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Reputation: 854

Android : Remove all shortcuts associated with the app from code

I want to remove all the shortcuts on home screen of my app on a single event like button click. Is there any way to do this ? or at least get the display-names of all the shortcuts placed on home screen from my app ? ( I cant have it in any shared-prefs / db while creation of shortcuts because user can even do a 'clear-data' )

Upvotes: 0

Views: 790

Answers (1)

MysticMagicϡ
MysticMagicϡ

Reputation: 28823

Try this:

appShortcutIntent = new Intent();
appShortcutIntent.setClassName("com.pkg.pkgname", "MainActivity");
appShortcutIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);

appIcon = Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(this, R.drawable.icon);

Intent intentDeleteShortcut = new Intent();
intentDeleteShortcut.putExtra("android.intent.extra.shortcut.INTENT", appShortcutIntent);
intentDeleteShortcut.putExtra("android.intent.extra.shortcut.NAME", getResources().getString(R.string.app_name));
intentDeleteShortcut.putExtra("android.intent.extra.shortcut.ICON_RESOURCE", appIcon);
intentDeleteShortcut.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT");
sendBroadcast(intentDeleteShortcut);

And add this permission in manifest file:

<uses-permission android:name="com.android.launcher.permission.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT" />

Hope this helps.

(P.S: This will require the device to be rooted as far as I know.)

Upvotes: 1

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