How To Create Shortcut Automatically After Installation?

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How To Create Shortcut Automatically After Installation? Code Below Does't Work!

 private void createShortCut() {
     Intent intent = new Intent(ACTION_INSTALL_SHORTCUT);
     intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, getString(R.string.app_name));
     intent.putExtra("duplicate", false); 
     Parcelable icon = Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(getApplicationContext(), R.drawable.icon);
     intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE, icon);//icon
     intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, new Intent(getApplicationContext() , MainActivity.class));

     setResult(RESULT_OK, intent);
     sendBroadcast(intent);
 }

did you check [this one](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6337431/android-create-shortcuts-on-the-home-screen) — Lalit Poptani, Apr 12 '12 at 11:59

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '12 at 13:12

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You cannot create shortcuts automatically after installation, because nothing of your code runs automatically after installation.

answered Apr 12 '12 at 13:12

CommonsWare

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Is it possible after the first launch? – thecr0w Apr 13 '12 at 08:59
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Then what you say about apps on Google play store,they creates shortcut automatically – Jay Vyas Mar 06 '14 at 08:39
@JayVyas: The Play Store app installer is doing that, not the app being installed. – CommonsWare Mar 06 '14 at 10:39
@CommonsWare can you please tell me the way to implement to create shortcut icon from play Store. – Hradesh Kumar Apr 04 '14 at 10:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 25 '16 at 07:12

Yes it is very much possible to create shortcut be it your app or any third party app or system apps. Please follow this sample code.

  try
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < packageNameArray.length; i++)
            {
                Intent shortcutIntent = Util.makeIntent(MyPreference.getAction(context), MyPreference.getCategory(context), packageNameArray[i], ActivityNameArray[i]);
                Bitmap shortcutIcon2 = Util.confleteBitmap((UtilityClass.StringToBitMap(IconArray[i])), BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(), R.drawable.shortcut_mark));
                data.putExtra("android.intent.extra.shortcut.INTENT", shortcutIntent);
                data.putExtra("android.intent.extra.shortcut.ICON", shortcutIcon2);
                data.putExtra("android.intent.extra.shortcut.NAME", AppNameArray[i]);
                //uninstalling shortcut to remove duplicacy
                Intent intent = new Intent("com.android.launcher.action.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT");
                intent.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");
                intent.putExtra("duplicate", false);
                intent.putExtras(data);
                context.sendBroadcast(intent);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

here packagenamearray is all apps you select to create shortcut you pass you app package name here if you have just your app shortcut to be created activitynamearray is activityname of selected app.

How To Create Shortcut Automatically After Installation?

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