diff --git a/templates/android/template/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/templates/android/template/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index af4261bf95..3e44b884ca 100644
--- a/templates/android/template/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/templates/android/template/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	::if (ANDROID_PERMISSIONS != null)::::foreach ANDROID_PERMISSIONS::<uses-permission android:name="::__current__::" />
 	::end::::end::
 
-	<application android:label="::APP_TITLE::" ::if (HAS_ICON):: android:icon="@drawable/icon"::end:: android:allowBackup="true" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar::if (WIN_FULLSCREEN)::.Fullscreen::end::" android:hardwareAccelerated="true" ::if (ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VERSION>=30):: android:allowNativeHeapPointerTagging="false" ::end::>
+	<application android:label="::APP_TITLE::" ::if (HAS_ICON):: android:icon="@drawable/icon"::end:: ::if (ANDROID_APP_CATEGORY != null):: android:appCategory="::ANDROID_APP_CATEGORY::" ::end:: android:allowBackup="true" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar::if (WIN_FULLSCREEN)::.Fullscreen::end::" android:hardwareAccelerated="true" ::if (ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VERSION>=30):: android:allowNativeHeapPointerTagging="false" ::end::>
 
 		::if (WIN_ORIENTATION=="portrait")::
 		<meta-data android:name="SDL_ENV.SDL_IOS_ORIENTATIONS" android:value=  "Portrait PortraitUpsideDown" />
diff --git a/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx b/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx
index 9372437ee2..7bffb5d23b 100644
--- a/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx
+++ b/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx
@@ -464,8 +464,6 @@ class AndroidPlatform extends PlatformTarget
 		context.ANDROID_USE_ANDROIDX = project.config.getString("android.useAndroidX", "true");
 		context.ANDROID_ENABLE_JETIFIER = project.config.getString("android.enableJetifier", "false");
 
-		context.ANDROID_LIBRARY_PROJECTS = [];
-
 		if (!project.environment.exists("ANDROID_SDK") || !project.environment.exists("ANDROID_NDK_ROOT"))
 		{
 			var command = #if lime "lime" #else "hxp" #end;
@@ -476,6 +474,11 @@ class AndroidPlatform extends PlatformTarget
 			Sys.exit(1);
 		}
 
+		if (project.config.exists("android.appCategory"))
+		{
+			context.ANDROID_APP_CATEGORY = project.config.getString("android.appCategory");
+		}
+
 		if (project.config.exists("android.gradle-build-directory"))
 		{
 			context.ANDROID_GRADLE_BUILD_DIRECTORY = project.config.getString("android.gradle-build-directory");
@@ -500,6 +503,7 @@ class AndroidPlatform extends PlatformTarget
 			"KEY_STORE_ALIAS_PASSWORD")) context.KEY_STORE_ALIAS_PASSWORD = StringTools.replace(context.KEY_STORE_ALIAS_PASSWORD, "\\", "\\\\");
 
 		var index = 1;
+		context.ANDROID_LIBRARY_PROJECTS = [];
 
 		for (dependency in project.dependencies)
 		{