When I install my app thru Google Play, it's home screen name is different from what's in the app menu

Question

When I install my app from Google Play, and it goes on my home screen, it's "label" is the value of @string/slogan, but in the apps menu, it's the value of @string/app_name.

minSdkVersion is 14.

My Manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.dabestappsever.bigtext"
    android:installLocation="auto">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"
        android:icon="@drawable/logo">
        <activity android:name="com.dabestappsever.bigtext.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/slogan">
            <intent-filter android:label="@string/app_name">
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity android:name="com.dabestappsever.bigtext.Result"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar">
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

I'm not sure why...

Right now, I'm going with Ferran Negre's solution, but I wonder if there's a way to fix this without Java.

Activity's title will always be the text you have set in `android:label` of `activity` tag. — Apurva, Feb 28 '15 at 07:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '15 at 07:45

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In your <applcation> tag in AndroidManifest.xml, you will have to add

<application
    android:label="@string/slogan" >

Where @string/slogan points to your application name in the String resource folder. This will be displayed on the homescreen.

answered Feb 28 '15 at 07:45

Marcus

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Right now, slogan points to the app's slogan. I want the slogan to appear in the top bar section of `MainActivity` – Novice coder Feb 28 '15 at 08:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '15 at 07:45

You should remove the label on your intent filter which is what's showing up as label in your launcher screens right now

<intent-filter android:label="@string/app_name">

and provide one in your <application> tag in the AndroidManifest.xml.

<application
    android:name="@string/slogan"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"
    android:icon="@drawable/logo">

The label specified in the intent filter would override the one set by the parent component.

When I install my app thru Google Play, it's home screen name is different from what's in the app menu

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