title: Difference between Category Home and Category Launcher
body: <p>I am not clear about what is the difference between category home and category launcher. From Android documentation page: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>CATEGORY_HOME : This is the home activity, that is the first activity
    that is displayed when the device boots.</p>
    
    <p>CATEGORY_LAUNCHER : Should be displayed in the top-level launcher.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>To test the difference I made a simple app with this manifest:</p>
  
  <pre><code> &lt;application
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
          android:label="@string/app_name" &gt;
          &lt;activity
              android:name=".IntentCategoriesActivity"
              android:label="@string/app_name" &gt;
              &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                  &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
  
                  &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
              &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
  
          &lt;/activity&gt;
          &lt;activity
              android:name=".Second"
              android:label="Whatever" &gt;
              &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                  &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
  
                  &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" /&gt;
              &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
  
          &lt;/activity&gt;
  
      &lt;/application&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But all I see is my launcher activity not the second activity. </p>
  
  <p>Can somebody please explain what am I missing? Thanks.</p>