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I am an iPhone developer interested in developing applications for Apple TV. Does Apple provide a SDK for the Apple TV? If I can develop for the Apple TV how do I install the SDK on my Apple TV?
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Apple TV Plus has quickly become a major player in the streaming game since its launch in 2019. Its slate of original programming includes shows like Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, Foundation, and For All Mankind as well as movies like The Banker, Greyhound, and Palmer.
You can create new apps or use your iOS code as a starting point for a tvOS app. Either way, you use tools (Xcode) and languages (Objective-C, Swift, and JavaScript) that you are already familiar with.
These APIs create and control profiles for Apple TV devices, which make the Apple TV setup easier for your customers. With the set top box APIs, the setup flow highlights the customer's TV provider when they first set up their Apple TV.
The new Apple TV (4th generation, 2015) runs tvOS. It features an AppStore, allowing third-party app developers to release their own apps on the platform. tvOS is based 95% on iOS 9 and the rest being adaptions to optimize it for the TV.
tvOS leverages many of the same frameworks, technologies, and concepts that you are already familiar developing with for iOS.
To learn more about tvOS start with tvOS for developers.
You need tools - SDKs and other useful software is here.
Check out tvOS Developer Library - browse documentation and code samples.
When you got stuck ask on stackoverflow, tag your question with tvOS tag. You might also find help on Apple Developer Forum.
Finally, there is lots of tvOS tutorials, just google them.
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There is currently no way to develop applications specifically for Apple TV. You can, however, write an iOS (iPhone/iPad) app that leverages Apple TV as a display. There are several games that do this already. They allow you to output a display to the TV and have a different interface on the iOS device (like controls).
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There is actually a open source tool chain for making apps for Apple tv2/3 but remember that Apple officially doesn't support it.
I don't know what Apple think about iOS developers that uses this toolchain and release apps (like fire core does).
And one more thing, your Apple TV must be Jailbroken in order to run these apps.
Have a look here for code examples
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