App Shortcut

The maximum actions for an app is 5

Static Shortcut

Can’t be modified after build

In AndroidManifest add meta data inside activity:

<meta-data android:name="android.app.shortcuts" android:resource="@xml/shortcuts" />

Add actions in res/xml/ for example res/xml/shortcuts.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shortcuts xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <shortcut
        android:icon="@drawable/event"
        android:shortcutId="events"
        android:shortcutShortLabel="@string/event"
        android:shortcutLongLabel="@string/event_long"
        >
        <intent
            android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
            android:targetClass="dev.eliaschen.wsc2022maam.MainActivity"
            android:targetPackage="dev.eliaschen.wsc2022maam">
            <extra
                android:name="shortcut_id"
                android:value="events" />
        </intent>
    </shortcut>
</shortcuts>

android:shortcutShortLabel and android:shortcutLongLabel(optional) has to be a string resource

Dynamic Shortcut

val customIntent = Intent(
    context,
    MainActivity::class.java
).apply {
    action = Intent.ACTION_VIEW
    putExtra("shortcut_id", "events")
}

val shortcut = ShortcutInfoCompat.Builder(context, "id1")
    .setShortLabel("Dynamic Event")
    .setLongLabel("Open the events")
    .setIcon(
        IconCompat.createWithResource(
            context,
            R.drawable.bookmark
        )
    )    .setIntent(customIntent)
    .build()

ShortcutManagerCompat.pushDynamicShortcut(context, shortcut)

Handle Action

since we put a extra in intent , just check the extra in MainActivity like you normally do

intent.getStringExtra("shortcut_id")