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Sushil
Sushil

Reputation: 8488

Not able to create home screen shortcut

In my app I am creating a home screen shortcut for my app using following code:

            HomeScreenShortCut.setAction(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
            HomeScreenShortCut.putExtra("duplicate", false);
            //shortcutIntent is added with addIntent
            Intent addIntent = new Intent();
            addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, HomeScreenShortCut);
            addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, "Handbook Manual");
            addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE,
                    Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(getApplicationContext(),
                            R.drawable.ic_launcher));
            addIntent.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT"); 
            getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(addIntent);

This is working fine and shortcut is getting created. But, rather than hardcoding the name of shortcut, I want to give it from string file like this:

            addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, R.string.app_name);

But after making this change shortcut is not getting created which is really wierd. I need this as my app supports multiple languages and even the name of app is based on language. I am testing on Samsung Galaxy S3.

Please help..

Upvotes: 2

Views: 118

Answers (2)

Merlevede
Merlevede

Reputation: 8170

Here it is!

Have you tried using getString(R.string.app_name)? Remember that R.string.app_name is an integer, not a string.

Upvotes: 1

Jagan
Jagan

Reputation: 642

Hi try to used this coding in the app

addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, getResources().getString(R.string.app_name));

instead of this 

  addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, R.string.app_name);

i hope this help u

Upvotes: 1

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