I. Setting Up Your Environment

1. Installing Visual Studio

1. Download Visual Studio Installer ( https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/ )

2. After launching Visual Studio Installer, install a “.NET desktop development” and ” .NET Core cross-platform development ” toolsets

For OSX, it is recommended to use the Tizen extension for VS Code

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2. Installing Tizen Extension

Visual Studio Tools for Tizen extension is registered in Visual Studio Marketplace.

You can install extensions from the Visual Studio Marketplace in Visual Studio IDE.

1. Launch Visual Studio 2019 and Click a ” Contunue without code “.

2. In Visual Studio IDE menu, go to Extensions > Manage Extensions .

3. After searching for ” tizen ” in the Online tab, please download a ” Visual Studio Tools for Tizen ”

4.Please close your Visual Studio for installing it.

5. After VSIX Installer is launched, Vistual Studio Tools for Tizen is installed.

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3. Installing Tizen SDK and Package

1. Java JDK Requirements and Installation

• JDK 8 is required for Windows installations of the Tizen SDK

• Can be downloaded from Oracle’s site here (Oracle account is required)

• After you install JDK8, you should set your Path and JAVA_HOME environment variable to the location of JDK.

ex) Path : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221\bin

JAVA_HOME : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221

2. Launch Visual Studio 2019 and Click a “Contunue without code”

3. In Visual Studio IDE menu, go to Tools > Tizen > Tizen Package Manager .

4. Select Install new Tizen SDK .

5. Enter the root directory path where you want to install and click Next .

6. After Baseline SDK Installer is launched, Tizen SDK is installed.

7. After Package Manager is launched,

Please install a ” 4.0 Wearable ” package in Main SDK for the wearable app.

8. Please install a ” Samsung Certificate Extension ” package in Extension SDK for Galaxy Watch.

II. Creating and Deplying a Project

1. Creating a New Project

To create a new Tizen project, navigate to the application toolbar.

1. Click File > New > Project.

2. After selecting Tizen in platofrm tab, select Tizen Wearable Xaml App with Tizen 4.0.

3. Insert a project name and click a “Create” button.

4. Once the project has been created, the layout in the solution explorer should look like this

5. Components of solution:

6. Try building your solution by selecting Build -> Build Solution

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2. Deploying a Project to Emulator

1. Click Tools  >  Tizen > Tizen Emulator Manager

2. Select or create an emulator with Platform  wearable-4.0-circle-x86  and click “Launch”

3. Your emulator instance now should have launched.  Back in visual studio, the name of your emulator should now appear in the along the toolbar as an output device.

4. Verify your app builds and deploys to the emulator by clicking the play button as seen in the red box in the image above.

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3. Connecting to Galaxy Watch

1. To connect to a device, first verify that it is on the same Wi-Fi network as your development machine.

2. Additionally, verify Bluetooth is turned off ( Settings -> Connections ->  Bluetooth ) and debugging is turned on ( Settings ->  About Watch ->  Debugging )

3. Open the device manager by navigating to  Tools ->  Tizen ->  Device Manager

4. Click on the icon in the below image to open the remote device manager

5. Click the “+” icon to add a new device.

6. Click the off switch in the  connection column to attempt to connect to your device

7. Your device should now appear in the main page of the Device Manager, with log output from the device visible across the bottom.

8. Back in Visual Studio, you will now have the option to output to your device.  However, you will not be able to do so until you create a certificate profile using the  Certificate Manager

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4. Creating a Certificate Profile

1. Before creating a new certificate profile close all currently running emulator instances.

2. Go to Tools -> Tizen -> Tizen Certificate Manager

3. Click the ‘+’ icon and select Samsung Certificate

4. Select Mobile / Wearable for the device type

5. Give a name for the certificate, then proceed to create a new author certificate.

6. On the distributor certificate profile screen, you should have the DUID of your device auto populated from the device manager

7. Important: If any DUIDs that start with a 1 appear in the list, remove them.

8. Now that you’ve created a new certificate profile and added your device’s ID as a target, you will be able to deploy your applications to devices using that profile.

*. If you want to know more information, please visit the following webpage.

https://developer.samsung.com/galaxy-watch/develop/getting-certificates/create

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5. Deploying to Galaxy Watch

1. To verify Visual Studio is using your newly created certificate profile, go to Tools -> Options -> Tizen -> Certification

2. Now make sure your target device is selected from the top menu in visual studio. You should be able to push the app to your device by clicking this button.