Question

I have an a Java Android app that calls different activities. I thought this was how you would go about doing some object encapsulation (these three different activities show different screens but all relevant to the function of the program).

1. The first is the main GUI and main page of the App.
2. The next essentially parses an XML file and displays some text-based
   output.
3. Finally the third is a map viewer that builds a map based on the XML
   file read in the second Activity.

The problem I’m having is that these show up as 3 different activities on the phones. Is there anyway to encapsulate them in just one activity, or is there another method I should go about using to create multiple different screens in one app?

Thanks

Answer 1

Android will place any activity that has the following in its intent-filter into the application launcher:

<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

Therefore, you should only define this category for your entry-point activity.