Tizen TV Web W3C/HTML5 and Supplementaries API Reference

The APIs listed in this category are all part of the W3C specifications. Some of the APIs are stable while others are draft specifications. The draft APIs are subject to change as the W3C specification evolves.

The W3C APIs are categorized based on the functionality to make it easier to locate specific APIs. To learn the Tizen features provided by the W3C/HTML5 and some supplementary APIs, see Guide to W3C/HTML5 and Some Supplementary Features.

Default Web Privilege

Tizen WebApp have default privileges listed in below table.

PrivilegeRequired VersionDescription
http://tizen.org/privilege/appmanager.launch all The application can open other applications.
http://tizen.org/privilege/haptic all The application can control vibration feedback.
http://tizen.org/privilege/network.get all The application can retrieve network information such as the status of each network, its type, and detailed network profile information.
http://tizen.org/privilege/notification all The application can show and hide its own notifications and badges.
http://tizen.org/privilege/packagemanager.info all The application can retrieve detailed application package information.
http://tizen.org/privilege/mediastorage all The application can read and write files in media folders.
http://tizen.org/privilege/externalstorage all The application can read and write files that are saved to external storage, such as SD cards.
http://tizen.org/privilege/display all The application can manage display settings, such as brightness. This may increase battery consumption.

DOM, Forms and Styles

SpecificationDescriptionStatus *
HTML5 Forms (Partial) HTML5 form features. The content attribute currently not supported is:
  • autocomplete of HTMLTextAreaElement interface
 REC
Selectors API Level 1 API for retrieving Element nodes from the DOM by matching against a group of selectors REC
Selectors API Level 2 (Partial) API for retrieving Element nodes from the DOM by matching against a group of selectors, and for testing if a given element matches a particular selector. The methods currently not supported are:
  • find, findAll of Document interface
  • find, findAll of DocumentFragment interface
  • find, findAll of Element interface
 Note
Media Queries (Partial) Offers a mechanism that allows adapting the layout and behavior of a Web page based on some of the characteristics of the device, including the screen width/height. The query currently not supported is:
  • color-index, min-color-index, max-color-index, resolution, scan, print, 3d-glasses, grid
 REC
CSS Transforms CSS transforms allows elements styled with CSS to be transformed in two-dimensional or three-dimensional space. WD
CSS Animations Module Level 3 (Partial) CSS Animations allow an author to modify CSS property values over time. The attributes currently not supported are:
  • pseudoElement of AnimationEvent interface
  • pseudoElement of AnimationEventInit dictionary
 WD
CSS Transitions Module Level 3 CSS Transitions allow property changes in CSS values to occur smoothly over a specified duration. WD
CSS Color Module Level 3 CSS3 color enhancements related to color values and properties for foreground color and group opacity REC
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 Rounded corners, complex background images, shadow effects. CR
CSS Flexible Box Layout Module CSS box model optimized for user interface design. LCWD
CSS Multi-column Layout Module (Partial) Creates multiple columns for laying out text. The properties currently not supported are:
  • column-fill, break-before, break-after, break-inside
 CR
CSS Text Module Level 3 (Partial) CSS properties for text manipulation and specifies their processing model. The properties currently not supported are:
  • hyphens, hanging-punctuation
 LCWD
CSS Text Decoration Module Level 3 (Partial) CSS properties for text decoration, such as underlines, text shadows, and emphasis marks. The properties currently not supported are:
  • text-decoration-color, text-decoration-line, text-decoration-style, text-decoration-skip, text-emphasis property
 CR
CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 3 (CSS3 UI) (Partial) User interface related CSS enhancements. The properties currently not supported are:
  • caret-color, nav-up, nav-right, nav-down, nav-left
 CR
CSS Fonts Module Level 3 (Partial) @font-face rule with downloadable font src URL. The properties currently not supported are:
  • font-feature-settings, font-language-override, font-synthesis, font-variant-alternates, font-variant-caps, font-variant-east-asian, font-variant-numeric, font-variant-position, font-size-adjust, font-stretch
 CR
WOFF File Format 2.0 Web Open Font Format: File Format 2.0. WD
HTML5 The session history of browsing contexts Navigating the sequence of documents in a browsing context. REC
Custom Elements Method of defining and using new types of DOM elements in a document. WD
HTML Templates Method of declaring a portion of reusable markup that is parsed but not rendered until cloned. WD
HTML Imports Method of including and reusing HTML documents in other HTML documents. WD

Device

SpecificationDescriptionStatus *
HTML5 Browser state Signals when network connectivity is available to the Web environment REC
The Screen Orientation API To provide an interface for web applications to be able to read the screen orientation state, to be informed when this state changes and to be able to lock the screen orientation to a specific state
 WD

Graphics

SpecificationDescriptionStatus *
HTML5 The canvas element (Partial) HTML5 canvas element including 2D context and text. The method currently not supported is:
  • toBlob of HTMLCanvasElement interface
 REC
HTML Canvas 2D Context 2D Context for the HTML canvas element. REC
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 WD

