Android default launchMode of LAUNCHER activity?

Question

does the launchMode of the launcher activity in the manifest get ignored? The android documentation says that the default

Answer 1

Think of everything except the opening activity as an abstract implementation. Declaring an activity as

Will cause it to open first. Subsequent activities are Overriden at the time an Intent is formed to navigate between activities. The overrides are represented as intent flags.

A list of intent extras: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html

With flags being commands you'd otherwise have written in the Manifest.