Hide Android App From Launcher

Question

I'm trying to modify APK, I want to hide it from home screen but it should be openable

This is some part of manifest:

<intent-filter>
  <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
  <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>

I have already tried to replace LAUNCHER with DEFAULT but then I can't open the app, I want to open it one time only, can someone help me? Sorry for my bad English, I hope u will understand what I mean

Answer 1

You can find the answer in several treads in the past. You can do it programmatic by adding the below code:

Hide :

PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); ComponentName componentName = new ComponentName(this, com.apps.MainActivity.class); pm.setComponentEnabledSetting(componentName,PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED, PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);

Unhide:

PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); ComponentName componentName = new ComponentName(this, com.apps.MainActivity.class); pm.setComponentEnabledSetting(componentName, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED, PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);