To have an icon appear in the launcher, you need to have an <activity>
element in the AndroidManifest.xml file with the following
<intent-filter>:
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
Most Android sample projects will have such an activity, such as:
https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-android/tree/master/Skeleton/Now
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Joey Selah <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am just learning android development and I'm encountering an issue
> where my application is showing up under "settings->applications-
>>manager applications" but it's not showing up under the launcher
> (where I'd like it to appear). My suspicion is that my manifest file
> is set up wrong in some way but I admit, I'm just wildly guessing. I
> will note that this application has shown up in the launcher
> previously.
>
> Any ideas on what could cause this situation? I haven't found
> anything in my research yet that describes the cause of this situation.
>
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