Tizen 5.0 Public M1

Release date: May 31, 2018

The Tizen 5.0 Public M1 release provides developers with the Tizen kernel, device drivers, middleware subsystems, and Web/Native/C# APIs.

Release details

Getting source code(Tizen 5.0 M1 source codes are under tizen_5.0 branch.)
Getting binaries and images
How to flash to a device

Release notes

System (kernel and system framework)

New and changed features

Security improvement on D-Bus
- Default deny is applied to D-Bus/Cynara conf files.
- D-Bus is removed from Whitelist.
Refactoring
- Deviced, Storaged, Feedbackd
  - EFL dependency (EDbus, ecore-core) is removed and replaced by GDBus.
- Deviced, Deviced HAL
  - Configfs/Functionfs kernel drivers are supported for better portability.
New APIs
- Gumd
  - APIs are added for Container and Platform Upgrade.
- Storaged
  - C# APIs are added for external storage.
- Tizen-Platform-Config
  - UID-based APIs are added.
Testsuite
- Deviced, Storaged, Feedbackd.
  - Auto-test is added and developed.
- Usb-host
  - C# TCT is improved.

Fixes

Deviced
- Developed safe unmount on writable partitions.
Deviced, Storaged, Feedbackd
- Race condition during D-Bus activation is fixed.
Dlog
- Crash or blocking issues are fixed.

Known issues

dbus-glib (deprecated library) is being removed.

System (base)

New and changed features

Upgraded the following open source libraries:
- augeas (1.10.1)
- dash (0.5.9.1)
- expat (2.2.5)
- file (5.32)
- hostname (3.2)
- kbd (2.0.4)
- libarchive (3.3.2)
- libdatrie (0.2.10)
- libjson (0.13.1)
- libxml2 (2.9.7)
- libxslt (1.1.31)
- libzio (1.06)
- lua (5.1.5)
- lzop (1.04.01)
- pcre (8.41)
- procps-ng (3.3.12)
- pygobject2 (2.28.6)
- python3 (3.6.3)
- re2 (20180201)
- re2c (1.0.3)
- sqlite3 (3.21.0)
- xz (5.2.3)
- zip (1.5.1)
Expanded the capi-base-utils API set:
- plural format
- immutable_idx
- date interval
- date interval format
Expanded the capi-system-settings API set:
- Added system-settings key value
  - SYSTEM_SETTINGS_KEY_AUTOMATIC_TIME_UPDATE
  - SYSTEM_SETTINGS_KEY_DEVELOPER_OPTION_STATE
- Added feature for font to support IoT
  - tizen.org/feature/systemsetting.font
- Added multi notification callback API
  - system_settings_add_changed_cb()
  - system_settings_remove_changed_cb()

Fixes

upstream/json-c
- The libjson package name has been changed to libjson4.

Application framework

New and changed features

TIDL (Tizen Interface Definition Language), rpc-port
- Introduced a new app rpc-port to app IPC mechanism.
- Introduced TIDL to support RPC style IPC between applications.
- Applications can expose RPC style service interface to other applications with TIDL.
- Native code is generated from the TIDL with tidlc compiler.
- C, C++, C# languages are supported.
- tidlc compiler will be released along with Tizen Studio.
Watchface complication framework and stylize editable feature support:
- Applications can provide custom complication data with the new watchface complication provider API.
- Watchface applications can receive data from the complication providers.
- Watchface applications can register editable design elements and a user will be able to edit the watchface with editor UI.
Widget framework refactoring:
- Screen connector library is rewritten in object-oriented design.
Package Manager
- Added API for changing applications’ icon.
- Changed some enum values for fixing errata.
- Added new enum value for extended storage.

