> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.valued.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Screen

> Users navigating your native mobile and desktop apps

The `screen` event category enables you to understand how a user is navigating your native mobile and desktop apps.

You will notice that the [user](/core-resources/user) is required, but the [customer](/core-resources/customer) is optional. `screen` events are undertaken by a user, but not nessicarily bound to a [customer](/core-resources/customer) account. It is recommended to include the [customer](/core-resources/customer) id whenever the screen being viewed is associated with a customer account.

## Event format

Screen events are identified with `category=screen`.

### Viewing a mobile dashboard

```json
{
    "category": "screen",
    "user": { 
        "id": "123" 
    },
    "customer": { 
        "id": "12"
    },
    "key": "dashboard.view",
    "meta": {
        "app": {
            "version": "3.0.5"
        },
        "device": {
            "type": "mobile"
        },
        "os": {
            "type": "Android",
            "version": "13"
        },
    },
}
```