Alias Application ID

The application ID is used to identify each application control. The alias application ID is an extra nominal name for the application ID and can be an used instead of the actual ID. With this, different device vendors configure the device with different applications which satisfy certain functionality criteria, and a third party developer can use the functionality without the knowledge of the underlying subsystem. This allows better portability and usability of the application for the developers between different device vendors.

Basic Behavior

The alias application ID can be maintained by the platform and it is replaced by the actual application ID when the alias ID is requested for resolving the application control. The method returns the uninstalled-application-exception when the matched application ID is not installed. While the list of matching application IDs and their aliases remains the same, the actual behavior of the alias application ID depends on the availability of its associated application.

The following table displays the alias application IDs supported in all devices.

Alias application ID Description
tizen.filemanager

File selection application

tizen.imageviewer

Image-viewing application

tizen.internet

Web-browsing application

tizen.musicplayer

Music-playing application

tizen.videoplayer

Video-playing application

The following table displays the alias application IDs supported based on the device features.

Alias application ID Description
tizen.calendar

Calendar application

tizen.camera

Camera application

tizen.certificatemanager

Certificate selection application

tizen.contacts

Contact application

tizen.email

Email application

tizen.gallery

File selection from image or view application

tizen.maps

Map viewer application

tizen.mmsmessages

MMS application

tizen.phone

Dialer application

tizen.smsmessages

SMS application

tizen.store

Store client application

tizen.todo

Scheduler application

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