@googletvdev

name = {"Paul", "Saxman"}

dept = "Developer" + " Relations"

paul.talkAbout(" ")

specifically...

I'll provide answers to a few fundamental questions:

What? Why? How?

more specifically...

what is(the soon to be released)

Google TV?

why should developers be interested in Google TV?

how does one build apps for Google TV?

questions?!?

so then... what exactly is(the soon to be released)

Google TV?

for your TV

meaning...

everything that you've learned today also applies to

Google TV

which includes your favorite Honeycomb features, such as...

fragments

the Action Bar

more interactive app widgets

more content-rich notifications

Renderscript

et cetera.

Google TV works with...

your TV (device)...

your cable/satellite (content)...

your Internet (connection)...

and the Web.

there are a number of devices running Google TV

and there are definitely more coming!

Google TV is controlled with devices, such as...

which all support...

keyboardssearchd-pad

pointing devicesmedia keys

back/home/menufavorite

Google TV can also be controlled by one or more of...

it has integrated search....

and it also includes TV specific features, like...

picture-in-picture

a channel changing activity

a channel listing content provider

device pairing and communication protocols

and more...with more to come!

the Android Market is coming to Google TV...

and finally, in addition to all the...

Google TV has a full version of...

meaning that developers who love the Web and...

can also develop apps forGoogle TV!

so... why should developersbuild apps for Google TV?

to help answer this, here are a few points to get you thinking...

001/ TVs are, by far, the largest displays in most households

which means they're great for watching videos, playing games, photo slideshows, etc.

010/ TVs are connected to the best sound systems in most households

011/ TVs are near very comfortable furniture in most households

100/ TVs are great for multi-user viewing and interaction

101/ TVs are used by over 5 billion people worldwide

110/ on avg, Americans watch nearly 5 hours of TV daily(which is increasing)

111/ in 2009, the avg US home had 2.5 people vs. 2.86 TV sets

(source: The Nielsen Company)

one more point to consider...

TVs aren't only found in people's living rooms...

they are also commonly found in:

bedrooms

hotel rooms

classrooms

airplanes

hospitals

lobbies

bars

and quite a few other places

basically, TVs are everywhere...

a lot of people watch them...

a lot...

and they're getting smarterevery day

and finally... how does one build a Google TV app?

well, since Google TV is...

app developers can use:

01/ the framework

10/ the SDK

11/ the Market

there's also aGoogle TV add-on, which

includes...

an image for the KVM accelerated, x86 emulator for

Linux (SDK Tools r12)

Mac and Windows support is on the way

for development, there are some important things to keep in mind

about Google TV:

0001/ the (soon to be released) Google TV is Android 3.1

(API level 12)

0010/ Google TV supports twoHD resolutions:

1920x1080 and 1280x720

and two densities:tvdpi (213) and xhdpi (320)

but it's always just large

remember, however, that the closest resources are used

and don't forget to test both resolutions!

0011/ due to overscan, you may not get every pixel/DIP

I know this sounds crazy, but let me explain...

TVs don't display all the pixels!

so let your views stretch out,with some scalable

padding between them

and scale full-screen bitmaps yourself

0100/ at 10ft, TVs are notouch

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false"/>

0101/ d-pad navigation is (generally) better than pointing

so focus, focus, focus...

allow itandroid:focusableandroid:focusableInTouchMode

show it<selector> <item android:drawable="..." android:state_focused=["true" | "false"] android:state_selected=["true" | "false"] /></selector>

control itandroid:nextFocusDownandroid:nextFocusLeftandroid:nextFocusRightandroid:nextFocusUpandroid:nextFocusForward [tab]requestFocus [default focus; tag and method]

and make sure there's always a short path between focus-ables

0110/ location is coarse and static

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION

LocationManager lm = (LocationManager)this.getSystemService( Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);

Location location = lm.getLastKnownLocation("static");

1000/ apps can be "made for TV" (but only if necessary)

<uses-feature android:name="com.google.android.tv" android:required="true" />

1001/ be sure to require only the features that you need

com.google.android.tvandroid.hardware.locationandroid.hardware.location.networkandroid.hardware.usb.hostandroid.hardware.wifiandroid.software.live_wallpaper

if a feature is used for everything but TV (GPS, vibrate, etc.)...

getPackageManager() .hasSystemFeature("com.google.android.tv");

1010/ NDK is on the way, but not here yet

1011/ users' channel listings are available

com.google.android.tv.permission.READ_CHANNELS

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

callsignchannel_namechannel_numberchannel_uri

1100/ channel changing is possible, too

so that's about it!

what to share your ideas for Google TV?

http://bit.ly/googletvadl

FIN!

http://code.google.com/tv