Smart TV App Development Services

Count the platforms, because each one is a separate build. A Samsung set and an LG set barely share code, so covering both is close to two projects, each with its own certification and its own shelf of real televisions to test on. Protecting paid video adds more. Two platforms instead of five is the biggest saving available.

Build time is the predictable part; certification is not. Every television brand tests and approves your app separately, and Roku's review is a different process again from a television maker's. Each runs in weeks rather than days. For one platform, plan on around four months to a public launch. For several, whichever approves last sets the date.

Yes. The first thing we check is which platforms the app already passed certification on, and whether those partner accounts are in your name. Then we sit down with a real remote control, because focus order, meaning what happens on every press of the directional pad, is where inherited television apps usually fall apart.

The work that transfers is the awkward part of television: designing so every action can be reached with a directional pad, and keeping video smooth on hardware that is several years old. We would rather show you something comparable on a call than put claims on a page, so ask us for references and we will send them.

You get a repository for each platform we built for, and every channel or store entry sits under your own partner account in your brand, not ours. We also hand over the list of test devices, down to model and firmware version, so whoever maintains the app next knows exactly which televisions it was proven on.

Because we plan a television project around the two things that actually decide it: the remote control and the certification queue. We test on real sets rather than emulators, use a proven video player such as ExoPlayer instead of writing one, and tell you early which platforms are worth the extra build. Nothing is promised before a platform approves it.