I am confirming about creating activity.
My Manifest.xml is like this :
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name">
<activity android:name=".FirstActivity"
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=".SecondActivity"
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=".ThirdActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
You can see property action android:name= property is "android.intent.action.MAIN" and
category android:name= is "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" for all activities.
When the application starts up, it calls FirstActivity.
Then calls useless Activity such as ThirdActivity or SecondActivity.
In this case, is my manifest.xml correct?
Or, do I need to set another property to Second and Third activity?
If so, what is that?
I wonder manifest.xml file is right for my case.
Please advise.
Try this config:
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name">
<activity android:name=".FirstActivity" 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=".SecondActivity" android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".ThirdActivity" android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Think of an Intent as message used to start an Activity to do something. So I can create an Intent to view a web page and an application with an Activity which knows how to view a web page - most likely the browser - can intercept his Intent as act on it.
You tell Android which Activities can act on which Intents using the <intent-filter> part of your Manifest.
The MAIN Intent is a special one. This is sent to an application when it is launched and basically it says "Go!" So the Activity which shoud be displayed first needs to intercept this by having a correctly defined <intent-filter>.
As you had all three Activities with MAIN in their filter they all responded to the request to start your application. So you should have that <intent-filter> only for FirstActivity.
One of the other problems with using
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> for more than one activity is that the Phone's launcher menu will display more than one icon...
From the docs:
CATEGORY_LAUNCHER The activity can
be the initial activity of a task and
is listed in the top-level application
launcher.
Related
I am trying to make login screen the main activity however i receive the error 'activity must be exported or contain an intent filter'. I have also selected it to run from that activity in the Run-Edit configurations settings
Please close the activity tag after intent-filter as:
<activity
android:name=".LoginActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Did that work for you ?
You just need to wrap intent-filter inside LoginActivity tag
<activity
android:name=".LoginActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
You are closing the <activity> tag right on declaration, the intent filter must be inside the node
<activity ... >
<intent filter ...
</activity>
I added a snippet of code cause you posted a image of code and actually is a reason for dowvoting.
I have pasted the code of my Androidmanifest.xml,how does android decides which activity to launch when application starts ? In this case its the mainactivity. What changes to I need to make if I want to launch AnotherActivity when application launches?
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.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.example.AnotherActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
The MAIN element specifies that this is the "main" entry point to the application. The LAUNCHER element specifies that this activity should be listed in the system's application launcher (to allow users to launch this activity).
<activity
android:name="com.example.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>
Just remove the intent filter from the next activity!!
When the user selects your app icon from the Home screen, the system calls the onCreate() method for the Activity in your app that you've declared to be the "launcher" (or "main") activity. This is the activity that serves as the main entry point to your app's user interface.
You can define which activity to use as the main activity in the Android manifest file, AndroidManifest.xml, which is at the root of your project directory.
The main activity for your app must be declared in the manifest with an that includes the MAIN action and LAUNCHER category. For example:
<activity android:name=".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>
Based on this, we can conclude that you currently have a faulty configuration. Only one activity can have the Intent filter for Main (so you should remove the <intent-filter> from your .MainActivity if you want to use AnotherActivity as you "Home" Activity).
<activity
android:name="com.example.AnotherActivity"
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="MainActivity" ></activity>
As stated in our conversation, you want to show a determinate action at launch, with is own functions and layout. The solution is to use one Activity which inflate Fragment1 or Fragment2, based on your condition.
Dealing with Fragment is very difficult, but when you will master them, you will have fun. There are few example on the net about Fragment, but i tell you this: read and practice is the only way you will learn something. Copy and paste from other source code / example will not help you. Follow this links:
link 1
link 2 with sample
link 3 for supporting tablets
Good luck!
I am trying to use Implicit intent to launch an activity within the same application and for an activity of another application(my other application, not the native one), but couldn't succeed in any of the cases.
Here is my sample code for the first part (i.e. to launch an activity within the same application):
Inside Activity TESTActivity
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction("com.myapp.game.myimplicit_action");
startActivity(intent);
and here is my manifest file declaration for some activity say 'ImplicitActivity' with the same action:
<activity
android:name=".TESTActivity"
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=".ImplicitActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.myapp.test.myimplicit_action" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Both the activities TESTActivity and ImplicitActivity are in the same application under same package. Still my ImplicitActivity activity is not getting called.
I have figured out the problem. Posting the answer for the others facing the same problem.
We need to add Default Category in order to make Implicit intents work. So here is the correct manifest entry for the same activity :
<activity
android:name=".TESTActivity"
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=".ImplicitActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.myapp.test.myimplicit_action" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
I keep getting "ActivityNotFoundException: Unable to find explicit activity class ... " when using Eclipse's emulator to call the activity of another application from an application. Perhaps the problem maybe related to I am not able to download to/find both applications at the same time when I click on "Manage Applications" in Settings. This is the first project I need to call the activity of another application. But I am not sure the code is correct either. Please help me determine if there are errors in the code snippets I present below. It is hinted that I can set the action field of the intent to achieve the objective but have not found learning material for this. I learned about using the setComponent method in the calling app and to add android:export to the called activity's AndroidManifest.xml. Thanks in advance!
Calling app's relevant source code:
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.MyPackage", om.MyPackage.Activity1));
startActivity(intent);
Calling app's relevant AndroidManifest.xml :
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name">
<activity android:name=".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=".Activity1">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.MyPackage.Activity1" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
Relevant code of AndroidManifest.xml of the activity of another application
<activity android:name=".Activity1" android:exported = "true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.MyPackage.Activity1" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Firstly point out that you're trying to start Activity in Application2 from Activity in Application1
You have to give them separate namespaces
both applications now have com.MyPackage.* prefix
OR use names Activity1 and Activity2
So you will have
com.MyPackage1.Activity1
// and
com.MyPackage2.Activity1
Then you can use this code, to start Activity1 in MyPackage2 from MyPackage1.
// in file com.MyPackage1.Activity1
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.MyPackage2", "com.MyPackage2.Activity1"));
startActivity(intent);
And your AndroidManifest.xml files should look like this:
first
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name">
<activity android:name="com.MyPackage1.Activity1"
android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
second
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name">
<activity android:name="com.MyPackage2.Activity1"
android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
see related SO question:
How to start activity in another application?
My problem is thus; I am new to programming on the ANDROID platform and have a 'working' application that piggy-backs on the API-Docs example. I wish it to launch three tabs one containing a list of reports, one a form to file a report and the last to show the geo-located reports. It doesn't appear as a separate application, it instead appears as a list to be launched by the API-Docs example. Below is my manifest code...
<activity android:name=".HelloFlamingos">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.SAMPLE_CODE" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".Controls2" android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.TAB" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".List1" android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.TAB" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".ReviewTab" android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.TAB" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" />
HelloFlamingos is the initial page that I wish to be displayed, I realise that the intents for this are wrong, have thought about using category: VIEWS, action: DEFAULT, however is seemingly unwilling to work. Thanks!
In what context is the activity started? If you're looking to have the HelloFlamingos activity the first displayed from the Android OS, you should change its category in the manifest to category.LAUNCHER.
If you're looking to start the activity from elsewhere in your app, create an Intent which matches what you've specified (category.SAMPLE_CODE) and use startActivity or startActivityForResult.