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How to set default activity for Android application

August 29, 2012January 1, 2012 by mkyong

In Android, you can configure the starting activity (default activity) of your application via following “intent-filter” in “AndroidManifest.xml“. See following code snippet to configure a activity class “logoActivity” as the default activity. File : AndroidManifest.xml <activity android:label="Logo" android:name=".logoActivity" > <intent-filter > <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> For example, let said you have …

Android activity – from one screen to another screen

August 29, 2012December 21, 2011 by mkyong

In Android, an activity is represent a single screen. Most applications have multiple activities to represent different screens, for example, one activity to display a list of the application settings, another activity to display the application status. Note Refer to this official Android activity article to understand more about Android activity. In this tutorial, we …