The process of TV Widget Development can be broken down into the following tasks: Design Tasks • Choose the TV Widget resolution you wish to support. o 1920 x 1080 pixels for widescreen viewing at full resolution o 960 x 540 pixels for viewing at a smaller resolution o If you support both resolutions this will double the number of images you create. • Choose a widget development methodology. o You can choose to work with the Yahoo! Widget Toolbox’s pre-packaged UI components. o You can create your own UI components, and use the Container API to make calls directly to the Yahoo! Widget Engine. o Refer to the section Development Methodologies for more information. • Follow the widget design guidelines to design the widget’s graphical and user interface elements: o Design your TV Widget’s icon for use on the About page and in the Widget Gallery. o Design your snippets. o Design your sidebars. o Design your fullscreen views. Implementation Tasks • Install the Widget Development Simulator so you can build and test your widget on your PC (or Mac). • Copy a template widget that closely resembles the TV Widget you have designed. • Establish your widget’s file structure. • Implement your widget’s metadata. • Implement the image dictionary to contain all images used by the widget. • Implement the widget functionality. • Support Internationalization by providing localized strings for the widget content. Testing and Deployment Tasks • Review the acceptance criteria checklist for completion. Refer to Appendix F: TV Widget Acceptance Criteria for requirements and guidelines for submittal. • Test the widget using the Widget Development Simulator. • Submit the widget to the Widget Gallery in development mode and download it to connected TV devices. • Submit the fully tested TV Widget to the Widget Gallery for approval.