android application does not show in the recent application tab

Question

When i use the Label attribute in the manifest for an activity, it does not show in the recent application list. Code for activity in manifest file is:

<activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait" 
        android:theme="@style/MyTheme"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label=""
        >
        <intent-filter android:label="@string/app_name">
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

when i use android:label="@string/app_name" , then it start showing in the recent tab, but i dont want activity label.

Can you elaborate your question? what is the recent application list? — Fahim, Mar 06 '15 at 10:27
those applications which were recently opened or closed and a list is maintained in android for those applications — Sandhu, Mar 06 '15 at 10:28

Apurva · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-06T11:35:22.637

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Your application is not visible in recent apps list because label of your main activity is empty.

Change

<activity...  android:label="">

To

<activity... android:label="@string/some_name">

Edit:

If you don't want to show label for your activity then do the following.

You must set android:label="@string/some_name" in <activity> tag

And then write getActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false); in onCreate() method of your activity you want to hide label of.

This will let you hide the activity label and will show your app in recent apps list as well.

edited Mar 06 '15 at 11:35

answered Mar 06 '15 at 10:48

Apurva

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i know the label="" because i dont want label for this activity. – Sandhu Mar 06 '15 at 10:59
@Sandhu if you don't set, your app will not be shown in recent list though post your entire manifest, I want to check tag. – Apurva Mar 06 '15 at 11:00
– Sandhu Mar 06 '15 at 11:04
@Sandhu then's no other issue in manifest, you must give any `label` to your main activity and it will definitely work. – Apurva Mar 06 '15 at 11:08
isn't any other method available to so the same, because i want ActionBar without any title or label – Sandhu Mar 06 '15 at 11:27
@Sandhu check my edited answer, it will let you have what you want. Set the `label` in activity but **hide** it from your activity.java – Apurva Mar 06 '15 at 11:36
@Sandhu let me know once you try it – Apurva Mar 06 '15 at 11:47
there is one more problem that scrollView does not scroll when i set android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan", this feature for the activity. – Sandhu Mar 06 '15 at 12:05
@Sandhu try `android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"` instead – Apurva Mar 06 '15 at 12:08
i used that but then Edit Text is hidden under the key board, so then i again changed this attribute to adjustPan, it does not scroll – Sandhu Mar 06 '15 at 12:10
@Sandhu have you added scrollview? If not then add – Apurva Mar 06 '15 at 12:15
@Sandhu then I can't say why it doesn't scroll. – Apurva Mar 06 '15 at 12:21

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