Installing & Uninstalling Home Screen Shortcut.....

Installing & Uninstalling Home Screen Shortcut.....

   September 03, 2014       Unknown

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This Article shows to create installing & uninstalling home screen shortcut.

1- Create method for adding shortcut to home screen(addShortcut()).

private void addShortcut() {

Intent shortcut = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);

shortcut.setAction(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);

Intent add = new Intent();

add.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcut);

add.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, "Your Activity Name");

add.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE, Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(this, R.drawable.ic_launcher));

add.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");

sendBroadcast(add);

    }

2- Create method for removing shortcut from home screen(removeShortcut()).

private void removeShortcut() {

Intent shortcut = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);

shortcut.setAction(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);

Intent add = new Intent();

add.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcut);

add.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, "Your Activity Name");

add.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT");

sendBroadcast(add);

    }

3- Add following permissions to Manifest.xml.

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

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

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