Android application suite with multiple launcher icons does resumes to same activity no matter which was selected.

Question

I have a single Android application that houses a suite of applications. I want each application to install with its own launcher icon, so I have a few activities with the same intent filter.

<intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>

It works just fine if I close out of an application using the back button. Each launcher icon starts a different activity. However, if I simply send the application into the background using the home button and then try to start a different activity, the one I put into the background is brought to the foreground instead of the correct activity starting.

Can I make the multiple icons work or do I need to create a central activity as a way to start all the sub-applications?

Answer 1

You'll have to set the activities with different task affinities. See the Application Fundamentals section from the Android docs.