[android-developers] Changing application description shown in option list when multiple apps can do same job

2011-05-13 Thread Kacee
Hello there, I have a viewer app. There are other apps installed on my device as well doing same job. So when i open a document, android as usual shows a list of apps that can do that job (which is file open here). In my app, along with App name, just beneath it, package name gets displayed. I

Re: [android-developers] Changing application description shown in option list when multiple apps can do same job

2011-05-13 Thread Justin Anderson
AFAIK you can't... Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Kacee komal...@gmail.com wrote: Hello there, I have a viewer app. There are other apps installed on my device as well doing same job. So when i open a

Re: [android-developers] Changing application description shown in option list when multiple apps can do same job

2011-05-13 Thread Dianne Hackborn
Yes you can't, this is a security feature to help the user if apps are trying to spoof other apps. You should give the activity that is handling this Intent a more descriptive label so the user better knows what it does. On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Justin Anderson