Samsung Electronics today announced a collaboration with Microsoft on
open source projects, such as .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms, to enable
.NET support for Tizen. Tizen is an open source operating system based
on Linux, hosted by the Linux Foundation, and open to all developers.
The operating system powers 50 million Samsung devices.
Today, Samsung is releasing the first preview of Visual Studio Tools
for Tizen, which will enable .NET developers to easily build Tizen
applications for Smart TVs, wearables such as the Gear S3, smartphones,
and IoT devices. Source code will also be contributed to Tizen and .NET
open source projects.
The first preview supports mobile application development with device
emulators and an extension to Visual Studio with full IntelliSense and
debugging capabilities. Support for Smart TVs, wearables, and other IoT
devices will be added in future releases. Tizen’s .NET support will be
officially released and shipping on Samsung devices, including Smart
TVs, in 2017.
“Samsung is excited to be a part of the .NET community. .NET has an
extensive developer base and great potential,” said Samsung’s Executive
Vice President and Deputy Head of Software R&D Center Seung-hwan
Cho. “Through thoughtful and progressive collaboration with Microsoft,
Samsung is expecting to create unique development experiences for both
Tizen and C# developers, enriching the Tizen ecosystem.”
Since joining the .NET Foundation Technical Steering Group in June,
Samsung has been contributing ARM support to .NET Core. Samsung is also
contributing to Xamarin.Forms, enabling it on a variety of Tizen devices
as the common UI and controls.
Learn more about Visual Studio Tools for Tizen here:
Learn more about the Tizen open source project here:
Learn more about the .NET Core open source project here:
Learn more about the Xamarin.Forms open source project here:
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