How can I create a "Launcher" Activity programmatically?

Instead of declaring a pre-determined launcher activity in my manifest using an intent filter:

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

Could I, instead, be given programmatic control over the activity which gets run when the application launches?

I'm not able to find anywhere in t开发者_StackOverflowhe documentation which says I must use the intent filter approach... but I also don't see any discussion of the alternative(s).

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/activities.html

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/intents/intents-filters.html

Thanks.

As far as I know, it's not possible. Android creates or sets up the hard link of the App icons to their respective activities by looking at the manifest. If you don't set it, you will not find any icons/shortcuts for your app after you install it.