Android app icon name picked from activity label than from application label

Question

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This is my manifest xml:

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
      android:name="com.listCalc.tutorial.simpleinappbillingv3.ui.StartUpActivity"
      android:label="@string/activity_startup_label"
      android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
      <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
      </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity
      android:name="com.listCalc.tutorial.simpleinappbillingv3.ui.MainActivity"
      android:label="@string/activity_main_label"
      android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
    <activity
      android:name="com.listCalc.tutorial.simpleinappbillingv3.ui.PurchasePassportActivity"
      android:label="@string/activity_purchase_label"
      android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
  </application>

String.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

  <string name="app_name">List Calc in-app billing V3</string>
  <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
  <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string>
  <string name="main_button_purchase_passport_text">Purchase Passport</string>
  <string name="main_cont_desc_image_passport">purchased passport</string>
  <string name="activity_startup_label">Loading</string>
  <string name="activity_main_label">Main Menu</string>
  <string name="activity_purchase_label">Making Purchase</string>

</resources>

The application name i.e. the launcher icon name is being picked up as "activity_startup_label" and not "app_name"

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

What am I doing wrong?

Nothing. This is working as designed.

You are welcome to also have an android:label attribute on the <intent-filter>, which should be used for the launcher icon label, according to the documentation:

The icon and label set for an intent filter are used to represent a component whenever the component is presented to the user as fulfilling the function advertised by the filter. For example, a filter with "android.intent.action.MAIN" and "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" settings advertises an activity as one that initiates an application — that is, as one that should be displayed in the application launcher. The icon and label set in the filter are therefore the ones displayed in the launcher.

Answer 2

If you have a "launcher activity" with [label name] & "application tag" also with a different [label name] then Android will take the [label name] from the Launcher Activity.