android-launcher

I am working on an app which is able to add shortcuts icons to the homescreen. What is the correct icon size for Android tablets? (Or better said, how to get it at runtime?) It seems to differ from what is written on this page. I have switch on DisplayMetrics.densityDpi and change the icon size accordingly. But it does not work for all devices..Gnex seems to be ok, but my Galaxy Tab while beeing DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_MEDIUM device displays only 48x48px icon (as it is in guidelines), but usual launcher icons are 72x72 pixels and not 48x48 - it differs from guidelines? Is it possible that it is

I've noticed that the appearience of Dropbox shortcut-like widget to specified folder is consistent with shortcut layout no matter which launcher we use: So I want to make such a widget that behaves and looks like shortcut and is consistent with user's launcher. Is it possible to get the shortcut layout of Launcher and use it in our own widget? Aside from AppWidgets , Android also has a concept of Launcher Shortcuts that are often grouped under the "Widget" label. That Dropbox folder is a Launcher Shortcut. Shortcuts are simple, all data (icon, label, intent) is static, determined at creation

My first application will just be a kind of launcher that I would like to improve. This launcher will launch a custom Home that the user has installed. That's like the application "Home Switcher, but I would like to do that myself. So my first goal is to get all "Home" applications list: that's really easy and the code is there: Intent mainIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null); pm=getBaseContext().getPackageManager(); mainIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME); List<ResolveInfo> list = pm.queryIntentActivities(mainIntent,0); Now I would like to do that in a listview. My first problem

I have developed the launcher application, for the first time when I installed it on device android system pop up chooser dialogue with two options i.e. Always & Just once. I selected "Always" now my app becomes default launcher but issue is when I update the app, the system pop up the same chooser dialogue again, I don't want to show that pop up. How to make the app as a default system launcher? To achieve this, Do I need to create system level app? I have used following permission to make the app a launcher <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category

I have a main activity having intent with CATEGORY_HOME to behave like a launcher. It also has CATEGORY_LAUNCHER so that user can access from App Drawer. Here is the main activity: public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); } @Override protected void onResume() { super.onResume(); } @Override protected void onDestroy() { super.onDestroy(); } } I have another activity containing a button to call the MainActivity with HOME intent. It is another