Question

when I try to run the project it installs successfully on an emulator, but emulator does not show my app launcher icon in its app menu. but however it shows my app in installed apps in setting>applications>manage applications>all apps , so that means that an app was installed. but it didn’t run.

Manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.thenewboston.travis"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="8"
    android:targetSdkVersion="16" />

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name=".Splash"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.thenewboston.travis.SPLASH" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name=".Main"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.thenewboston.travis.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name=".Menu"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.thenewboston.travis.MENU" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    </application>

     </manifest>

Answer 1

 <activity
    android:name=".Splash"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="com.thenewboston.travis.SPLASH" /> //try "android.intent.action.MAIN" here//
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>