I was trying to set the intent filters for a simple app to handle urls. I applied the basic tags for "intent-filter" like "action" ,"category". Here I used 2 "intent-filter" tags. ``` ``` But the Launcher icon is not shown after instaling if I apply intent filters as shown below in just 1 "intent-filter" tag. ``` <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /…

You need to split the intent filter up into two. So you have ``` Action category Action category data ```

App Launcher Icon Disappears from screen

android, android-intent

Solution

You need to split the intent filter up into two. So you have

<INTENT FILTER>
Action category 
</INTENT FILTER>
<INTENT FILTER>
Action category data
</INTENT FILTER>

Problem

I was trying to set the intent filters for a simple app to handle urls. I applied the basic tags for "intent-filter" like "action" ,"category". Here I used 2 "intent-filter" tags. ``` <activity android:name=".MyBrowserActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> <intent-filter > <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> <data android:scheme="http" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/> <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> </intent-filter> </activity> ``` But the Launcher icon is not shown after instaling if I apply intent filters as shown below in just 1 "intent-filter" tag. ``` <activity android:name=".MyBrowserActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> <data android:scheme="http" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/> <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> </intent-filter> </activity> ``` The main question here I wanted to ask is "Why the app launcher icon disappears in the second case when there is just 1 "intent-filter".

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