Question

I am new to android. I want to – whether i can configure my app so that when it is installed on a device, it should automatically starts in the similar way a app is downloaded from the google play( i.e., after installation a new screen will appear with two buttons “open” and “Done” prompting the user to do some kind of action before the app launch). I like to know whether this functionality is in built in android os or are the apps in google play are coded(something in manifest) in such a way that after installation it should prompt the user to do action? I googled about it, i can’t find any satisfactory explanation. Most of the explanation goes on behalf of security reasons. Any help or guidance in this issue is highly appreciable.

Answer 1

You dont need to configure in your manifest and anyways you cant do that. Android will take care of that. If you copy some sample apk file into Android phone( either it is phone memory/SD card) and click that, a window will be opened asks for install. After installation , another window will be displayed with two options: OPEN, DONE. Same thing will be happened if you download the app from Google Play.