I have filed this bug with Google. It only happens with Android 4.2.2. Android 4.1.2 works as expected.
App launcher shortcuts and widgets disappear after changing launcher activity https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=54720 On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 4:56:43 PM UTC-4, AndreiP wrote: > > Alright. We renamed the main acitvity back to what it was and it's mostly > fixed itself. We left the new design icon in there and only on Nexus 10 > 4.2.2 we still see the old icon for some time after update but at least > there is an icon and we can live with that. All other Nexus devices update > as expected now. > By the way thank you RichardC for the article. Just read it. Indeed we > broke the rule > "If the name of a main activity of your application is changed, any > shortcuts the user made to it will no longer work. A shortcut is an Intent > that directly specifies the ComponentName it should run.". In this case > the OS Launcher being the user. > Case closed. > > On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:03:48 AM UTC-7, RichardC wrote: >> >> Read the "Things That Cannot Change" article by Dianne Hackborn - I think >> you may have broken some of the assumptions: >> >> http://android-developers.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/things-that-cannot-change.html >> >> >> On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:52:50 AM UTC+1, Andrei Ponomarenko wrote: >>> >>> The problem happens only on 4.2.x devices. After the upgrade of our app >>> the app launcher icon is invisible. It flashes for a split second during >>> the upgrade (adb install -r NewVersion.apk) but then removed. >>> If I force stop the Launcher it appears. It also appears on it's own >>> after a long time - a few hours. Obviously it is not acceptable for user >>> installations. Fresh installation doesn't have this problem. >>> What could have possibly caused it - we have renamed the main activity >>> of our product and changed the icon, but we are not sure is this really the >>> reason. Like I mentioned it wasn't the problem at all until 4.2.2 came >>> along. Any suggestion on what can be done in the project to make the new >>> icon show up right away is very welcome. >>> Regards, >>> Andrei >>> >> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
