I'm trying to do the same thing as the original poster: That is, have one APK, resulting in multiple icons in the Launcher app tray, each icon launching a different Activity within my APK. Seems like a simple thing, but it's not working for me.
I've posted my AndroidManifest.xml below. The behavior I'm seeing is that I indeed get two icons in the Launcher app tray -- an icon for Foobar1, and another icon for Foobar2. Both icons work as expected if they're the first thing I click. That is, icon Foobar1 launches Activity Foobar1, and icon Foobar2 launches Activity Foobar2. However, if I launch Foobar1, then hit the home key (not the back key!), then try to launch Foobar2, what I get is Foobar1 -- and vice versa. It seems like if either Foobar1 or Foobar2 are already instantiated within the app's task, and I go back to the Launcher and attempt to launch either Foobar1 or Foobar2, the Launcher simply brings my already existing task to the foreground showing whatever Activity was previously on top. Any pointers? Thanks! <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; package="com.foobar" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0"> <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="Foobar"> <activity android:name=".Foobar1" android:label="Foobar1"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/> </intent-filter> </activity> <activity android:name=".Foobar2" android:label="Foobar2"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3"/> </manifest> On Jul 8, 9:41 am, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > Andrew wrote: > > Curious if this functionality is present on the Android platform. I'm > > looking to package my apps into a single APK file, which when > > installed would spawn multiple application icons on the device. All > > applications would be related and would talk to each other (this part > > isn't a problem and is working fine). > > > Can I package multiple related apps in a single APK install file? > > That depends on what you mean by "app". > > If you mean multiple icons in the Launcher, sure, no problem. Just have > all such activities have the standard intent-filter with <action > android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> and <category > android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />. Every activity with > that intent filter will show up with an icon. > > If you want multiple entries in the Manage Applications list in > Settings, though, that cannot be done AFAIK. > > In Android, an app = APK. What you are really creating with the multiple > icons is a single app with multiple user-initiated entry points. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, $35/Year --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