Window system

New and changed features

Wayland
- Upgraded the opensource wayland to version 1.14.0.
- Upgraded the opensource wayland-protocols to version 1.12, which has xdg_shell_unstable_v6 protocol. The directory path of xdg-shell protocol unstable version 5 is moved to protocol/unstable/xdg-shell from protocol/tizen.
Extended wayland protocols
- Upgraded tizen_keyrouter protocol to version 2 to support the event_surface (newly added).
Enlightenment wayland display server
- Keyrouter functionalities are moved from Enlightenment modules to the Enlightenment core.
- Added support for xdg_shell_unstable_v6 protocol.
- Added e_input and e_input_device to replace input functionalities of the ecore drm.
- Applied D-Bus policy to org.enlightenment.wm.conf.
- The debugging tool is extended with the following support:
  - bgcolor_set: change the background color of canvas to check compositing of the enlightenment.
  - deiconify_approve: enable and disable deiconify_approve function in run time.
  - buffer_flush: enable and disable buffer flush function in run time.
Tizen ws shell
- Tizen ws shell has changed to use ecore_wl2 instead of ecore_wayland to support EFL 1.20.
efl-util
- efl-util has changed to use ecore_wl2 instead of ecore_wayland to support EFL 1.20.
pepper
- Added pepper-devicemgr module to support key event generation for the IoT device.
Wayland TBM
- Added test cases for wayland TBM.
- Added wayland_tbm_client_queue_get_surfaces API.
- Added wayland_tbm_server_client_queue_send_buffer_usable API.
Tizen HAL
- TBM (Tizen Buffer Manager)
  - Added test cases for TBM HAL.
  - Added tbm_bufmgr_server_init API.
    - The display server calls the tbm_bufmgr_server_init and this API is used in the place of setting the TBM_DISPLAY_SERVER env variable.
  - Added tbm_bufmgr_set_bo_lock_type API.
    - This API is used in the place of setting the BUFMGR_LOCK_TYPE env variables.
  - Added tbm_surface_internal_set/get_damage APIs.
  - Added tbm_bo.h file that contains the tbm_bo APIs.
  - Added new backend file (tbm_backend.h) and new HAL APIs.
    - The legacy backend file(tbm_bufmgr_backend.h) will be deprecated.
    - The tbm backend module needs to re-implement its backend module with the new backend file(tbm_backend.h).
    - The new features will be supported under the new backend APIs.
  - The front end API returns the error type.
    - The front end API can get the error type that comes from the back end module.
- TDM (Tizen Display Manager)
  - Added test cases for TDM HAL.
  - Added APIs for the TDM-HWC.
  - The libtbm uses the configuration file instead of using the environment variables.
- TPL-EGL (Tizen Porting Layer for EGL)
  - libwayland-egl-tizen package is provided.
    - This contains the development header files for wayland-egl Tizen extensions.
  - Added the new backend type TPL_BACKEND_WAYLAND_VULKAN_WSI_THREAD for Vulkan HWC.
    - Added the event-thread to process wayland event.
    - The sub-thread waits for the sync_fd to know the draw_done of the buffers.
    - The four present modes are supported with the draw_done and tdm_client_vblank.
Vulkan
- vulkan-wsi-tizen
  - It uses the TPL_BACKEND_WAYLAND_VULKAN_WSI_THREAD type of the TPL-EGL backend by default.
  - It supports the user allocator which can register the allocation callback by the vulkan application.
- Vulkan-LoaderAndValidationLayers
  - Updated from the upstream to version 1.0.5.
  - Enabled the validation layers.
- New packages
  - Added the glslang package.
  - Added the SPIRV-Tools package.
  - Added the SPIRV-Headers package.

Fixes

Enlightenment wayland display server
- Fixed attempting to flush window buffer for the keyboard window.
- Fixed many code defects detected by the static analysis tool.
Pepper
- Fixed many code defects detected by the static analysis tool.

Graphics engine

New and changed features

DALi (3D UI Toolkit)
- Common
  - Added MS Windows backend.
- Actor and Renderer
  - Added opacity property to Renderer.
  - Added mechanism for registering child properties on arbitrary actor.
  - Added ChildAdded and ChildRemoved signals.
- Performance Profiling
  - Added trace functionality using Performance Server.
- Image
  - Added crop and resize APIs to PixelBuffer.
  - Added support for Exif image metadata to PixelBuffer.
  - API to multiply alpha into color channels is added to PixelBuffer.
  - Added support for remote GIF images.
  - Added loop count and playback control support for GIF images.
- Video
  - Added support for display mode.
  - Added support for codec type and seek functionality.
- Input
  - Added InputMethod enumerations.
- Text
  - Memory consumption of TextLabel is reduced.
  - Support for text background is added to TextLabel.
- Control and Visual
  - A property to keep aspect ratio is added to Visual.
  - Added support for setting a default image.
  - Added support for basic layout functionality.
- NUI (C# interface)
  - ImfManager class is replaced with InputMethodContext class.
  - Added support for XAML.
  - Added support for mouse wheel event in Window.
Evas Render Engine
- Support tbm gl/sw rendering engine for EFL 1.20.

Fixes

DALi (3D UI Toolkit)
- Loading of compressed texture formats bug is fixed.
- A crash in multi-threading environment is fixed.
Evas Redner Engine
- Bug of glGetString in EvasGL is fixed.
- Resource leak in evas engines is fixed.

