No launcher activity found in eclipse java android

Question

I'm getting something that looks like this:

"No Launcher activity found! The launch will only sync the application package on the device!"

I'm not sure how to fix this. My AndroidManifest looks like this:

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

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="20" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

    </application>


</manifest>

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

You need to add the activity to your manifest. For example, if your initial activity is called MainActivity:

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name="com.example.helloworld.MainActivity"
        android:label="Main Activity!" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

Edit: The above shows an activity that is also being used as a launcher. Here is an example of a regular activity also being added to the manifest.

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name="com.example.helloworld.MainActivity"
        android:label="Main Activity!" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name="com.example.helloworld.SecondActivity"
        android:label="My second activity"
        android:parentActivityName="com.example.helloworld.MainActivity" >
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
            android:value="com.example.helloworld.MainActivity" />
    </activity>
</application>