getLaunchIntentForPackage is null for some apps

Question

I\'m building a service that sends a list of installed apps from an Android TV or a Fire TV to a mobile phone. The phone then sends back the package name of the app it wants

Answer 1

I got the same error when calling getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName). It was fixed by adding this in the launcher activity's intent-filter tag in the manifest file.

When creating a new TV application in Android Studio, it didn't have the above as the default, instead it has this as the default in the launcher activity's intent-filter tag in the manifest file.