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LilGames
LilGames
Inspiring
September 10, 2015
Question

When will you support AppleTV apps?

  • September 10, 2015
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I want to know where and when AIR will support the new Apple TV apps (assuming anything needs to be done on the AIR side of things, presumably iOS9 support!)

thanks

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    gingerman
    gingerman
    Participating Frequently
    November 19, 2015

    Until we get support, you could still develop your app for OSX or iOS and mirror this on to the screen of the Apple TV couldn't you?

    Then when support happens simply update your controller support ( although the controller on the Apple site works already with everything - so would you need to ? )

    It'll be awesome when this happens ( come on Adobe - I'm holding my breath and I'm going blue )

    gingerman

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    KarlCfs
    Inspiring
    November 19, 2015

    Off course, all iOS apps can be mirrored to the Apple TV screen, but until we get any confirmation about AppleTV support it's impossible for us to do any investment in developing AppleTV apps using AIR.

    AppleTV has recently received a lot of great reviews, latest being the Verge calling it the best set-top box you can buy (The best set-top box you can buy | The Verge) so it's a pretty safe bet that this platform is here to stay and a BIG opportunity since the market is not as saturated as phones or tablets. Hopefully the Adobe team has understood this and already working on the support (fingers crossed)...

    natural_criticB837
    natural_criticB837
    Legend
    December 10, 2015

    Just to wrap this up: It looks like the sales on the Apple TV are disappointing for developers: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/261313/Report_Devs_let_down_by_poor_sales_on_the_Apple_TV_App_Store.php

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      Ico_Penchev
      Participant
      November 9, 2015

      Hey guys,

      Just saw the new AIR SDK 20 BETA adds a beta support for AndroidTV. I believe that's a pretty solid sign that they want to target TVs as well. Hopefully we get tvOS support also in the coming months!

      Ico

      LilGames
      LilGamesAuthor
      Inspiring
      November 9, 2015

      Ico, Sorry but that means nothing. Android is open-source and likely has few standards and restrictions in place. In other words, an easy target to support. There used to be a "tv" option already that in the latest Flash Pro isn't there anymore.

      LilGames
      LilGamesAuthor
      Inspiring
      September 21, 2015

      Here is Unity's response:

      http://blogs.unity3d.com/2015/09/14/unity-is-coming-to-apple-tv/

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      Applauz78
      Inspiring
      September 18, 2015

      I really hope adobe is quick to support this. This is a huge opportunity. I would love to make apps for the TV.

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      professorM
      Inspiring
      September 10, 2015

      The apple TV OS or tvOS is not iOS. It is it's own SDK although it does share iOS' frameworks but it has its own frameworks as well. It shouldn't be too hard if Adobe were it make AIR support tvOS.

      It'll support iOS apps and games still.

      User Unknow
      User Unknow
      Legend
      September 12, 2015

      AppleTV the same as IWatch - unusable.

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