Android Application Name Appears as Activity Name

Question

I have reviewed the manifest for application, and under apps launcher it displays as Activity Name rather than its app name? Why is this. I have another application where w

Answer 1

When you create an Activity via Eclipse, the property android:label inside your activity is automatically set to "@string/your_activity_name" in the AndroidManifest.xml. Adding the intent filter to provide a launcher for this activity, your launcher gets the same label as your Activities android:label.

If you want to label the launcher with your application name, you should change the Activities android:label to something like "@string/app_name".