Add support to discovering activity-alias activity elements #247
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Context https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-alias-element.
Fixes https://dev.azure.com/devdiv/DevDiv/_workitems/edit/2305723.
So activity-alias allows users to change some settings before calling an activity.
The idea is that your activity is no longer the main launcher, you still have that entry, but the activity-alias' become the main launchers.
Here is a sample AndroidManifest.xml
The
MainActivity.csthen becomesNote that we do not use the MainLauncher property on the ActivityAttribute.