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An Android Launcher is the app responsible for showing the home screen, live homescreen widgets, wallpapers and displaying an app list. Unlike iOS, a launcher on Android can be provided by third party.

Launcher is the part of the Android user interface that lets users customize the home screen, launch apps, make phone calls, and perform other tasks.

The Android OS comes with a default launcher, but there are a number of alternative Launchers available for download on Google Play, and many OEMs replace the default with their own implementations.

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Launch activity from google calendar reminders

I'm new to Android development and I would like to create an app that can launch a scheduled activity reminders from Google calendar. I tried to do it with filters intents and it does not work, and I searched unsuccessfully for code examples. Below…
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Modified AOSP app launcher asks complete action using?

For a test, I've modified the AOSP "Music" app a little. In the manifest, I've made the following changes: Change package name from "com.android.music" to "com.android.mymusic" Change android:label from "Music" to "MyMusic" (for ease of…
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What kind of layout is Android Home? Trying to Design my own Android Launcher

I am trying to create my own Android Launcher so I have been reading through Google's own Launcher2 code, Cyanogen's Trebuchet code and the Home Example provided with the ADK but keep coming across the same question: What kind of layout is the home…
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android.os.transactiontoolargeexception in Launcher

We are developing enterprise applications, widgets and launcher for Android TV. We have Android set top box which runs our launcher, some widgets and apps. Widgets have fixed position in launcher when it starts. We are getting…
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How can my Activity install another icon to the launcher in Android? Like Whatsapp does?

I know that an Android application can install more than 1 icon to the user's launcher simply by having a tag in the manifest, as explained here: Android App actvities installed as multiple icons However, the above solution happens automatically.…
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how to update data from internal storage?

I created an application to protect children and allow parents to control the access to the application. It is a launcher with two profiles: Parent and child. Parents have administrative rights and can select applications from a list view. After…
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android catching application start and exit

Hi I am working on a sdk project. I need to track time in app. Because of this is an sdk project I dont know starting and exiting activities I cant get time from them. With application class user will be must add my class that extends application to…
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Drag and Drop view with pages

I'm looking for a custom view that will behave similar to the launcher app: Show multiple icons Support drag & drop Suport drag outside to delete Support multiple pages Indicate current page Work on Android pre version 3 Anyone knows about such a…
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How to get default home application?

I want to get default home application name.For this i used Intent intent = new Intent("android.intent.action.MAIN"); intent.addCategory("android.intent.category.HOME"); intent.addCategory("android.intent.category.DEFAULT"); …
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adding an icon to launcher without installing

I have certain apps which i want to show on launcher . When i click on it it should say app not installed . Is that possible ? I checked AllAppsList.java of ICS . I think we need to provide ApplicationInfo object for that . Is there any alternate ?
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how can I get the listview of recent activities without long press home key

Recently, I am coding the android launcher. I found a function in Nova Launcher and Apex Launcher, which can show the views of recent tasks by touching a button without a long press on the home key. I'd like to get it, but who can tell me how to…
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Android App Runs in Emulator, But Not Listed In Launcher

I am learning Android and can not get my program to show up in the program listings drawer of my Nexus S emulated device. When I load up the emulator, it does load my program successfully, after hitting "run new configuration". I know there are a…
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Setting multiple home launcher apps doesn't work

Background Information: I want to create a child lock application. Therefore I need to disable all the keys (including the Home key) when the user is in the application. I basically want a similar application to this one. Problem: If I have set…
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Programing the android application directory

I have read many posts explaining about writing android Launchers, but does the launcher include the application directory? What I am trying to achieve is to customise the screen which displays the installed applications (to launch apps). I wish to…
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Android: Get more icons (shortcuts) to activities in my package on the homescreen

I know I can create a widget that that can be placed on the homescreen, but is there a possibility that when the user installs the app, only my standard launcher icon will start a certain activity. But when the user chooses so (by clicking a button…
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