Question

Is there a specifici reason why if I have MainActivity, it has it’s own Icon, yet if I create SecondActivity it has a separate icon? If I download an app from the Play store it’s all from one icon. Am I just being dumb? Or is there a specific reason why this is. Thanks so much!

Answer 1

Any activity that declares the following intent filter will have an icon in the system’s app listing:

<intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>

If you only want one icon then only put this intent filter inside your main activity.