Speeding up the TV Widget QA Process
The Yahoo! Connected TV team is always working to make the widget QA process faster so that TV Widgets can be swiftly published in the production widget gallery. We are finding that the most common delays often have the same root causes and we are hoping to prevent these missteps with this list. Here’s a list of tips to speed up the TV Widget QA process:
- Test on several TVs, including newer models. For example, test the media player and network connectivity failure on several devices. Be prepared to reproduce bugs on specific devices.
- Do not include synchronous calls in your TV Widget. See this FAQ on asynchronous support.
- Encode your video/audio using these Video Encoding Specifications.
- Create test cases so you can independently test all the requirements in the TV Widgets Acceptance Criteria form (download the .doc or the .rtf version).
- Remove hidden files from your widget’s folders prior to zipping (for example, remove
.thumb,.DS_Store,.svn, and all other non-widget files). - Submit detailed use cases with the TV Widgets Acceptance Criteria form to indicate your widget’s desired behavior (for example, unconventional back button behavior).
- Provide the appropriate username and passwords for test accounts with your TV Widget submission.
- Be sure to contact tvwidgets@yahoo-inc.com if your content is IP filtered to retrieve IP addresses for whitelisting.
— Ian Parrott and the Yahoo! Connected TV Team
To see the most frequently asked questions on the QA process, go to the Distribution FAQ.
Please also search for posts in the Connected TV Developer forums.
