NativeScript iOS Daily: tvOS Support Lands
A single broad pull request introduces tvOS support for NativeScript, bringing the current V8 runtime, Apple TV project templates, and new build and release pipelines to the platform.
Duration: PT1M55S
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This episode is a short developer briefing from NativeScript iOS Daily.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: NativeScript iOS Daily
- Published: 2026-09-14T13:12:34Z
- Audio duration: PT1M55S
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Good day, and welcome to NativeScript iOS Daily for September 14th, 2026.
Today's activity centers on one significant change: pull request 476 brings tvOS support into the NativeScript iOS codebase, closing out the work tracked in issue 474.
This is a broad change, and that's worth pausing on. Author Nathan Walker's PR touches project templates for Apple TV, Swift Package Manager distribution, and new build and release workflows for both device and simulator targets on tvOS. It also updates the runtime to work with the current version of V8, which…
The PR also adds a review application and validation tooling covering runtime behavior, Canvas, and WebGL on tvOS. That's a signal the team wants a repeatable way to sanity-check the platform before it ships, rather than relying on manual spot checks. For anyone picking up tvOS work downstream, that reviewer setup…
Given the scope here — release pipeline handling, native exception behavior, and library dependencies like libffi all listed as likely touch points — this is the kind of change that carries real release risk if the build and packaging steps aren't fully exercised yet. The PR currently shows just one review comment,…
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