Double installation of apk

Question

I have an app that i am working on. but when i run it through the eclipse avd... It shows two icons in the app screen. any ideas what is going on?

Also I used the apk to install on my phone and i also saw two installation of the same app on my phone.

Answer 1

you have to set a one Launcher activity in your manifest. that is

you set it as:

<activity android:name=".Activity1" android:label="@string/appname">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity android:name=".Activity2" android:label="@string/appname">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

you have to put the <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> instead of <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> for your the activity you dont want to launch.