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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
