Running Applications

You can run Tizen native applications on the Emulator using the Project Explorer view or the Tizen IDE menu.

To run your application on the Emulator:

1. Before you run the application, you must sign your application package by generating an author certificate and registering it in the IDE.

   If you have already registered your certificate in the IDE, the signature is generated automatically while running your application.

2. Start the Emulator in the Connections view.

3. Start the run by doing one of the following:

   • In the Project Explorer view, right-click the project and select Run As > Tizen native Application.
   • In the Tizen IDE menu, go to Run > Run As > Tizen native Application.
   • On the Tizen IDE toolbar, click Run.

   If the application binary does not exist, it is built automatically for the Emulator.

   If many active Emulator instances are connected, select the Emulator to run the application from the dialog box.

4. Use the application in the Emulator as you would in a target device.

   While the application is running, the IDE's Log view shows the log, debug, and exception messages from the methods defined in the log macros.

5. To terminate the run, exit the application on the Emulator.

In the Emulator settings, you can change the display language settings, keyboard language settings, proxy address, and location settings. In addition, you can use the Event Injector view to generate application events (such as sensor data, incoming calls, or location data) for debugging and testing purposes.

Rapid Development Support

Rapid Development Support (RDS) lets you develop a Tizen application rapidly by saving deployment time.

When using RDS, the application is first launched normally. After the first launch, the packaging process is skipped and only modified, added, and deleted files are installed in the target. If an error occurs while launching, the normal mode is executed.

To launch the application in the normal mode:

1. Package the application.
2. Transfer the packaged file to the target.
3. Install the packaged file in the target. If the application is already installed, uninstall it before the installation.

To launch the application in the RDS mode:

1. Search for the delta files (changed, added, and deleted files).
2. Transfer the delta files to the target.
3. If the manifest.xml file has been modified, execute directory installation.

The RDS option is enabled as default. To disable it, in the Tizen SDK, go to Window > Preferences > Tizen SDK > Rapid Development Support.

Note
Currently, this option is not supported in multi-app projects.