[android-developers] Re: Is it possible to have 2 launcher Activity in a single apk?
WOW it took me _forever_ to figure out exactlly what you meant...
Here is the manifest section needed for anyone needing help here.
application android:icon=@drawable/icon android:label=@string/
app_name
activity android:taskAffinity=org.appname.act1
android:label=@string/act1_label
android:name=.act1
android:theme=@android:style/Theme.Dialog
intent-filter
action
android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN /
category
android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER /
/intent-filter
/activity
activity android:taskAffinity=org.appname.act2
android:name=.act2
android:label=@string/act2_label
android:theme=@android:style/Theme.Light
intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN /
category
android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER /
/intent-filter
/activity
/application
On Feb 5, 2:31 pm, tauntz tau...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Dianne.
Just for the record (if someone else needs the solution and finds this
thread):
If you want to have two different applications in one .apk then you
need to have both launcher Activities with the LAUNCHER category as
Romain said.
You also need to add different task affinities to these activities.
Otherwise you might bump into the problems that I described (and as
far as I understand, this is designed to behave like that :) )
One more note - don't
believehttp://code.google.com/android/intro/appmodel.htmlentirely - you
can't have task affinities in the form append your .apk's package
name with a colon separated string - colons are not supported
characters there. Also replace the words you will probably want to
with you have to in your head when reading this :)
Tauno
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote:
If you want two fully distinct apps, you need to give them different task
affinities. Please read this before you go farther:
http://code.google.com/android/intro/appmodel.html
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:56 AM, tauntz tau...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Romain Guy romain...@google.com wrote:
Yes :) Just put two activities in your manifest, both with the
LAUNCHER category.
I tried that but it seems I'm still doing something wrong (see code at
the end of the message). The results I get are:
* Two launcher entries (Ativity A and Activity B) are placed in the
activity list in Home
* Clicking first on Activity A will start Activity A.
* Going back and clicking on Activity B will start Activity A again.
* If I click on Activity B the first time after install, B is started
and going back - clicking on A, starts B again
Any hints on what I'm doing wrong?
LogCat:
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.LAUNCHER} flags=0x1020
comp={test.activity/test.activity.ActivityA} }
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Start proc test.activity for activity
test.activity/.ActivityA: pid=13716 uid=10036 gids={}
INFO/jdwp(13716): received file descriptor 10 from ADB
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Displayed activity test.activity/.ActivityA: 872
ms
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.HOME} flags=0x1020
comp={com.android.launcher/com.android.launcher.Launcher} }
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.LAUNCHER} flags=0x1020
comp={test.activity/test.activity.ActivityB} }
Code:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
manifest xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android;
package=test.activity
android:versionCode=1
android:versionName=1.0.0
application
activity android:name=.ActivityA android:label=Activity A
intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN /
category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
/
/intent-filter
/activity
activity android:name=.ActivityB android:label=Activity B
intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN /
category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
/
/intent-filter
/activity
/application
/manifest
public class ActivityA extends Activity {
�...@override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
[android-developers] Re: Is it possible to have 2 launcher Activity in a single apk?
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Romain Guy romain...@google.com wrote:
Yes :) Just put two activities in your manifest, both with the
LAUNCHER category.
I tried that but it seems I'm still doing something wrong (see code at
the end of the message). The results I get are:
* Two launcher entries (Ativity A and Activity B) are placed in the
activity list in Home
* Clicking first on Activity A will start Activity A.
* Going back and clicking on Activity B will start Activity A again.
* If I click on Activity B the first time after install, B is started
and going back - clicking on A, starts B again
Any hints on what I'm doing wrong?
LogCat:
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.LAUNCHER} flags=0x1020
comp={test.activity/test.activity.ActivityA} }
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Start proc test.activity for activity
test.activity/.ActivityA: pid=13716 uid=10036 gids={}
INFO/jdwp(13716): received file descriptor 10 from ADB
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Displayed activity test.activity/.ActivityA: 872 ms
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.HOME} flags=0x1020
comp={com.android.launcher/com.android.launcher.Launcher} }
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.LAUNCHER} flags=0x1020
comp={test.activity/test.activity.ActivityB} }
Code:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
manifest xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android;
package=test.activity
android:versionCode=1
android:versionName=1.0.0
application
activity android:name=.ActivityA android:label=Activity A
intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN /
category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER /
/intent-filter
/activity
activity android:name=.ActivityB android:label=Activity B
intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN /
category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER /
/intent-filter
/activity
/application
/manifest
public class ActivityA extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setText(ActivityA);
setContentView(tv);
}
}
public class ActivityB extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setText(ActivityB);
setContentView(tv);
}
}
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[android-developers] Re: Is it possible to have 2 launcher Activity in a single apk?
