How do I read the label text from the shortcut that invoked my Android App?

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Can I read the label text from the application shortcut that invoked my Android program?

I can read the application name:

getString(R.string.app_name)

but that's not what i want. It needs to be the custom label text that is assigned to the shortcut.

I plan to have multiple shortcuts with different labels. The label will influence some behaviour of my program.

Look at this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6337431/android-create-shortcuts-on-the-home-screen — VolatileDream, Jun 28 '13 at 18:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '13 at 17:59

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No, the launching shortcut's label is not passed to you in any manner.

answered Jun 28 '13 at 17:59

Raghav Sood

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '13 at 18:28

You don't necessarily need to know the name or text of the shortcut you made, instead you can use that shortcut to "pass arguments" to the activity via an intent. Your shortcut will be a regular Activity, it will just pass an argument to the main Activity of your application using an Intent.

Intent i = new Intent(this, SomeActivity.class);
i.putExtra("some_tag", true);
startActivity(i);

And in the Activity to be launched,

@Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent in) {
    super.onNewIntent(in);

    if(in.hasExtra("some_tag") && in.getExtra("some_tag") == true) {
        //Do Something Special
    }
}

Note that you need launchMode set to singleTop to use onNewIntent() as noted here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onNewIntent(android.content.Intent)

More information can be found here:

http://www.basic4ppc.com/forum/basic4android-getting-started-tutorials/11444-add-shortcuts-your-android-application.html

This is great. Thanks for posting. I'll be able to work with the method you have proposed. — user2532850, Jun 28 '13 at 18:57

How do I read the label text from the shortcut that invoked my Android App?

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