> you can have an activity with the MAIN > action an INFO category (this was introduced in Cupcake).
Great! I guess many of us have waited for this feature! :-) I just found it by accident a couple of days ago when I had to look at the Intent documentation, but I was not fully sure what it was for (there was no mentioning of Market using it). Peli www.openintents.org On Jun 24, 9:09 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > If you don't want any activities at all in the home screen, but to still > have something launched from Market, you can have an activity with the MAIN > action an INFO category (this was introduced in Cupcake). > If you are saying the app has lots of launcher icons... well, that is just > a broken app, and there is absolutely no reason for them to do that. > > Other than that, I have no idea what you mean by "launchable but not in the > app drawer". If it's not there, how does the user launch it? (There is a > side issue about keeping that more organized as there is a larger number of > apps, but that is not really related.) > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:30 AM, David Carson > <dcarson...@googlemail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > ok there's one app who is a big offender here - I think anyone who > > uses it will know which one I mean - its in the top paid apps - all > > the skins appear in the app drawer. > > > And yet I can sort of understand why he's done it - because you have a > > choice of either including these lines in AndroidManifest.xml or not : > > <intent-filter> > > <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> > > <category > > android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> > > </intent-filter> > > > If you do, app can be launched and is in app drawer. > > If you don't, app can't be launched and is not in app drawer. > > > What would be most useful is the inbetween, i.e. app can be launched > > and is not in app drawer. I've played around with all variations in > > xml file and nothing achieves this behavior. > > > Publishers want skin packs to be launchable, so that when people > > download them wondering what they are, they can include some info > > directing you to a website or better still, straight to the main > > product in the market. > > > But its inconsiderate to customers to fill up their app drawers with > > stuff that is just skin packs / themes. > > > I don't think there is a solution to this, but I think its an issue > > that Android need to address. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
