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Reputation: 1549

How to limit an android app not to be displayed in main menu of the device?

I am installing an app(say app1) progamatically from other app(say app2). All I am trying is that app1 is not displayed in main menu of the device and could be started only by the app2. If this is possible how could I implement this.Please help?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 114

Answers (3)

njzk2
njzk2

Reputation: 39406

This is quite easy. In your manifest, there is usually an Activity. This Activity has an intent-filter. The entry point of your application contains an intent-filter that looks like:

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

If you don't put those 2 values in the intent-filter, your activity does not appear on the main menu.

Yet, you can still call it directly via any other kind of intent-filter.

Upvotes: 1

Adam
Adam

Reputation: 418

Replace 

 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>

in the manifest of app1 with 

<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />

Then it will be launched from app2 and wont be displayed in the application list(main menu)

Upvotes: 1

nandeesh
nandeesh

Reputation: 24820

The app1 manifest should not contain any component with 

        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>

then it will not be displayed in the Launcher

Upvotes: 2

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