I found a code on internet for displaying a splash screen before starting an android application. He made some changes in the code which he didn't explain well.
He used Launcher for Splash screen Activity and used Default in main android Activity.
He used Package name with main class name instead of pre-generated code for android:name in action.
Here is the code.
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".StartingPoint"
android:label="#string/title_activity_starting_point" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.alfred.splashscreenwithsound.STARTINGPOINT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
So my question
What is the difference between LAUNCHER & DEFAULT.
Is there any good behind changing the android:name in action to the package name.
when you write LAUNCHER it will launch application with Icon and if you remove it it will not show you the application Icon
"android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" serves as our main entry into the app.
android.intent.category.DEFAULT be set if the Activity should be an option for the default action (center press) to perform on a piece of data.
Refer this
LAUNCHER is your main page DEFAULT is your Activity page when load the app. on device first LAUNCHER will open. Then If you trigger your activity page DEFAULT will open.
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I am developing a Huawei custom Theme. I was trying to change some Google apps (Documents, Sheets and Slides) icons. So I used as address their package name e.g. com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.slides
Since it didn't work, I tried with some activities, found in the manifest file, but no one worked yet. (for example com.google.android.apps.editors.homescreen.HomescreenActivity, which is the first one that appears when I open Slides);
So the question is:
is there a way to identify which is the main activity, nay, which is the activity who defines app icon?
Usually, the main activity declares the following intent filters (documentation) in order to indicate for the system that this activity is Main and is a launcher activity:
<activity android:name=".ActivityClassName">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
My app consists of 2 activities:
<activity
android:name="com.domain.android.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.domain.android.AboutActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
I open my app, navigate to second screen, then go to the homescreen. From there I launch the app again - and it starts the main activity. But the app is running, it is just in the background, but why it didn't open the second activity? I guess it is something connected with activity's category. But how to fix that? Thanks.
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Hold your home button it will show the running apps click on your app it will open the activity from where you left. even if you click on the application launcher it will open the activity from where you left.
your application will not be in the same state sometimes if android needs resources it might end that activity. open an application move to next screen and press the home button and launch again it will open from where you left do the same with 5 or 6 apps then try launching the 1st app it will not be in the same state it will launch from the launch activity but any app you come to home screen and launch immediately it will open from where you left. If the background app is not doing anything android might end it if it needs resource. correct me if i am wrong. additional information i will be happy to know.
One issue may be that you have 2 activities designated as the main activity using:
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
You will probably have two icons in your launcher for your app. Each one will launch a different activity. You might be launching the first one again and again by using the icon for the first activity. Try removing
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
from your AboutActivity activity declaration. This might fix your problem.
I have an application where I need to provide a additional icon acccessible in applications to launch an activity from the same application.
So that when application installs it shows two icons in the applications list, one icon to launch the app is already there, how to have the other icon and then how can I start the required activity from that icon/shortcut.
add this in the manifest file inside the activity tag which you want to show in the launcher
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
Is there a specifici reason why if I have MainActivity, it has it's own Icon, yet if I create SecondActivity it has a separate icon? If I download an app from the Play store it's all from one icon. Am I just being dumb? Or is there a specific reason why this is. Thanks so much!
Any activity that declares the following intent filter will have an icon in the system's app listing:
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
If you only want one icon then only put this intent filter inside your main activity.
Each activity can be launched independently - and thereby can have its own icon - in the Launcher. Also, I think in later APIs, the icon can be displayed inside the Activity itself.
In some modified version(for example, CM7), you can long press the shortcut to rename it.
But CM7 have some bugs now.
I would like to know is there a way I can do that? modify the database, change the programs code or resources is OK. Thanks.
You need to change AndroidManifest.xml file. You should find the activity that is launched by this icon and change android:label value there. This will change the icon name in Application Launcher and on Home Screen.
It should looks something like this:
<activity android:name=".HelloWorld" android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
The activity definition in AndroidManifest.xml should contain MAIN and LAUNCHER in its intent filter (otherwise the activity will not be visible in Application Launcher).