What is Tizen?
Tizen is an open source operating system based on Linux, hosted by the Linux Foundation, and open to all developers. For more details, please refer to here.
What is Tizen .NET?
With Tizen 4.0, Tizen .NET is introduced. Tizen .NET brings significant enhancements to the development environment: support for C# as an application programming language, Tizen .NET based on Microsoft's .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms, and Visual Studio Tools for Tizen.
What version of Tizen is used?
Currently, Tizen 4.0 is used for the Tizen backend.
What Samsung products are supported?
Basically, Tizen 4.0 based samsung products are supported. But, it varies depending on each product's plan and strategy. For an instance, a list of Samsung Smart TV that support Tizen 4.0 (Tizen .NET) can be found here. Also, other product (such as smart watch, smart phone and FamilyHub) information will be updated in here. The eairler version before Tizen 4.0 cannot support the Tizen .NET.
What Xamarin.Forms support is included in the Tizen backend?
All pages, layouts and controls (including maps) are supported on the Tizen backend. Status and Known Issues sections are also helpful to you.
And what about new Xamarin.Forms options (Ex: Forms Embedding)?
Effects, Platforms Specifics, or Forms Embedding are supported options.
Can I extend functionallity to new platforms by creating new controls?
Absolutely!. You can create effects or custom renders in the same way as iOS or Android.
What has been used with the WebView control?
Internally the browser control makes use of Tizen.WebView from TizenFX.
What has been used with the Map control?
Internally the Map control makes use of Tizen.Maps from TizenFX.
How can I use all this today?
You've got nothing to do. Just like android and iOS, you just add Xamarin.Forms nuget package (should use 3.0.0-pre2 or higher) into your projects.