App-Launcher-Sortcut

Creating App Shortcuts in Launcher

Overview

Android 7.1 allows you to define shortcuts to specific actions in your app. These shortcuts can be displayed in a supported launcher. Shortcuts let your users quickly start tasks within your app:

Usage

Static shortcut

In your app’s manifest file (AndroidManifest.xml), find an activity whose intent filters are set to the android.intent.action.MAIN action and the android.intent.category.LAUNCHER category

•   <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
  
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
        <meta-data android:name="android.app.shortcuts"
            android:resource="@xml/shortcuts" />
    </activity>
  

shortcut.xml will be under xml under res folder and will look like this

    - <shortcuts xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        tools:targetApi="25">
        <shortcut
            android:enabled="true"
            android:icon="@drawable/home"
            android:shortcutId="srtone"
            android:shortcutShortLabel="@string/option_one">
            <intent
                android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
                android:targetClass="card.scratch.com.applaunchersortcut.MainActivity"
                android:targetPackage="card.scratch.com.applaunchersortcut">
            </intent>
            <categories android:name="android.shortcut.conversation" />
        </shortcut>
        <shortcut
            android:enabled="true"
            android:icon="@drawable/music"
            android:shortcutId="srttwo"
            android:shortcutShortLabel="@string/option_two">
            <intent
                android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
                android:targetClass="card.scratch.com.applaunchersortcut.MainActivity"
                android:targetPackage="card.scratch.com.applaunchersortcut">
            </intent>
            <categories android:name="android.shortcut.conversation" />
        </shortcut>
        <shortcut
            android:enabled="true"
            android:icon="@drawable/play"
            android:shortcutId="srtthree"
            android:shortcutShortLabel="@string/option_three">
            <intent
                android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
                android:targetClass="card.scratch.com.applaunchersortcut.MainActivity"
                android:targetPackage="card.scratch.com.applaunchersortcut">
            </intent>
            <categories android:name="android.shortcut.conversation" />
        </shortcut>
    </shortcuts>

if your Activity is expecting some extras you can always pass it with extra tag like this

      - <intent
                ...
                   <extra
                         android:name="key"
                         android:value="value" />
            </intent>

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