does google play automatically creates shortcut of our app on home screen?

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I'm about to launch my first app in a week,and want to know if google play automatically adds the shortcut to the home-screen or is it something if have to do with code. I have question like this but there's nothing about creating shortcut on install.

if the shortcut is automatically added.why some users are giving the below answers? — pavitran, Jun 28 '16 at 12:18
thank you @konrad-krakowiak yeah the shortcut is automatically added by google play. — pavitran, Jul 05 '16 at 16:28

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 01 '16 at 04:54

I launched my app found that Google Play does automatically creates a shortcut on the homescreen and we don't have to do it in our code,although i don't know if it works the same way in Amazon app store. hope this helps someone who is trying to find answer to the same question.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 14 '16 at 12:12

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Mohit Madaan's answer was correct. Just don't forget to set duplicate to false otherwise you might have several shortcuts:

addIntent.putExtra("duplicate", false);

answered Jul 14 '16 at 12:12

Behzad Rostami

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '16 at 11:53

put this permission in manifest

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

below for creating the shortcut icon on android Homescreen

private void ShortcutIcon(){

Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MainActivity.class);
shortcutIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
shortcutIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);

Intent addIntent = new Intent();
addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcutIntent);
addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, "Test");
addIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE, Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(getApplicationContext(), R.drawable.ic_launcher));
addIntent.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");
getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(addIntent);}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 28 '16 at 11:55

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I came across this and I hope this helps you. http://viralpatel.net/blogs/android-install-uninstall-shortcut-example/

answered Jun 28 '16 at 11:55

Mew

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does google play automatically creates shortcut of our app on home screen?

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