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Hussain Akhtar Wahid 'Ghouri'
Hussain Akhtar Wahid 'Ghouri'

Reputation: 6617

how to create app shortcut on home screen on Android phones on installation

I have created an android application , which works fine but now i want to add a feature that on installation the application should create a shortcut on home screen

please suggest i don't want the complete code work simple steps would be enough

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5059

Answers (3)

Ajay
Ajay

Reputation: 542

Tested Try it: 

Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN); shortcutIntent.setClassName(this, this.getClass().getName());

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcutIntent);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, "hello");
Parcelable iconResource = Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(this, R.drawable.icon);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE, iconResource);

intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_CREATE_SHORTCUT);
getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(intent);

Good Luck...

Upvotes: 1

Hariharan
Hariharan

Reputation: 24853

in your manifest..

<activity android:name=".ShortCutActivity" android:label="@string/shortcut_label">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.CREATE_SHORTCUT" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
  </intent-filter>
</activity>

Then in the activity that receives the intent, you create an intent for your shortcut and return it as the activity result.

// create shortcut if requested
ShortcutIconResource icon =
    Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(this, R.drawable.icon);

Intent intent = new Intent();

Intent launchIntent = new Intent(this,ActivityToLaunch.class);

intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, launchIntent);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, someNickname());
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE, icon);

setResult(RESULT_OK, intent);

Upvotes: 3

Amit Prajapati
Amit Prajapati

Reputation: 14315

First declare that your application is using the INSTALL_SHORTCUT permission in the AndroidManifest.xml.

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



    Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent();
    shortcutIntent.setClassName("com.example.androidapp", "SampleIntent");
    shortcutIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    shortcutIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
    shortcutIntent.putExtra("someParameter", "HelloWorld");

    Intent addIntent = new Intent();
    addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcutIntent);
    addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, "Shortcut Name");
    addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE, Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(context, R.drawable.icon));

    addIntent.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");
    context.sendBroadcast(addIntent);

Upvotes: 3

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