Is it possible to have more than one launcher Activity?

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Is it possible to have more than one application in one apk file? or is there a way to have different launcher icons for different activities inside one app? I want to separate my app into some different (but related) logical parts.

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 17 '13 at 07:51

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Yes, just mark two or more of your <activity>s as LAUNCHER within your manifest. In addition you have to set the android:taskAffinity attribute on both of your Launcher-Activities which specify the exact package and Activity to be started.

<activity android:label="MyApp" android:name=".MyApp" android:taskAffinity="com.example.MainActivity">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name=".MyApp"/>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
        </intent-filter>
</activity>


<activity android:label="Settings" android:name=".Settings" android:taskAffinity="com.example.SettingsActivity" >
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name=".Settings"/>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

answered Mar 17 '13 at 07:51

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How the OS will decide, which launcher activity to trigger? – Narendra Singh Dec 12 '16 at 15:01
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Doesn't work, both of them start the first declared Activity with action.MAIN – Haroun Hajem Aug 07 '18 at 14:28
What actually the `android:taskAffinity` do, because it works without it. – WerWet Dec 20 '21 at 00:35
it controls the flow between activities when the app pause/continue depending on how it was started – Luiz Felipe Mar 31 '22 at 13:36

Nisargi Joshi · Answer 2 · 2019-05-09T07:29:56.647

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Yes, You can have more than one launcher activity in your application. This will not create any kind of compile-time or run time error. You will find two launcher logos of your application in your device can launch different activities as we defined in manifest.

edited May 09 '19 at 07:29

answered Apr 27 '17 at 06:50

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Is it possible to have more than one launcher Activity?

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