How to add shortcut on home screen when app gets install

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I know it's not the best practice, but it is a requested feature (e.g. for business apps). When the App gets installed, I need to automatically place it on the home screen. I saw a lot of code on the internet, but all of the code only works on button click when the app starts. But I need to place a shortcut on the homescreen immediately after the app is installed and before the app starts. Is there a way I can achieve this?

PS: To make the question more clear: The app will be distributed without Google Play Store, so that's not an option.

Thanks for your help!

Best regards,

Robin

possible duplicate of [Android create shortcuts on the home screen](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6337431/android-create-shortcuts-on-the-home-screen) — 2Dee, Jul 23 '15 at 08:10

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '15 at 08:14

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You can't run any code in your application before the user starts your application for first time during to restrictions since Android 3.1. Check this for more information

answered Jul 23 '15 at 08:14

Georgy

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Okay, thanks for your answer! It's simply not possible - what a pitty ;-( – Robin Jul 23 '15 at 08:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '15 at 08:12

That's an optional feature of the Market app, not of the apps themselves. When designing an application , it does not receive a broadcast about itself being installed.

the first time the app launched can create it.

You can achieve that by creating a method in your main activity and call this method from oncreate and create a boolean variable andsave it in shared preferences

How to add shortcut on home screen when app gets install

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