| page.title=Building TV Apps |
| page.tags="tv", "leanback" |
| startpage=true |
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| <h2>Dependencies and Prerequisites</h2> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Android 5.0 (API level 21) or higher</li> |
| <li>Android Studio 0.8 or later and Gradle 0.12 or later</li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| <p> |
| Android offers a rich user experience that's optimized for apps running on large screen devices, |
| such as high-definition televisions. Apps on TV offer new opportunities to delight your users |
| from the comfort of their couch. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| TV apps use the same structure as those for phones and tablets. This approach means you can |
| create new TV apps based on what you already know about building apps for Android, or extend your |
| existing apps to also run on TV devices. However, the user interaction model for TV is |
| substantially different from phone and tablet devices. In order to make your app successful on TV |
| devices, you must design new layouts that can be easily understood from 10 feet away, and provide |
| navigation that works with just a directional pad and a select button. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| This class describes how to start building apps for TV, including setting up your development |
| environment, basic requirements for layouts and navigation, as well as guidance on how to handle |
| hardware features that are not typically available on TV devices. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p class="note"> |
| <strong>Note:</strong> You are encouraged to use <a href= |
| "{@docRoot}sdk/installing/studio.html">Android Studio</a> for building TV apps, because it |
| provides project setup, library inclusion, and packaging conveniences. This training assumes you |
| are using Android Studio. |
| </p> |
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| |
| <h2>Lessons</h2> |
| |
| <dl> |
| <dt><a href="{@docRoot}training/tv/start/start.html"> |
| Getting Started with TV Apps</a></dt> |
| <dd>Learn how to create a new Android Studio project for TV apps or modify your existing |
| app project to run on TV devices.</dd> |
| <dt><a href="{@docRoot}training/tv/start/layouts.html"> |
| Building TV Layouts</a></dt> |
| <dd>Learn the minimum requirements for TV layouts and how to implement them.</dd> |
| <dt><a href="{@docRoot}training/tv/start/navigation.html"> |
| Creating TV Navigation</a></dt> |
| <dd>Learn the requirements for TV navigation and how to implement TV-compatible |
| navigation.</dd> |
| <dt><a href="{@docRoot}training/tv/start/hardware.html"> |
| Handling TV Hardware</a></dt> |
| <dd>Learn how to check if your app is running on TV hardware, handle unsupported hardware |
| features, and manage controller devices.</dd> |
| </dl> |