If you want two fully distinct apps, you need to give them different task
affinities. Please read this before you go farther:
http://code.google.com/android/intro/appmodel.html
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:56 AM, tauntz tau...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Romain Guy romain...@google.com wrote:
Yes :) Just put two activities in your manifest, both with the
LAUNCHER category.
I tried that but it seems I'm still doing something wrong (see code at
the end of the message). The results I get are:
* Two launcher entries (Ativity A and Activity B) are placed in the
activity list in Home
* Clicking first on Activity A will start Activity A.
* Going back and clicking on Activity B will start Activity A again.
* If I click on Activity B the first time after install, B is started
and going back - clicking on A, starts B again
Any hints on what I'm doing wrong?
LogCat:
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.LAUNCHER} flags=0x1020
comp={test.activity/test.activity.ActivityA} }
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Start proc test.activity for activity
test.activity/.ActivityA: pid=13716 uid=10036 gids={}
INFO/jdwp(13716): received file descriptor 10 from ADB
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Displayed activity test.activity/.ActivityA: 872
ms
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.HOME} flags=0x1020
comp={com.android.launcher/com.android.launcher.Launcher} }
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.LAUNCHER} flags=0x1020
comp={test.activity/test.activity.ActivityB} }
Code:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
manifest xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android;
package=test.activity
android:versionCode=1
android:versionName=1.0.0
application
activity android:name=.ActivityA android:label=Activity A
intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN /
category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER /
/intent-filter
/activity
activity android:name=.ActivityB android:label=Activity B
intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN /
category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER /
/intent-filter
/activity
/application
/manifest
public class ActivityA extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setText(ActivityA);
setContentView(tv);
}
}
public class ActivityB extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setText(ActivityB);
setContentView(tv);
}
}
--
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. All such questions should be posted on public
forums, where I and others can see and answer them.
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[android-developers] Re: Is it possible to have 2 launcher Activity in a single apk?
Thanks Dianne.
Just for the record (if someone else needs the solution and finds this thread):
If you want to have two different applications in one .apk then you
need to have both launcher Activities with the LAUNCHER category as
Romain said.
You also need to add different task affinities to these activities.
Otherwise you might bump into the problems that I described (and as
far as I understand, this is designed to behave like that :) )
One more note - don't believe
http://code.google.com/android/intro/appmodel.html entirely - you
can't have task affinities in the form append your .apk's package
name with a colon separated string - colons are not supported
characters there. Also replace the words you will probably want to
with you have to in your head when reading this :)
Tauno
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote:
If you want two fully distinct apps, you need to give them different task
affinities. Please read this before you go farther:
http://code.google.com/android/intro/appmodel.html
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:56 AM, tauntz tau...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Romain Guy romain...@google.com wrote:
Yes :) Just put two activities in your manifest, both with the
LAUNCHER category.
I tried that but it seems I'm still doing something wrong (see code at
the end of the message). The results I get are:
* Two launcher entries (Ativity A and Activity B) are placed in the
activity list in Home
* Clicking first on Activity A will start Activity A.
* Going back and clicking on Activity B will start Activity A again.
* If I click on Activity B the first time after install, B is started
and going back - clicking on A, starts B again
Any hints on what I'm doing wrong?
LogCat:
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.LAUNCHER} flags=0x1020
comp={test.activity/test.activity.ActivityA} }
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Start proc test.activity for activity
test.activity/.ActivityA: pid=13716 uid=10036 gids={}
INFO/jdwp(13716): received file descriptor 10 from ADB
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Displayed activity test.activity/.ActivityA: 872
ms
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.HOME} flags=0x1020
comp={com.android.launcher/com.android.launcher.Launcher} }
INFO/ActivityManager(55): Starting activity: Intent {
action=android.intent.action.MAIN
categories={android.intent.category.LAUNCHER} flags=0x1020
comp={test.activity/test.activity.ActivityB} }
Code:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
manifest xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android;
package=test.activity
android:versionCode=1
android:versionName=1.0.0
application
activity android:name=.ActivityA android:label=Activity A
intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN /
category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
/
/intent-filter
/activity
activity android:name=.ActivityB android:label=Activity B
intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN /
category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
/
/intent-filter
/activity
/application
/manifest
public class ActivityA extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setText(ActivityA);
setContentView(tv);
}
}
public class ActivityB extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setText(ActivityB);
setContentView(tv);
}
}
--
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. All such questions should be posted on public
forums, where I and others can see and answer them.
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[android-developers] Re: Is it possible to have 2 launcher Activity in a single apk?
Yes :) Just put two activities in your manifest, both with the LAUNCHER category. On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:45 PM, j jac...@gmail.com wrote: I need to have 2 launcher activities (i.e. 2 icons on the home screen). Each launch icon would launch a separate activity. Essentially, I need a single apk which contains a suite of 2 apps which I don't want to distribute separately. Is this possible? -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer romain...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
