Tizen app with access to proximity sensor

Smart TV
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Hi all, I am a total newbie - before diving into smart tv tizen apps and install tizen studio etc., I would like to know if it is possible to access the proximity sensor of a smart tv (eg. Samsung The Frame 2020) from within a self written app… So far I could not find a definitive answer, except that of the API page: https://developer.samsung.com/smarttv/develop/api-references/tizen-web-device-api-references/systeminfo-api/getting-device-capabilities-using-systeminfo-api.html
…http://tizen.org/feature/sensor.proximity
= The platform returns true for this key, if the device supports the proximity sensor.

I am a bit confused because this info resides inside the “web device api” docs…?

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Smart TV apps are Web apps. If you are you using .net to develop the web app you might need to check on https://github.com/xamarin/Xamarin.Forms for help on that.

Ron
Samsung Developer Program

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Thanks for the quick reply Ron - I am a bit confused now… AFAIK is a web app not a native app (xamarin is a native app dev. framework … but you also mention in the beginning “smart tv apps are web apps”??) … apart from that, my main question was if one can access from a smart tv app the proximity sensor = is your answer “if one uses xamarin framework, then yes”, or is it accessible anyway, no matter what framework one decides to use?

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Basically my answer is I don’t know enough about .net :slight_smile: I just know that you use Xamarin.forms in .net.

If you are doing it from Tizen Studio the only option is Web App.

Ron
Samsung Developer Program