Sorry if my question is phrased badly, but I'm currently developing an icon pack for android that does not have its own dedicated app, and it shouldn't. I am currently using this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2399426 as source code (since I'm an android noob) and am having difficulty trying to stop the "open" being an option after the installation of the icon pack, as it simply takes the user to a blank app activity.
Please keep in mind that I am a total noob and have very little experience in java. If it's possible, could someone simply point me in the direction of the file and line I should edit/add to solve my problem?
Thanks!
In your Manifest file go to your MainActivity's <intent-filter> tag and remove
category name="android.app.category.LAUNCHER"
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I have a question. I wanted to develop an app that would add a shortcut to the keyboard (Samsung SoftKeyboard).
The shortcut should be accessible via the dots at the top right (see attachment).
I would like to add a circle ("floating") over my app, as shown in the picture on the right.
Something specific should then be carried out via this circle (but that's not the point yet).
I've done a little research, but don't really know what to look for.
I hope you can help me.
thanks in advance
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afaik there is no such possibility to add anything in there. it's another app with own custom settings and options, you can't edit such or change in any way. your last chance is possibility of published API/some communication way for that app, which would allow to add such actions, but I very doubt Samsung made such API for own keyboard app and allowed ANY 3rd-party app to mess in their software... (btw. that would be very insecure for user)
I am working on the Unity3D and its my first time on it, I was editing some code and that's gone fine , I know and read how to build the game and make the release apk and I did. But there is a problem which is as Under.
Problem :
When ever I install the game from Apk or directly from the Unity3D ,
both gives me 2 launcher icon. And those two launcher icon are able to run the game as expected. But I am not able to understand why there is two launcher icon.
What I want:
Well being as an android developer I know that there should be only
one launcher icon of game, But there are two . I want that there
should be one launcher Icon
Any idea why is it happening and what is a solution of it. ? Please help me as I am stuck in this problem.
I found the answer. I have followed the path to android plugin which is located inside the plugin folder. there I found the manifest file
I opened that manifest file and found that there are 2 activities with the name of property of LAUNCHER. which is meant to launch first among all of other activities.
So I set that intent category to DEFAULT and then I built the game again . And thus I found only one Launcher icon of game.
This solved my problem. Posting this as answer because I thought some one might fall in this same situation so in this case he may found this as a useful answer.
Sorry for very basic question but could not find the exact answer for it.
Using one application called AppXplore I am able to see one application systemui.apk (com.android.systemui) on my Nexus5. I want to know what is the use of this APK? What does this apk actually do?
Thanks in advance!
SystemUI is the application that controls all the window decor you see on your device. It is a core application running as part of the system framework. The following items are handled/drawn by SystemUI:
Top status bar
Notification window shade (and the notifications inside)
Bottom software navigation buttons (HOME, BACK, RECENTS), if the device has them
System-level dialogs (e.g. USB Connection Permission or Power Off)
The file has a lot of icons for customizability. You can edit this (through some app or coding ,not sure though) to change the look and feel of your mobile. How to edit this can be found on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203166.
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I'm looking for a way to programmatically favorite an android app. I need to do this either in Java or in Android Shell. It doesnt matter if the method requires SU/Root or not.
By favoriting an app I mean adding a quick launch icon to the "footer" of the home screen.
Thank you very much in advance. I've spend hours on this problem and I cant seem to find an answer.
I have certain apps which i want to show on launcher . When i click on it it should say app not installed . Is that possible ? I checked AllAppsList.java of ICS . I think we need to provide ApplicationInfo object for that . Is there any alternate ?
Please correct me if I am wrong.
As far as I have understood it this is not possible unless you control the launcher itself. The launcher will add Apps that have the "android.intent.action.MAIN" and "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" in their manifest to the App drawer.
If there was a good way to add shortcuts to the launchers app drawer I am pretty sure the Ad Networks would use that to inject Ads there.
I guess your most viable option is to create shortcuts on the homescreen.
If you manage to find a solution for it though it would be awesome.
Good luck!
It ISN'T possible. Unless I am misunderstanding the question. Perhaps make a seperate app altogether, with the same name and the same icon, but instead of any content in it, just link it to the market where the full app resides; Or something along those lines.