Disabling first-run greeter on fresh android emulator

Question

I am writing a test that requires launching application directly from launcher. Because I can\'t emulate it correctly by launching through intent.

The problem is that wh

Answer 1

Apparently the greeter is called "cling". Searching though (rather old) code I found the following:

http://grepcode.com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/com.google.android/android-apps/4.0.2_r1/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java#Launcher.isClingsEnabled%28%29

private boolean isClingsEnabled() {
    // TEMPORARY: DISABLE CLINGS ON LARGE UI
    if (LauncherApplication.isScreenLarge()) return false;
    // disable clings when running in a test harness
    if(ActivityManager.isRunningInTestHarness()) return false;
    return true;
}

And next stop is isRunningInTestHarness() at http://grepcode.com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/com.google.android/android/4.0.2_r1/android/app/ActivityManager.java#ActivityManager.isRunningInTestHarness%28%29

public static boolean isRunningInTestHarness() {
    return SystemProperties.getBoolean("ro.test_harness", false);
}

Which in turn leads to adb shell setprop ro.test_harness true. Which just works.