Release Notes

These release notes contain major API extensions, fundamental UI/UX changes, and important bug fixes.

0.1.142 (In development)

UI/UX changes

• Added more functions to customize the menu (i.e. set the menu background to transparent and to display the menu in flat style) (see Menu Root Object)

• Updated Menu Root Object: Added transparent property
• Updated Menu Root Object: Added type property
• Updated Menu Item Object: Added transparent property
• Updated Menu Item Object: Added lineColor property
• Updated Attached Data Examples: Added info.id property

0.1.141 (Oct 7, 2021)

API extensions

• Samsung TVs: Extended action to launch applications (it is now possible to add launch data to the system:tizen:launch/system:tizen:launch:{APP_ID} action)
• Samsung TVs: Improved subtitle support (see Tizen Player)
• LG TVs: Extended action to launch applications (it is now possible to add launch data to the system:lg:launch:{APP_ID} action)
• Updated Internal Actions
• Updated Tizen Player: Added tizen:subtitle:delay property
• Updated Tizen Player: Added tizen:subtitle:silent property
• Updated Tizen Player: Added tizen:subtitle:url property

0.1.140 (Aug 26, 2021)

API extensions

• Extended video events for plugins (added data.data property for specific events that contains the active video data before the event occurred)
• Updated Internal Actions
• Updated URL Parameters: Added secure parameter
• Updated Extended Properties: Added control:action property
• Updated Extended Properties: Added control:return property
• Updated Extended Properties: Updated button:{BUTTON_ID}:action property
• Updated Extended Properties: Updated button:{BUTTON_ID}:icon property
• Updated Attached Data Examples: Added info.framework.secure property
• Updated Plugin API Reference

0.1.138 (Jun 15, 2021)

UI/UX changes

• Slightly speed up menu navigation

0.1.137 (May 26, 2021)

UI/UX changes

• Improved player behavior (if the left/right key is pressed while the video/audio is in foreground, the player progress marker is focused; if the OK key is pressed while the video/audio is in foreground, the player default button is focused; by default, the last focused player button remains the focus)
• Updated application font (updated to the latest roboto font version)
• Added more icons (updated to the latest material icons version)

API extensions

• Updated Icons

0.1.136 (May 7, 2021)

UI/UX changes

• Added new hover effect (Settings → Hover Effect → Preselect), which directly applies the selection when the cursor is over an item
• Added long press feature (for pointer and touch devices) to select an item without executing it (e.g. to access additional options)

API extensions

• Android/iOS devices: Extended action to launch applications (it is now possible to add launch data to the system:tvx:launch/system:tvx:launch:{APP_ID} action and to handle the result)
• Added Android Player
• Added NetCast Menu
• Updated Internal Actions
• Updated Extended Properties: Updated label:duration property
• Updated Extended Properties: Updated label:position property
• Updated Extended Properties: Updated label:speed property
• Updated Dictionary Structure

0.1.134 (Apr 16, 2021)

UI/UX changes

• Improved navigation management
• Hide cursor on keyboard input
• Added hover effect for video/audio progress bar
• Added version suffix to make versions easier to identify
• The display of some translated labels has been improved by truncating too long values

API extensions

• Updated Menu Root Object: Added reference property
• Updated Content Root Object: Added reference property
• Updated Internal Actions
• Updated URL Parameters: Added welcome parameter
• Updated Extended Properties: Added trigger:active property
• Updated Extended Properties: Added trigger:inactive property
• Updated Extended Properties: Added trigger:player property
• Updated Attached Data Examples: Added info.framework.suffix property
• Updated Attached Data Examples: Added info.application.suffix property
• Updated Attached Data Examples: Updated info.content.state property
• Updated Dictionary Structure
• Updated Plugin API Reference

0.1.132 (Mar 18, 2021)

UI/UX changes

• Added shortcut feature for option items and player buttons

API extensions

• Updated Content Item Object: Added shortcut property
• Updated Extended Properties: Added button:{BUTTON_ID}:key property
• Added Option Shortcut

0.1.131 (Mar 9, 2021)

API extensions

• Updated URL Parameters: Added leave parameter
• Updated URL Parameters: Updated playback parameter
• Updated Dictionary Structure

0.1.130 (Mar 5, 2021)

UI/UX changes

• Windows devices: Improved user experience on Xbox consoles
• Added more functions to customize the player (i.e. show video/audio related info image and/or text and hide/override default player buttons) (see Extended Properties)
• Added more functions to customize the menu (i.e. set custom images instead of icons and change logo size) (see Menu Root Object and Menu Item Object)
• Slightly improved rendering performance

