New Android Project named after Main Activity instead of app name

Question

I am creating new android projects in Eclipse Juno with the latest ADT plugin and im running into a problem with the name of the app. Whenever I run the app, it runs fine, but when I go to the app list, the name of the app isnt there. Instead I have a new app named MainActivity which is the name of the first activity in the app. The app_name string is set to the name of the app, but it still doesnt work. I figured out changing the title_activity_main to the name of the application fixed the problem with the wrong app name in the app drawer, but that seems like a backwoods kind of way to fix that. Anyone else experience that problem, or just hating the new ADT like me?

Manifest Code

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.bv.testapp"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="4"
    android:targetSdkVersion="15" />

<application
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name">
    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_main" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

Answer 1

Recently i have this problem: can you please try with this:

<activity
    android:name=".MainActivity"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >

or remove android:label from activity

Answer 2

I found the solution for you.. In the manifest file, you are able to set one label for the launcher icon, and another for the activity. The app name is set in the intent filter, like this:

<activity
    android:name=".Start"
    android:label="@string/activity_start" >
    <intent-filter android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

Cheers

//Nautious