Resolving an Implicit Intent

NerdLauncher will show the user a list of launchable apps on the device. (A launchable app is an app the user can open by clicking an icon on the Home or launcher screen.) To do so, it will query the system (using the PackageManager) for launchable main activities. Launchable main activities are simply activities with intent filters that include a MAIN action and a LAUNCHER category. You have seen this intent filter in the AndroidManifest.xml file in your projects: 

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

In NerdLauncherFragment.java, add a method named setupAdapter() and call that method from ...

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