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What puzzles are to be solved when designing the architecture of a TV app? What stack is good to use? In the last article of this series we’ll present approaches, tools, and frameworks for smart TV app development. We’ll also share 7 first hand tips that may come in handy.

The difference between a mobile app and an app for a smart TV is huge. This article will present the life of a smart TV user. We’ll focus on their comfort while navigating through the app. Find out how to define the navigation around the app and what features cannot be missed.

This and the next article will present localization in buildings using wireless networks. Let’s start with multilateration that is used by the army, for example. How does it work, how can we use it and what should we look out for?

For most developers and designers, apps for smart TVs are one big mystery. Discussion forums are empty and everyone is keeping their know-how a secret. Paving the way was not easy but we managed! And now, we’ll show you how to go about it.

Flutter is a mobile framework for the development of multiplatform native apps, so from one code we will get an app that can run on Android as well as on iOS. It is a similar experiment to Xamarin from Microsoft a few years ago. In this series, we will create an app in Flutter and show you how it all works.

In the last article of this series we will learn how to create an Anko DSL layout in a fragment. We’ll also learn how to use the RecyclerView component, again using the DSL definition.

The first article explained what localization in buildings is. In today’s article, we will present three basic methods for determining your position without a GPS system. Let’s start with dead reckoning. You know this method, even if you think you don’t.

Satellite based GPS is a widely used and very common thing these days. But how does one use navigation where GPS is not available? How can a user localize objects or people in buildings? This series will present the ways to set up a simple localization system in buildings with a to-the-room accuracy.

Hackathon Q-TON 2.0 was held at Forum Karlín in Prague during the last weekend in November. It was the second event of its kind held on the premises of the companies Qest automation, UP21 and a few other sister projects. Smart City was the topic, and eMan experts were available to seven teams working on various visions of the city from the not too distant future.