Start selected launcher instead of the lockscreen - android

Im playing with a lockscreen and selcted my second activity as home launcher now.
So the home key is locked on lockscreen.
How do i start now the nova launcher (or another custom launcher) instead of my empty layout from second activity when I press the home key outside from lockscreen?
I'm a bit confused on this topic.
EDIT:
I have currently that configurations for my lockscreen activity in my manifest:
<activity
android:name=".LockscreenActivity"
android:excludeFromRecents="true"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:launchMode="singleInstance"
android:clearTaskOnLaunch="true"
android:label="Lockscreen"
>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<!-- The following two intent-filters are the key to set homescreen -->
<category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Any i found out that i can use the onNewIntent. But it dont work :/
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
super.onNewIntent(intent);
Log.e("debug", "actions: " + intent.getAction());
if (Intent.ACTION_MAIN.equals(intent.getAction())) {
Log.e("debug", "ACTION MAIN");
Intent i = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.teslacoilsw.launcher");
startActivity(i);
}
}
Every time the lockscreenactivity will open when i press the home button.

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