How to remove the launcher icon in android 10(Q)

[G Krishna Sree]

Before API 29, we can remove the launcher icon in the device by removing

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

in the manifest file.
As stated in https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/LauncherApps#public-methods_1
As of Android Q, at least one of the app's activities or synthesized activities appears in the returned list unless the app satisfies at least one of the following conditions:
The app is a system app.
The app doesn't request any permissions.
The app doesn't have a launcher activity that is enabled by default. A
launcher activity has an intent containing the ACTION_MAIN action and
the CATEGORY_LAUNCHER category.
Additionally, the system hides
synthesized activities for some or all apps in the following
enterprise-related cases:

If the device is a fully managed device, no synthesized activities for
any app appear in the returned list. If the current user has a work
profile, no synthesized activities for the user's work apps appear in
the returned list.
The third condition states as the same as not to have a launcher activity that is enabled.
How to achieve this in android 10?

 

[MoodyBlues]

Welcome to Android Forums, G Krishna Sree!

Your best bet for getting this type of help is by posting on our Android Development board. That's where your fellow developers hang out.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Hold down on the icon and choose delete
I am not a Developer or trying to represent myself as such.

 

[MoodyBlues]

Hold down on the icon and choose delete

Um...what icon, DPB?

They're writing an app, and want to remove the launcher icon from it.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

I don't think that code was there when I posted.

 

[Unforgiven]

Your best bet for getting this type of help is by posting on our Android Development board. That's where your fellow developers hang out.

I moved the thread to the above mentioned forum for better exposure to the OP's question. Good luck!

 

[MoodyBlues]

I don't think that code was there when I posted.

Yeah, it was. That's what I replied to. And you can see from its time-stamp that it hasn't been edited.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Mea Culpa.
It wasn't in Android Development though.
The Android Lounge attracts all sorts.