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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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App completely restarting when launched by icon press in launcher

I'm in the process of trying to make a release build of my first android app to send to a few testers. However, I ran into a problem with it. When you exit the app and then re-enter it by launching it via its icon, it restarts the whole app instead…
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How does Facebook add badge numbers on app icon in Android?

I know there are several Qs here that ask if its possible to add badges to an android app and they all end up with a NO answer... But somehow the latest Facebook beta version for Android seems to do something which at least look like a badge even if…
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Launcher Icon is not Shown in Oreo 8.0/8.1

Explanation: I have a working app in google play market. Everything works fine in android versions from 4.0-7.0. Case: When the client downloaded it on his Android 8.0 (Oreo) a launcher icon did not seem to show instead android's default…
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Properly skip login activity if already logged in

My launcher icon currently starts the login activity. I've stored the logged in status in SharedPreferences. Is there any way to properly skip the login activity and go straight to the main activity without any UI glitches. All existing solutions…
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How to add custom view in android's JellyBean Launcher

I am working on making custom launcher in android. I have referred the code of android's Jellybean launcher. now I want to make some modification in this launcher. What I want : As we know there are default five work-space screens and I want to add…
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Launcher icon is changed but in recent apps still default icon i seen

I have changed the launcher icons in File -> New -> Image Asset and the icons are changed. When I click on recent apps icon in it displays the default icon where as correct icon is shown in the main icon list. Verified the Android manifest where…
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How to install icon pack on custom launcher?

I'm trying to install icon pack on my custom launcher, I've read this note How to install icon pack but I'm not able to understand how to use that class, here's what I done: IconPackManager ic = new IconPackManager(); HashMap
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Android oreo shows icon inside white round

My Android application shows launcher icon inside white circle on Android oreo version. I would like to show launcher icon as it is like square on oreo device by default. Gone through various blogs and found that : 1) Mobile user can change icon…
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Apps from Recent Apps back out to stock launcher instead of custom launcher

I'm creating a custom launcher that is used like a kiosk mode for the phone. This means most things are hidden away but allows the user to access some apps. I've noticed that when I launch apps from the Recent Apps list, when I press the back…
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How do I set the default launcher in an AOSP build?

I am modifying the AOSP source code because my app needs to run in a kiosk environment. I want Android to boot directly into the app. I've excluded launcher2 from generic_no_telephony.mk, and added the app there. Now Android prompts me all the time…
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What are alternative ways to launch my app?

I can launch my app by: Tapping on its icon in launcher Registering "visible" intent-filter (I mean - user clicks for example "Send with.." then chooses my app) Entering numeral code in dialer and "call" - "invisible" intent, user cannot choose…
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Automatically prevent apps starting from the launcher

There are a class of Android applications that enable password protection on certain user-specified apps; for example, Android Protector. I need to approach this problem from a different direction. Is it possible to create an application that blocks…
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Android application restarts when opened by clicking the application icon

I am new to the Android development world and I've built a simple "Hello World" app. First, activity requests a text. When the "Go" button is clicked, the app launches the second activity displaying the input text. If I click the HOME button and…
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How can I listen to which app has been chosen as Launcher Application?

I tried to implement a functionality that allows user to pick default Android's default Launcher Application. Also, I need to receive information which application has been chosen. But there is a problem with that approach. To let user pick Launcher…
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Set google as search bar in home screen Custom launcher programmatically

I am creating 'my own launcher. In that case I want to putQuick search bar` in my home screen i.e. Google now launcher. How can I do that. I have gone through multiple threads but not found any relevant answer. I don't want to show the widget…
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