There is no need for the LAUNCHER category unless you want this activity to
also show up as a top-level application in the launcher.

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote:

> I found the answer, courtesy of an alldroid.org thread.
>
> Here's the <intent-filter> you need:
>
> <intent-filter>
>        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
>        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
>         <category android:name="android.intent.category.CAR_DOCK" />
>         <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
> </intent-filter>
>
> Then, you get the activity chooser, with the "Use by default for this
> action" checkbox.
>
> Here's the full thread in case you're interested:
>
> http://alldroid.org/threads/13897-That-Stupid-Car-Dock-App.
>
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