Hi Mark, It worked, totally in the manner I intended it to. Thanks a lot for your help.
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com>wrote: > Aviral Shrivastava wrote: > > HI... > > Thanks for the info... > > > > I want to remove the icon of the application that I have installed and > > want to get it back depending upon my choice. That is, the apk should > > remain in the system. But a user should not be able to access it by > > normal conventional means. Later, he should have the choice of making > > this icon visible again and then be able to use it. > > You can try using PackageManager to enable or disable the activity. > > > http://d.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#setComponentEnabledSetting(android.content.ComponentName<http://d.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#setComponentEnabledSetting%28android.content.ComponentName> > , > int, int) > > (or http://bit.ly/9nmmAM if that URL is too long) > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ > Version 1.6 Available! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 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
