I have an app I installed in android emulator. I want to know how I can add a shortcut to the app on the homescreen of my android emulator. For easy access mostly.
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Possible duplicate of [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18327173/how-can-i-add-my-applications-shortcut-to-the-homescreen-upon-app-installation) – udit7395 Dec 29 '17 at 11:45
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That links talks about adding a shortcut programmatically. I'm talking about manually, the way it is done in a real phone for example. – Mekicha Dec 29 '17 at 11:59
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So you want to emulate user touches ? – udit7395 Dec 29 '17 at 12:01
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But now for android emulator, not a physical device:) – Mekicha Dec 29 '17 at 12:01
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Not really. Just to add a shortcut so I can quickly click on the app from the homescreen. – Mekicha Dec 29 '17 at 12:02
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You can do it, as you do it on your physical device. Just long press with left mouse button on the required app in the emulator, wait for a while, you will see the home screen, then release left mouse button.
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The accepted answer works; but first you need to find a draggable version of the required app.
On the Android 12 emulator I am using I could find the app through search, but clicking the icon did not enable dragging and instead popped up a context menu.
The solution for me was to swipe up from the bottom of the "screen", this brought up the phone search screen.
From here I was able to drag the app to the home screen.
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