I'm trying to put the launcher icon of my app in the first position of applications menu.
Apparently Android uses the name to do an ascendent order but there are apps that break this rule.
Take a look at the print. The NQ Mobile Security is the first app in my screen but it starts with "N"
http://apps.movile.com.s3.amazonaws.com/test/Screenshot_2013-09-13-17-56-19.png
How can i do the same thing ?
Thanks a lot !!!
Put a space or two in the begining of your application name.
In that case, if Alphabetic order is selected, yours will be first.
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I need to create an instant app and I've seen sometimes a kind of splash screen appears before content is loaded. I have found no documentation related just that seems this screen is called 'Speed bump'. It has the app's logo and name. Is it possible to add extra information like one or two small statements to inform user what's happening? (Eg. Your XXXX is being prepared).
In case is possible, should it be modified by code (which class?) or by the Google console?
I want to make launcher app retreive/store a list of selected application and restrict other applications.and the list of the application should me in viewpager (ex. Horizontal manner).
Thanks in advance.
First of all, this is not a question, but a request.
Now, to help you out - there is around 50 apps which restrict showing apps in any launcher, no reason to make another launcher.. BUT. If you still want to do it, when making the list in the adapter, just remove the ones with packages you want to hide.
My application name has 15 characters. But in apps list of android device does not shows the full name. So I want to set marquee for my lable in android manifest. But I dont know how even I didn't know wheather it is possible or not.
I was googling it near 4 hours but the solution is only for title of each activity and not for application name.
sample image for reference:
This is sample image taken from google. I could not take screenshot of my device.
Note the red marked name. I want this name to be scroll. If it is possible means please help me friends.
Thanks in advance.
You are not able to make the name scroll on the user's device, as this is (probably) a launcher feature. Unless the user's launcher is able to scroll long app names, it's not going to scroll. This is not something you can control through your app.
you cannot do that pro grammatically. Thats an default functionality of the every single OS manufactures . Its depend upon them only. Some manufactures will set marque and some of then wont set.
Marquee is not supported on all android mobile devices. Anyways check out this link you may be lucky ;)
In my android application I have to use a single icon for four different applications ,that means when I click the main icon then four different app icons has to be appear and when I click an app icon a different application has to be opened for each icon.
and
when I installed the new applications the app icon has to be created under the main icon only.
Is it possible ?
If yes how?
Can you not bundle them all into one apk, then have your first activity shown as a menu screen that has 4 icons, when you click on one it takes you to the relevant activity?
I know this is a bit of a workaround, and it wouldn't work if the apps for example have to be installed seperatley but was just a thought.
My first approach would be to do this with a widget:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html
You could open a dialog with it and send an intent depending on choice that the desired application can handle.
My android app has a two word app name, and the 2nd word doesn't fit on the first line below the app icon. The OS doesn't automatically carry the 2nd word over to the 2nd line so it just gets cut off. I was able to use a "\n" as part of the app name string instead of a space, and that forced the 2nd word to display on the 2nd line. However, when I try to upload my app on the market I get an error (about the icon being improperly formatted, which really means that I have a newline in my app name, google needs to get their error messages straight but that's a different topic).
So, I've seen other apps on the market that don't have a problem showing the 2nd word in the app name on a second line. How do I do the same and get past the market upload?
Thanks.
From what I understand, this is a feature, not a bug. Only custom roms seem to allow more than one line for the names.
Even my application had two lines application name. Earlier the name was shown as only one line application name. I just uninstalled the application from device and re-installed it and my problem is solved.
May this helps someone.
\r\n worked for me, add it where you want to line break
I'd look at some projects that do not have the problem, see how they define things in their manifest and string resources, and try to match them. Barcode Scanner (ZXing) is one such app. This sample app from one of my books also successfully has its two-word name split over two lines.