API extensions

• Updated Menu Root Object: Added logoSize property
• Updated Menu Item Object: Added image property
• Updated Content Root Object: Added caption property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added caption property
• Updated Actions
• Updated Internal Actions
• Updated Extended Properties: Added button:{BUTTON_ID}:display property
• Updated Extended Properties: Added control:type property
• Updated Extended Properties: Added info:image property
• Updated Extended Properties: Added info:text property
• Updated Extended Properties: Added label:speed:{LABEL} property
• Updated Plugin API Reference
• Updated Dictionary Structure
• Updated Selection Examples
• Updated Page Action

0.1.128 (Feb 17, 2021)

UI/UX changes

• Samsung TVs: Default player for Samsung TVs (2016+ models) is now the Tizen player to support 4k/8k video formats, buffer settings, and more (see Tizen Player)
• AFK delay (time to hide the player, notifications, etc. when there are no interactions) has been slightly decreased
• The display of the start parameters has been improved by truncating too long values
• The application suspend/resume feature has been improved

API extensions

• Added Tizen Player
• Updated Requests: Added keyword support
• Updated Content Item Object: Added truncation property
• Updated Internal Actions
• Updated URL Parameters: Added suspend parameter
• Updated Extended Properties: Added video:state property
• Updated Extended Properties: Added video:position property
• Updated Extended Properties: Added video:duration property
• Updated Extended Properties: Added video:speed property
• Updated Attached Data Examples: Added suspend property
• Updated Plugin API Reference
• Updated Dictionary Structure

0.1.127 (Jan 4, 2021)

UI/UX changes

• Samsung TVs: Exit button is not handled anymore to use the native application exit behavior

0.1.125 (Nov 23, 2020)

API extensions

• Updated Internal Actions
• Updated Attached Data Examples

Bug fixes

• Windows devices: Updated application capabilities to allow private network connections

0.1.123 (Nov 13, 2020)

API extensions

• Added Compress Property
• Updated Dictionary Inline Expressions
• Updated Content Root Object: Added compress property (see Compress Property)
• Updated Content Page Object: Added compress property (see Compress Property)
• Updated Content Item Object: Added compress property (see Compress Property)

0.1.120 (Oct 20, 2020)

API extensions

• Added Dictionary Structure
• Added Dictionary Inline Expressions
• Updated Execute Property
• Updated Focus Separator
• Updated Menu Root Object: Added flag property
• Updated Menu Root Object: Added restore property
• Updated Menu Root Object: Added dictionary property (see Dictionary Structure)
• Updated Menu Root Object: Added options property
• Updated Menu Item Object: Added execute property (see Execute Property)
• Updated Menu Item Object: Added options property
• Updated Content Root Object: Added flag property
• Updated Content Root Object: Added restore property
• Updated Content Root Object: Added dictionary property
• Updated Content Root Object: Added transparent property
• Updated Content Root Object: Added dictionary property (see Dictionary Structure)
• Updated Content Root Object: Added options property
• Updated Content Page Object: Added transparent property
• Updated Content Page Object: Added options property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added options property
• Updated URL Parameters

0.1.119 (Sep 28, 2020)

UI/UX changes

• Android tablets/phones: Enabled immersive mode (full screen experience)

0.1.118 (Sep 8, 2020)

UI/UX changes

• Updated welcome pages (removed unnecessary example items)

0.1.117 (Sep 4, 2020)

API extensions

• Updated Start Object: Added welcome property

0.1.116 (Sep 2, 2020)

UI/UX changes

• Android devices: Added AndroidX support

0.1.114 (Jun 9, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.112 (May 19, 2020)

API extensions

• Added Page Action
• Updated Content Root Object: Added underlay property
• Updated Content Page Object: Added action property (see Page Action)
• Updated Content Page Object: Added data property (see Page Action)
• Updated Actions: Updated extended actions (see Actions#Extended Actions)

0.1.111 (Apr 29, 2020)

API extensions

• Updated Selection Object
• Updated Extended Properties

0.1.110 (Mar 18, 2020)

API extensions

• Added Selection Object
• Added Large Offsets
• Updated Content Root Object: Added overlay property
• Updated Content Page Object: Added important property
• Updated Content Page Object: Updated offset property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added area property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added selection property
• Updated Content Item Object: Updated offset property
• Updated Inline Expressions: Updated {context:{PROPERTY}} expression
• Updated Actions: Updated extended actions (see Actions#Extended Actions)

0.1.109 (Feb 21, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.107 (Jan 22, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.106 (Jan 17, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.103 (Jan 7, 2020)

UI/UX changes

• Improved background mode
• Improved navigation engine

0.1.102 (Dec 5, 2019)

