Whenever you try to perform an action in Android OS, it’s giving you the option to select the application which you need to complete the action with. Down there you can see the check box to make this option the default option. Then it won’t show you the dialog box. Instead it will open the default application straightaway.
After sometime you need to change the default application for a specific action. Most of the applications are instructing you to go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications to change defaults. If you are using latest Android 4 ICS when you go to Settings surprisingly there is nothing call manage apps. Instead there is a section call Apps, but it’s only listing downloaded, running and all applications in the section running application, there is an option for you see the cached application as well.
How to Change Default Applications?
Seems in the apps section in settings, there is no option to change default application. But you came to the right place and here is how to do it. In this example, let’s assume that you set Chrome browser as default over android browser. Now you need to set Android browser again as default.
- Go to settings -> apps and then go to tab all.
- There you can see a list of applications which are installed on your Smartphone.
- Find chrome and tap on it.
- Then find the section Launch by default. If you have no default action related to this application this part would be deactivated.
- Click on the button clear default.
- Then go to some other application and click on URL. Now it won’t directly go to Chrome and again it will ask you to select the application.
This is how you have to change default applications in Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Tags: #Android #Ice Cream Sandwich