Known issues

DALi (3D UI Toolkit)
- Indicator is not working properly.
Evas Render Engine
- Multiple EvasGL Images are not working properly.

UI framework

New and changed features

EFL
- Version 1.16 is upgraded to 1.20.
- EDbus and Eldbus are removed for security reasons.
- Elementary repository is integrated into EFL repository.
- Added SVG morphing animation.
- ecore_wayland is replaced with ecore_wayland2.
- Added GBS incremental build support.
Fontconfig
- Version 2.12.1 is upgraded to 2.13.
Freetype2
- Version 2.8 is upgraded to 2.9.
Fribidi
- Version 0.19.7 is upgraded to 1.0.2.
Atk
- Version 2.16.0 is upgraded to 2.18.1.
At-spi2-core
- Version 2.16.1 is upgraded to 2.26.1.
At-spi2-atk
- Version 2.16.0 is upgraded to 2.26.1.
Text Input
- Added auto-fill hint enumeration and APIs for keyboard prediction.
- Applied the enhanced reference TV IME GUI option in UI.
- Added keyboard tutorial for wearable profile.
Voice Interaction
- Downloadable voice control engine support
- Added TTS API for repeat function.
- Added new APIs for supporting third party voice control engine.

Fixes

Fixed bugs.
Added Thread-safety check.
Improved evas rendering performance.
Stabilized evas rendering mechanism.

Known issues

CBHM (Clip Board History Manager) is not work properly.
Ector supports only basic functionalities compared to Cairo.
SVG morphing animation supports only in EDC.
Elementary focus manager is disabled (Legacy focus mechanism is applied).

Multimedia framework

New and changed features

Media Player
- Added support for spherical video playback.
- Added support for ReplayGain.
- Removed session based audio API.
- Pre-condition of setting ROI area API is changed.
- The “player_set_display()” must be called in the main thread of application by restriction of upgraded EFL.
MediaCodec
- Added H/W resource management.
- Added the error enum for resource conflict.
MediaTool
- Added new APIs for rotation method.
Radio
- Removed session based audio API.
Camera
- Increase the maximum camera number.(2 -> 10)
- Added new APIs for hue.
- A display ROI area can be set before display mode is set as ROI mode.
- The "camera_set_display()” must be called in main thread of application by restriction of upgraded EFL.
- Added a dependency of libmm-display-interface.
  - Removed the dependencies of display related packages.
  - “libmm-display” must be included in platform binary to use display related APIs.
- New package is added to separate camera API test program from “capi-media-camera” package.
  - "capi-media-camera-tool” must be installed to use “camera_test”.
Recorder
- A related feature is changed.
  - As-Is: <http://tizen.org/feature/camera>, <http://tizen.org/feature/microphone>
  - To-Be: <http://tizen.org/feature/media.audio_recording>, <http://tizen.org/feature/media.video_recording>
- New package is added to separate recorder API test program from capi-media-recorder package.
  - “capi-media-recorder-tool” must be installed to use “recorder_test”.
Media Content
- Added synchronous thumbnail creation API and old asynchronous API is deprecated.
- Added support for contents moving among the internal, SD Card and USB Storage.
Media Controller
- Added playback position, shuffle mode, repeat mode control APIs.
- Added playback action APIs to replace playback state APIs. And some playback states have changed.
- Added support for playlist.
- Added support for response of the request.
Image Util
- Deprecated support for hardware acceleration.
Thumbnail Util
- Added synchronous thumbnail creation API and old asynchronous API is deprecated.
Video Util
- Deprecated video Util API package.
Opensource Upgrade
- Tiff 4.0.7 -> 4.0.9
- GStreamer 1.6.1 -> 1.12.2
- Pulseaudio 5.0 -> 11.1