API extensions

• Updated Content Root Object: Added wrap property
• Updated Content Page Object: Added wrap property

0.1.100 (Nov 8, 2019)

UI/UX changes

• Updated playback speed values

0.1.97 (Oct 17, 2019)

API extensions

• Added Key Property
• Updated Start Object: Updated parameter property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added key property (see Key Property)
• Updated Content Item Object: Updated alignment property
• Updated Content Item Object: Updated imageOverlay property

0.1.96 (Sep 24, 2019)

UI/UX changes

• Improved video/audio error handling

0.1.95 (Sep 17, 2019)

UI/UX changes

• Performance improvements for parsing and converting JSON data

0.1.92 (Sep 9, 2019)

API extensions

• Updated Content Root Object: Added preload property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added group property

0.1.91 (Aug 21, 2019)

API extensions

• Added Number Inline Expressions
• Added Color Inline Expressions

0.1.90 (Aug 7, 2019)

UI/UX changes

• Improved navigation and animation performance

0.1.88 (Jun 25, 2019)

API extensions

• Updated Setup Start Parameter

UI/UX changes

• Improved HTTPS support when setting up the start parameter

0.1.87 (Jun 11, 2019)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.85 (May 16, 2019)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.82 (May 3, 2019)

API extensions

• Added Interaction Plugin
• Updated Menu Root Object: Added extension property
• Updated Content Root Object: Added extension property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added alignment property

0.1.80 (Apr 16, 2019)

UI/UX changes

• Improved image slider

0.1.78 (Mar 11, 2019)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.74 (Feb 28, 2019)

API extensions

• Added Hide Images
• Updated Video/Audio Plugin
• Updated Live Inline Expressions (see Live Inline Expressions#Live Duration Text)

0.1.70 (Feb 5, 2019)

API extensions

• Added Live Object
• Updated Content Item Object: Added progress property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added progressColor property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added wrapperColor property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added live property (see Live Object)

0.1.68 (Jan 9, 2019)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.66 (Nov 29, 2018)

Big fixes

• Android devices: Updated network configuration to allow insecure connections (i.e. via http://)

0.1.65 (Nov 22, 2018)

API extensions

• Updated Start Object: Updated parameter property

0.1.64 (Nov 6, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.60 (Oct 24, 2018)

API extensions

• Updated Menu Root Object: Added logo property

UI/UX changes

• Improved media player

0.1.58 (Sep 26, 2018)

API extensions

• Added Extended Properties
• Updated Menu Root Object: Added cache property
• Updated Content Root Object: Added cache property
• Updated Content Root Object: Added important property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added imagePreload property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added properties property (see Extended Properties)
• Updated Actions: Added extended actions (see Actions#Extended Actions)

0.1.54 (Aug 29, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.53 (Aug 24, 2018)

API extensions

• Updated Content Root Object: Added header property
• Updated Content Root Object: Added footer property

UI/UX changes

• Improved error handling

0.1.51 (Aug 3, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.48 (Jun 29, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.46 (Jun 22, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.45 (Jun 18, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.44 (Jun 6, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.43 (May 24, 2018)

UI/UX changes

• Added link to examples on welcome pages

0.1.41 (May 3, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.40 (Apr 20, 2018)

API extensions

• Added Video/Audio Plugin
• Added YouTube, Vimeo & Co.
• Updated Actions: Added video:plugin:{URL} action (see YouTube, Vimeo & Co.)
• Updated Actions: Added audio:plugin:{URL} action (see YouTube, Vimeo & Co.)

0.1.36 (Mar 23, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.34 (Mar 2, 2018)

UI/UX changes

• Improved slideshow performance

0.1.33 (Feb 28, 2018)

UI/UX changes

• Improved slideshow performance

0.1.30 (Feb 21, 2018)

API extensions

• Updated Actions: Added start action (see Actions#Basic Actions)
• Updated Actions: Added HbbTV actions (see Actions#HbbTV Actions)
• Updated Actions: Added server actions (see Actions#Server Actions)

0.1.28 (Feb 13, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.27 (Feb 7, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.26 (Feb 2, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.25 (Feb 1, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.24 (Jan 31, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.20 (Jan 22, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.14 (Jan 16, 2018)

UI/UX changes

• Updated image slider

0.1.13 (Jan 15, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.12 (Jan 12, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.11 (Jan 11, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.9 (Jan 10, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.7 (Jan 8, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.6 (Jan 6, 2018)

API extensions

• Updated Content Item Object: Added imageColor property
• Updated Content Item Object: Added imageScreenFiller property

0.1.5 (Jan 5, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes (no significant extensions/changes)

0.1.0 (Dec 18, 2017)

• Initial release