- The
ACTION_MAIN
action indicates this is the main entry point and does not expect any intent data. - The
CATEGORY_LAUNCHER
category indicates that this activity's icon should be placed in the system's app launcher. If the<activity>
element does not specify an icon withicon
, then the system uses the icon from the<application>
element.
These two must be paired together in order for the activity to appear in the app launcher.