Introduction

In this article you will learn by example, how to create a Tizen 2.4 mobile native widget and how to share data between a widget, service and a UI application.

In short words, a widget in Tizen is a small application which is displayed on the home screen of a device. Typically we use a clock widget, weather widget, sticky note widget, recent contacts widget etc. Widgets can be created using the Tizen Native API and they can be distributed in the Tizen Store only when accompanied by a regular UI application.

In this article you will learn how to use the Badge API in Tizen native application to display a label with a number above an application icon.

This page presents a brief summary of Tizen Native API. You can find a list of namespaces and modules available in Mobile and Wearable profile.