progress past a certain % of installation - if this happens do the following:

  1. Open Window.

  2. Select Preferences.

  3. Select "Tizen Studio → Web → Editor → CSS Editor". Uncheck "Build" and "Reconcile".

  4. Select "Tizen Studio → Web → Editor → JavaScript Editor". Uncheck "Build" and "Reconcile".

  5. Select "Tizen Studio → Web → JavaScript Analyzer". Click "Disable All".

  6. Click "Apply and Close" to apply the settings.

This should fix the issue and you should be able to install the app without any problems.