grunt-cordova-sectv

Grunt task for prepare and build the cordova project with sectv-*** platforms.

About this project

This project would help who makes Samsung Tizen TV or Legacy Samsung Smart TV web application using cordova. It provides several grunt task:

• sectv-prepare: Creates application project for each platforms from your cordova project. The target must be one of sectv-orsay and sectv-tizen and tv-webos.

  • Options for the task:

    'sectv-prepare': {    // task
        'sectv-orsay': {    // target
            dest: 'platforms/sectv-orsay/www',  // Destination path to create the application project.
            platformRepos: '../cordova-sectv-orsay',    // Path to 'sectv-***` cordova platform's repository.
            scripts: {  // copy the scripts to the application project. <destination>: <source>.
                'cordova.js': '../cordova-js/pkg/cordova.sectv-orsay.js',
                'toast.js': '../cordova-plugin-toast/platform_www/sectv-orsay/toast.js'
            }
        }
    }

• sectv-build: Packaging the application project into each platforms package file format like .zip or .wgt or .ipk. The target must be one of sectv-orsay and sectv-tizen and tv-webos.

  • Options for the task:

    'sectv-build': {  // task
        'sectv-orsay': {    // target
            www: 'platforms/sectv-orsay/www', // Path to Application project
            dest: 'platforms/sectv-orsay/build' // Directory to create the package
        }
    }

Associated Projects

• cordova-sectv-orsay is an application library that allows for Cordova-based projects to be built for the Legacy Samsung Smart TV (A.K.A Orsay) Platform.
• cordova-sectv-tizen is an application library that allows for Cordova-based projects to be built for the 2015's Samsung Tizen TV Platform.
• cordova-tv-webos is an application library that allows for Cordova-based projects to be built for the WebOS TV Platform.
• cordova-plugin-toast is an Cordova plugin that provides TV Specific functionalities for Smart TV application.

Installation

$ npm install grunt-cordova-sectv

How to set up to use

1. Make a cordova project using cordova CLI.

   ./
    |- cordova-js
    |- cordova-plugin-toast
    |- cordova-sectv-orsay
    |- cordova-sectv-tizen
    |- cordova-tv-webos
    `- MyApplication
   

2. Copy the contents in sample/* of this project to the root directory of your cordova project.

3. In the cordova project's root:

   $ npm install

   grunt-cordova-sectv will be installed also since the sample/pacakge.json defines it as a dependency.

Supported platform

• sectv-orsay
• sectv-tizen
• tv-webos

How to prepare the application by platforms

• In the cordova project's root:

  $ grunt sectv-prepare:<platform>

• <platform> can be one of supported platforms. If you want to prepare all platforms:

  $ grunt sectv-prepare

• For more details, please see the sample/Gruntfile.js of this project.

How to add other elements to a particular platform

• It is sometimes necessary to add something to each platform which maybe not mandatory but needed.

• Mandatory elements

  • sectv-orsay
  • sectv-tizen
  • tv-webos

• In config.xml of your Cordova project, please add elements in each platform tag. And these elements will be automatically added to each platform when preparing. - In case orasy and tizen, elements format is XML tag. - In case webos, elements format is JSON.

  ```xml
  <platform name="sectv-orsay">
      <multiapp>y</multiapp>
  </platform>
  <platform name="sectv-tizen">
      <tizen:metadata key="http://samsung.com/tv/metadata/prelaunch.support" value="true" />
  </platform>
  <platform name="tv-webos">
      {"appDescription": "This is an sample application"}
  </platform>
  ```
  

• For more details, please see the config.xml reference on Cordova site.

How to build and package the application by platforms

• Packaging for sectv-tizen

  • Set the path of environment variables

    • Case 1. Tizen TV SDK 2.4 (previous version)

      C:\tizen-sdk\tools\ide\bin
      

    • Case 2. Tizen Studio (Recommend)

      C:\tizen-studio\tools\ide\bin
      

  • In the cordova project's root/Gruntfile.js:

    // Fill out your 'profilePath' and 'profileName'
    'sectv-tizen': {
        profilePath: '/home/TizenSDK/tizen-studio-data/profile/profiles.xml',
        profileName: 'myprofile',
        www: 'platforms/sectv-tizen/www',
        dest: 'platforms/sectv-tizen/build'
    }

  • profilePath

    • In the SDK workspace:

    <yourWorkspace>/.metadata/.plugins/org.tizen.common.sign/profiles.xml
    

  • profileName

    • In the SDK:
      • window > Preferences > Tizen SDK > Security Profiles
      • profileName: Activated Profile name

  • If you couldn't find profiles.xml, please refer How to share Author Certificate

• Packaging for tv-webos

  • Set the path of environment variables

    C:\webOS_TV_SDK\CLI
    

• In the cordova project's root:

  $ grunt sectv-build:<platform>

• <platform> can be one of supported platforms. If you want to package all platforms:

  $ grunt sectv-build

• For more details, please see the sample/Gruntfile.js of this project.

Known Issues

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