This is probably an accidental side effect of the fact that the New Project wizard now no longer hardcodes a simple hello world activity, it lets you pick between several different types of activities, and these are also used when you add an activity to a project (where you do want each activity to have their own name).
I've filed http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=36630 to track this. -- Tor On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:15 AM, Compguru910 <compguru...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, I have managed to find a repeatable bug that alot of people are having > problems with with the new ADT concerning the new android app wizard. > > When you create an app, you give it a name. I select dont create clipart > image, select the basic activity as opposed to the fragmented one, and > click next all the way throiugh. When I run my app, the app name is > MainActivity instead of the name I picked for the application. The only way > I have found to fix this is by changing the first activities android:label > from title_main_activity to android:label="@string/app_name". Why did the > new ADT integrate a feature where the app_name and the main activity name > are different, but made it bug up the actual way your app looks in the app > drawer? In the application list (where you unintall apps) it displays the > correct name, but in the app drawer itself, it shows the first activity > name. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
