Changing the application icon text dynamically in Android

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Published on 2010-04-27T05:33:43Z Indexed on 2010/04/27 6:33 UTC
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Hi Friends, I am developing a calendar app, wherein i will using a service to display date in the application icon text itself. For Eg: If date is: 26 Apr 2010, then my application name in the phone menu will also show the same. So I am not understanding how to change the application's icon text dynamically through program.

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