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A launcher is a program that stores locations of applications to aid users in starting them.

Different desktop environments can have a variety of available launchers to aid users in starting applications in a general sense.

With regard to Android, Launcher is the name given to the part of the Android user interface that lets users customize the home screen (e.g. the phone's desktop), launch mobile apps, make phone calls, and perform other tasks on Android devices (devices that use the Android mobile operating system).

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Flutter url_launcher is not launching url in release mode

I don't know for some reason url_launcher (https://pub.dev/packages/url_launcher) is not working after downloading app from google playstore. In debug mode it is working the way it should be. But after uploading app on playstore and downloading it…
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How to start an Intent from a ResolveInfo

I'm trying to make a custom launcher for android, and I'm trying to figure out how to launch a different application form mine. I figured the way to do it was intents, and I've found a post on it here: Open another application from your own…
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tkinter TclError: error reading bitmap file

I am trying to set an application icon (python3 / tkinter) like this: Interface() root.title("Quicklist Editor") root.iconbitmap('@/home/jacob/.icons/qle_icon.ico') root.resizable(0, 0) root.mainloop() no matter what I do, I keep getting an error…
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Android Launcher app icon not updated to new icon after market update

I have provided an update for my application via Android market. After new application installed from market, my app icon alone has not changed to the new app icon in the Android Launcher screen. However, if the mobile restarted once, the new icon…
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Launch Minecraft from command line - username and password as prefix

I'm trying to make a simple custom Minecraft launcher thing. According to the Minecraft Wiki page for the Launcher, it should be possible to run the Minecraft launcher using username and password prefixes from the command line and go directly to…
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No 'server' JVM at '...'

I'm running a java application that we distribute as a server-side system. I'm trying to write a launcher ("write" is somewhat of an overstatement here, I'm basically just copying the Java.exe file so that we can get the desired name in the process…
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Android hidden application

I'm writing a (legal) spy program. I want to make this program hidden on the launcher (so that no icon is shown). I tried to remove line from AndroidManifest.xml, but then the user can't…
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How to check if my application is the default launcher

I am developing a buissness-application that is essentially a Home-screen, and is supposed to be used as a Default Homescreen (being a "kiosk"-application). Is there any way of checking if my Launcher is the default Launcher? Thanks! Ps. Similar…
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Adding widgets to a launcher page without bindAppWidgetId()

I'm trying to turn the stock ICS launcher into a standalone app. I'm nearly there - the only things not working are the search icon and dropping widgets onto the screen, which causes a crash. The crash is because the stock launcher uses…
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How does an application launcher update itself?

Launchers are most common in games. Think of League of Legends, Starcraft II, or almost any MMO out there. Before starting the actual game, you have a small launcher app that takes care of updates and patching. I want to move this direction with a…
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Differentiating between an Activity launch from home screen or from another activity from App

I need to know a generic way to distinguish between a call of activity from launcher and a call from another activity from inside my app, or a BACK on the activity stack Anyone? this is bugging me for quite a while now and i need to put it to…
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Android - creating custom launcher

I am intending to develop custom Launcher for Android phone. I have searched web, but I haven't found any valuable information regarding creating "launcher" project. What does an android app needs for being at the top of the GUI (aka launcher)?
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Python - create an EXE that runs code as written, not as it was when compiled

I'm making a pygame program that is designed to be modular. I am building an exe with pygame2exe of the file main.py, which basically just imports the real main game and runs it. What I'm hoping for is a sort of launcher that will execute Python…
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Use my own Android app/apk as launcher/Home Screen Replacement

I've created my own app and I want this one to be my launcher. It's a simple app, but it works. Is it possible to replace the default launcher with my app so that my app always starts by default after booting?
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