Samsung Smart-TV SDK Internet Browser not available

Question

I just recently downloaded and installed the Samsung Smart-TV SDK 4 (without the IDE, just the emulator). I'm doing this because I want to test the Web browser only, nothing else.

However, when I start up the emulator (2012 version), I can't find any apps when I get to smarthub. I've created a Samsung account but I see no default apps that would usually appear on the TV, not even the Internet browser.

Is there something I'm missing?! I just want to test the Internet Browser.

Cheers.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '13 at 17:02

1

The emulator is provided for testing your own apps, not to run the apps that people who buy TVs/BRPs/etc get with their device.

Only apps you write and place in the apps/ directory will appear.

That said, you can write an app that does nothing except:

location.href = "http://example.com/";

answered Mar 26 '13 at 17:02

Quentin

914,110
126
1,211
1,335

Thanks a lot for this! I'll see if I can find a 'Hello World' app and try that. Cheers. – ObiHill Mar 26 '13 at 17:07
The IDE will generate a basic app for you. Just put the above code in the appropriate part of main.js. – Quentin Mar 26 '13 at 17:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 07 '14 at 11:06

if i write an app with just location.href = "http://example.com/ is working (i have sdk 5.0) but the browser i get on the TV is not the same browser i get on the tv if i just lunch the integrated web browser app. The big difference i see is that my app has a browser without the top bar with navigation controls and also there is no mouse pointer and i need to connect an external usb mouse to the tv

how should i do to implement this ?

Samsung Smart-TV SDK Internet Browser not available

2 Answers2