Media

SpecificationDescriptionStatus *
HTML5 The video element Method of playing videos on webpages (without requiring a plug-in). REC
HTML5 The audio element Method of playing sound on webpages (without requiring a plug-in). REC
getUserMedia (Partial) API that directly manipulates streams from cameras and microphones. However, TV supports only getUsermedia using microphone becuase it has no camera. The dictionary member currently not supported are:
  • getCapabilities, getConstraints, getSettings, applyConstraint, onoverconstrained of MediaStreamTrack interface
  • ondevicechange, getSupportedConstraints of MediaDevices interface
  • Constructor of MediaStreamTrackEvent interface
The interfaces and method currently replaced are:
  • inteface MediaStreamError -> NavigatorUserMediaError
  • inteface NavigatorUserMedia -> Navigator
  • method getUserMedia() -> webkitGetUserMedia()

 ED
Web Audio API (Partial) W3C Web Audio API describes a high-level JavaScript API for processing and synthesizing audio in Web Applications. The interfaces and attribute currently not supported are:
  • AudioWorker, AudioProcessEvent, SpatialPannerNode, SpatialListener, DynamicsCompressorNode and IIRFilterNode interfaces
  • PeriodicWaveConstraints dictionary
 WD
Web Speech (Partial) W3C Web Speech API defines a JavaScript API to enable web developers to incorporate speech recognition and synthesis into their web pages. The attributes and events currently not supported are:
  • pitch, volume of SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface
  • onmark, onboundary of SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface
The interfaces currently not supported are:
  • SpeechRecognition interface
  • SpeechSynthesisErrorEvent interface

SpeechSynthesis
Note

Communication

SpecificationDescriptionStatus *
The WebSocket API Offers bi-directional network connectivity.
 CR
XMLHttpRequest Level 1 Enhancements on XHR, including binary file uploading, formdata submission, transfer progress, etc.
 WD
Server-Sent Events The API allows triggering DOM events based on push notifications(via HTTP and other protocols).
 REC
HTML5 Web Messaging HTML5 Web Messaging. The postMessage API allows for Web Applications to communicate between each other. REC
Beacon Allows data to be sent asynchronously to a server with navigator.sendBeacon, even after a page was closed. Useful for posting analytics data the moment a user was finished using the page. WD

Storage

SpecificationDescriptionStatus *
Web Storage W3C storage specification including session and local storage. CR
File API Reads files from local device file system.
 WD
HTML5 Application caches HTML5 application cache and custom handlers.
 REC
Indexed Database API A database of values and hierarchical objects that integrates naturally with JavaScript, and can be queried and updated very efficiently.
 REC
Service Workers (Partial) Method that enables applications to take advantage of persistent background processing, including hooks to enable bootstrapping of web applications while offline. The interface and dictionary currently not supported are:
  • ExtendableMessageEvent interface
  • CacheBatchOperation, ExtendableMessageEventInit dictionaries
 WD

Security

SpecificationDescriptionStatus *
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing Sharing of resources across different domains.
 REC
HTML5 The iframe element Access restriction (sandboxing) for iframe content. The available values of sandbox attribute are:
  • allow-same-origin, allow-scripts, allow-forms, allow-top-navigation
 REC
Content Security Policy Level 2 (Partial) Defines a policy language used to declare a set of content restrictions for a web resource, and a mechanism for transmitting the policy from a server to a client where the policy is enforced. The directive currently not supported is:
  • object-src
 CR
Web Crypto API JavaScript API for performing basic cryptographic operations in web applications CR

Performance and Optimization

SpecificationDescriptionStatus *
Web Workers (Partial) API that allows Web application authors to spawn background workers running scripts in parallel to their main page. The attributes currently not supported are:
  • onlanguagechange, ononline, onoffline of WorkerGlobalScope interface
  • applicationCache of SharedWorkerGlobalScope interface
 WD
Page Visibility This specification defines a means for developers to programmatically determine the current visibility state of the page in order to develop power and CPU efficient Web applications. REC
Timing control for script-based animations Resource effective animation timing control by user agent. CR
This specification defines an interface for web applications to access timing information related to navigation and elements. REC

Widget

SpecificationDescriptionStatus *
Widget Packaging and XML Configuration A packaging format and metadata for a class of software known as widgets. REC
Widget Interface API for widgets that provides, amongst other things, functionality for accessing a widget's metadata and persistently storing data. LCWD
XML Digital Signatures for Widgets A profile of the XML Signature Syntax and Processing 1.1 specification to allow a widget package to be digitally signed. PR
Widget Access Request Policy The security model controlling network access from within a widget, as well as a method for authors to request that the user agent grant access to certain network resources or sets thereof. REC

Supplementary

SpecificationDescription
Typed Array - Khronos Provides an API for interoperability with native binary data.
WebGL - Khronos (Partial) This specification describes an additional rendering context and support objects for the HTML 5 canvas element. This context allows rendering using an API that conforms closely to the OpenGL ES 2.0 API. The method and attribute currently not supported are:
  • initWebGLContextEvent of WebGLContextEvent interface
  • NUM_COMPRESSED_TEXTURE_FORMATS of WebGLRenderingContext interface
    		•
    FullScreen API - Mozilla (Partial) Provides a way for an element to be displayed in full screen mode programmatically. The method and attribute currently not supported are:
  • requestFullScreenWithKeys of element
  • allowFullScreen of iframe element

    • Privilege Level: Public
    Privilege: http://tizen.org/privilege/fullscreen

    viewport Meta Tag - Apple

    Allows Web developers control the viewport's size and scale.
    https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/Appleapplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/UsingtheViewport/UsingtheViewport.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006509-SW26

    * W3C Specification Status Note: The APIs in ED, WD, LC status are considered to be in preliminary state. Such APIs do not carry a version compatibility promise. They may change in future versions of Tizen if the specifications change.