How can I force installation of Android app from Android Studio 4.1.3?

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Android Studio "helpfully" skips installation and restarts what is on the phone

04/10 13:47:09: Launching 'app' on Physical Device.
App restart successful without requiring a re-install.

what is a lie (as app in not installed at all) and predictably fails immediately:

Could not identify launch activity: Default Activity not found
Error while Launching activity

How can I actually install my app?

Uninstalling app from phone failed to change anything.

Restarting Android Studio and dropping caches also failed.

The same for disconnecting and connecting phone.

@ADITYARANADE https://github.com/matkoniecz/Zazolc/blob/fork/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml — reducing activity, Apr 10 '21 at 11:54
None of your activities is set as a "Launcher Activity" maybe thats causing the issue — ADITYA RANADE, Apr 10 '21 at 11:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 10 '21 at 12:01

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Change <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> to <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

This will solve the issue, as DEFAULT is not accepted in all versions of Emulators

answered Apr 10 '21 at 12:01

ADITYA RANADE

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