Exclude Application from Launcher

Question

How do I exclude an application from appearring in the Application Launcher. The code below is used to add on to the launcher but when I exclude it, the launcher still appears.

<activity android:name=".Application" android:label="@string/app_name">
   <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
   </intent-filter>
</activity>

Answer 1

Remove the android.intent.category.LAUNCHER category:

<activity android:name=".Application" android:label="@string/app_name">
   <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
   </intent-filter>
</activity>