The activity must be exported or contain an intent-filter

Question

when I tried to run my application its show the error below

Error running Dashboard: The activity must be exported or contain an intent-filter 

How can I solve this error?

Answer 1

I changed the Select Run/Debug Configuration from my MainActivity to App and it started working. Select App configuration snapshot:

Answer 2

Double check your manifest, your first activity should have tag

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

inside of activity tag.

If that doesn't work, look for target build, which located in the left of run button (green-colored play button), it should be targeting "app" folder, not a particular activity. if it doesn't targeting "app", just click it and choose "app" from drop down list.

Hope it helps!