Network and connectivity

New and changed features

Network Firewall
- Added support for in-bound/out-bound rule management.
- Added support for IP, port and protocol type control.
- Added support for Accept, Drop and Log targets.
- Added support for IPv4 and IPv6 rules.
- Added support for rule chain management.
- Added support for Tunneling functions.
- Added support for lock/unlock functions.
TCP Fast Open
- Added a HTTP API for allowing TCP Fast Open.
SoftAP
- Added support for SoftAP (Software Access Point).
MTP FunctionFS
- FunctionFS is added in USB File System which is based on MTP operations.
Wi-Fi Native CAPI
- Removed capi-wifi, and replaced it with capi-wifi-manager.
- New features and APIs in mobile, wearable, and TV profiles:
  - Added a wifi-manager API for getting all the VSIE(Vendor Specific Information Elements) of AP.
  - Added a wifi-manager API for getting the WPS PIN number.
  - Added a wifi-manager API for getting the country code.
  - Added a wifi-manager API for getting the BSSID list.
  - Added support for EAP-FAST, EAP-PWD and EAP-AKA-PRIME.
Wi-Fi Direct Native CAPI
- New features and APIs in mobile, wearable, and TV profiles:
  - Added a wifi-direct API for getting the peer VSIE(Vendor Specific Information Elements).
  - Added a wifi-direct API for creating Wi-Fi direct group with SSID.
  - Added a wifi-direct API for setting/getting the intent of the group owner for each connection type.
  - Added a wifi-direct API for set/unset the notification for peer device info connection state.
  - Added a wifi-direct API for setting/getting the WPS config method.
  - Added a wifi-direct API for removing the persistent device or devices.
Telephony
- Removed voicecall state based API.
- Removed videocall state based API.
- Removed poweroff wait sequence for CP detach.
Bluetooth CAPI
- Old GATT APIs have been removed, these APIs were deprecated in Tizen 2.3.1.
Open Source Upgrade
- wpa_supplicant: 2.5 to 2.6.
- connman: 1.29 to 1.35.
- pacrunner: 0.7 to 0.9.
- curl: 7.53.1 to 7.59.
- bluez: 5.43 to 5.48.

Fixes

Data Network
- Removed a GDBus dependency in network related UGs (for example, ug-wifi-efl, ug-wifi-direct, download-manager).
IoT Connectivity
- IoTivity is stabilized in multi-thread programming.

Security

New and changed features

Security Event Collector
- Added support for kernel level audit.
- Added major protection profiles(CAPP, LSPP, PCI-DSS, NISPOM, STIG).
Security Analyzer
- Provide general information of Tizen security.
- Provide access control information of running processes.
- Check security related logs.
- Provide basic guides for developers.

Service framework

New and changed features

Account
- Account module is added in TV profile.

Fixes

Phonenumber-util
- Fixed D-Bus policies.
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.
Account-Manager
- Fixed D-Bus policies.
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.
Sync-manager
- Fixed D-Bus policies.
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.
Geofence-server
- Fixed D-Bus policies.
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.
LBS Server
- Fixed D-Bus policies.
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.
Maps-plugin-here
- Fixed D-Bus policies.
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.
Sensor
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.
Email
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.
Message-Service
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.
Context
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.
Calendar
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.
Location
- Fixed memory leak and potential defects.

Web framework

New and changed features

Web engine
- Applying latest open source chromium(blink) : from M56 to M63
  - Provide new W3C Standard (Animated PNG, Full featured Indexed DB, CSS grid layout, Web USB, MSE/EME).
  - Enhancement standard web features (WebRTC, ARIA 1.1)
  - Web performance enhancement (V8 : ES 6 performance enhancement, Web Assembly default enabling)

Tizen .NET

New and changed features

.NET Runtime
- Merged memory optimization patches.
.NET Launcher
- Plugin interface for dll preloading is added.
Xamarin.Forms
- Latest Xamarin.Forms 3.0.0, which is stable version, is now supported.
- Xamarin.Forms nuget package (Xamarin.Forms.nupkg) supports Tizen as a default platform since Xamarin.Forms 3.0.0.
- TargetIdiom.Watch is now available for wearable profile since Xamarin.Forms 3.1 Pre Release 1.2.
Tizen.CircularUI
- Circular UI extension (Tizen.CircularUI) is now available.
TizenFX
- Added support for Application Filter by installed location.
- Added enumeration and method for StorageDevice.
- Added audio only mode for Player.
- Added attach Panel.
- Added support for multiple camera and hue.
- Added system settings for vibration, time update, developer option state.
- Added support for Wi-Fi AP update.
- NUI Version 0.2.66 is upgraded to 0.2.83.
- Added USB Host API.
- Tizen.Security.Privilege.GetPrivacyPrivilegeStatus() is deprecated.
- Added 360 videos support in Tizen.Multimedia.Player.

Known issues

Xamarin.Forms
- For more information on the list of limitations, see here.

Experimental

New and changed features

nnfw: Neural Network Runtime (Experimental Release)
- CPU/GPU acceleration support based on ACL(Arm Compute Library) (currently there are six operators).
- Android NN API compatible (currently supports 17/29 API).
- TensorFlow Lite compatible (currently supports 6/50 operators).
- Run Inception V3 model.