Application icon does not appear after installing android app

Question

I am developing an android app and when I install the app on android phone, the application icon does not appears in application section. But it appears in application manager and I can make uninstallation. After googling, some said I need to rebuild my project and to make sure the app icon in drawable resource. I already tried for this solution and the problem is still occurring. The manifest file I created is as follow:

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
    <activity
        android:name=".MyActivity"
        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="geo" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

You know, it happened with me as well.. when I restarted my phone it worked. Strange. But yes, rebuilding should definitely work. That's the logical step. — Darpan, Oct 29 '14 at 06:48
Thank you Pramod. Now, I have passed the problem by removing . But, I want to know when this data tag need and why it's still working even I removed it? Please let me know in detail about this data tag. Actually, I'm a beginner in android. — Thiha Zaw, Oct 29 '14 at 11:55

Sinan Kozak · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-24T12:16:46.520

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I believe geo scheme cannot be used with Launcher. I can't find any documentation but in this tutorial they suggest to use with default category.

Please try to move your location related code to another activity and move scheme=geo filter to that one.

edited Feb 24 '18 at 12:16

answered Oct 29 '14 at 08:55

Sinan Kozak

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Thank you kozaxinam. I have passed the problem by removing . Please let me know when this data tag need. – Thiha Zaw Oct 29 '14 at 11:58
I think it is propper to separate into a different intent filter. Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33097868/7270736. – Nguyen Tan Dat Apr 15 '21 at 03:04

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 29 '14 at 09:45

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In your manifest in activity try using or add another intent filter

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

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answered Oct 29 '14 at 09:45

Akash

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 29 '14 at 06:43

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Change

android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"

With your icon

if you wanna to remove this icon you have to remove from all folder like

drawable
drawable-hdpi
drawable-mdpi
drawable-xhdpi

answered Oct 29 '14 at 06:43

Anik Islam Abhi

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Thanks Anik Islam Abhi. I have solved the problem. I removed and it's working now. But, please let me know when this data tag need. – Thiha Zaw Oct 29 '14 at 11:59

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 09 '20 at 07:12

I set action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN and android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER two of mine activity intent.For this I'm having two launcher icon.When I noticed that I remove one activity's intent filter,but My launcher icon disappear.I tried all the mentioned above solution but didn't work.As I noticed Darpan's comment about re-starting your phone will fix it I tried and It works for me

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 25 '20 at 15:49

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In my case, my manifest included a label for the main activity. I deleted the label, restarted the app and the icon magically appeared in the applications list.

answered Nov 25 '20 at 15:49

FractalBob

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