title: Can I launch different Activities on startup depending on user preferences?
body: <p>I have a ListActivity and a MapActivity.  I would like to launch either one of these activities on application startup that has been chosen by the user in a preferences window.</p>
  
  <p>So far the only way I see to launch an activity on application startup is to specify it in the application manifest file using...</p>
  
  <pre><code>  &lt;activity android:name=".MyActiivty"
          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;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am thinking I might have to start an activity that does nothing but looks at the user preferences and then launches either the ListActivity or MapActivity.  Seems like a waste to have an activity do nothing but launch another activity.  In my research I have not found any solution to this problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks &amp; Regards,
  Dave</p>