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Fixes to minor issues (typos and other things that don't require editorial review) in Android docs. Staged page URLs provided in CL comments. Bug: 28172346 Bug: 22411462 Bug: 26422744 Bug: 26776224 Change-Id: Ic3aa8495a1d76a5ce3bccb5037b4172443664d0b
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page.title=Building TV Apps
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page.tags=tv, leanback
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<div id="tb-wrapper">
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<div id="tb">
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<h2>Dependencies and Prerequisites</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Android 5.0 (API level 21) or higher</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</div>
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<p>
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Android offers a rich user experience that's optimized for apps running on large screen devices,
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such as high-definition televisions. Apps on TV offer new opportunities to delight your users
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from the comfort of their couch.
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</p>
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<p>
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TV apps use the same structure as those for phones and tablets. This approach means you can
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create new TV apps based on what you already know about building apps for Android, or extend your
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existing apps to also run on TV devices. However, the user interaction model for TV is
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substantially different from phone and tablet devices. In order to make your app successful on TV
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devices, you must design new layouts that can be easily understood from 10 feet away, and provide
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navigation that works with just a directional pad and a select button.
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</p>
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<p>
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This class describes how to start building apps for TV, including setting up your development
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environment, basic requirements for layouts and navigation, as well as guidance on how to handle
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hardware features that are not typically available on TV devices.
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</p>
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<p class="note">
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<strong>Note:</strong> You are encouraged to use <a href=
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"{@docRoot}sdk/installing/studio.html">Android Studio</a> for building TV apps, because it
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provides project setup, library inclusion, and packaging conveniences. This training assumes you
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are using Android Studio.
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</p>
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<h2>Lessons</h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="{@docRoot}training/tv/start/start.html">
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Getting Started with TV Apps</a></dt>
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<dd>Learn how to create a new Android Studio project for TV apps or modify your existing
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app project to run on TV devices.</dd>
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<dt><a href="{@docRoot}training/tv/start/hardware.html">
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Handling TV Hardware</a></dt>
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<dd>Learn how to check if your app is running on TV hardware, handle unsupported hardware
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features, and manage controller devices.</dd>
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<dt><a href="{@docRoot}training/tv/start/layouts.html">
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Building TV Layouts</a></dt>
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<dd>Learn the minimum requirements for TV layouts and how to implement them.</dd>
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<dt><a href="{@docRoot}training/tv/start/navigation.html">
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Creating TV Navigation</a></dt>
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<dd>Learn the requirements for TV navigation and how to implement TV-compatible
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navigation.</dd>
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</dl>
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