Kotlin service application icon

Question

i tried to write a service on_boot_completed and it is working well. However, I tried to hide the application from app list. I tried

    val p = applicationContext.packageManager
    p.setComponentEnabledSetting(
        componentName,
        PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED,
        PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP
    )

adding this in MainActivity.kt but my service does not work when I add this. I tried to remove launcher-main from manifest. All of them is resulting an issue like below.

have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml?

I declared it in my manifest. So my question is; how can I hide my app icon in app list?

Answer 1

just remove intent-filter declaration, these lines should be removed

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

leave only your Activity s tag without any content

<activity
    android:name="..."
    ... rest of params
    android:lastparam=""/>

note /> closing tag on end

edit: ofc this will hide your Activity s icon in launcher, but app itself still be visible in all apps list eg in system Settings, obviously with possibility for force stopping or uninstalling