add Account(settings) method doesn't start Activity <p>I want to create custom app account in settings.</p> <h1>Problems</h1> <ol> <li>There is an option with icon in <code>settings &gt; Add account</code> but no name</li> <li>When click on that(Add account), <code>AuthenticatorActivity</code> doesn't start. I debug <code>Authenticator</code> class, <code>addAccount</code> method is called but no activity popped.</li> </ol> <p>I did the following steps:</p> <h1>Authenticator class(partial)</h1> <pre><code>public class AccountAuthenticator extends AbstractAccountAuthenticator{ @Override public Bundle addAccount(AccountAuthenticatorResponse response, String accountType, String authTokenType, String[] requiredFeatures, Bundle options) throws NetworkErrorException { final Intent intent = new Intent(mContext, AuthenticatorActivity.class); intent.putExtra(AuthenticatorActivity.ARG_ACCOUNT_TYPE, accountType); intent.putExtra(AuthenticatorActivity.ARG_AUTH_TYPE, authTokenType); intent.putExtra(AuthenticatorActivity.ARG_IS_ADDING_NEW_ACCOUNT, true); intent.putExtra(AccountManager.KEY_ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATOR_RESPONSE, response); final Bundle bundle = new Bundle(); bundle.putParcelable(AccountAuthenticator.KEY_INTENT, intent); return bundle; } } </code></pre> <h1>AuthenticatorService</h1> <pre><code>public class AuthenticatorService extends Service{ @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { authenticator = new AccountAuthenticator(this); return authenticator.getIBinder(); } } </code></pre> <h1>manifest</h1> <pre><code>&lt;service android:name="com.voillo.utils.AuthenticatorService" android:exported="false" android:label="@string/app_name"&gt; &lt;intent-filter&gt; &lt;action android:name="android.accounts.AccountAuthenticator" /&gt; &lt;/intent-filter&gt; &lt;meta-data android:name="android.accounts.AccountAuthenticator" android:resource="@xml/authenticator" /&gt; &lt;/service&gt; </code></pre> <h1>authenticator xml</h1> <pre><code>&lt;account-authenticator xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:accountType="com.example.myapp" android:icon="@drawable/myapp_icon" android:smallIcon="@drawable/myapp_icon_small" android:label="myapp" /&gt; </code></pre>