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Wesik
Wesik

Reputation: 327

What is difference between action, category, activity name in Android?

there are android:name 3 times, What is difference between them? I started learn Android, so now I am trying to understand Manifest.

  <activity
        android:name="com.example.project.MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

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

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9446

Answers (2)

Ilya Gazman
Ilya Gazman

Reputation: 32221

android is the package, name is the field. In XML you write the full access like this: android.name.

Upvotes: 0

Orphamiel
Orphamiel

Reputation: 884

An activity is the user interface you provide to your user. An intent filter is like a "port" you add your activity to and allow other applications to search for all applications running on the "port" and call them. The action name is just what the app is meant to do when called.

Upvotes: 0

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