create Desktop ShortCut - Android android.content

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Description

create Desktop ShortCut

Demo Code

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Parcelable;

public class Main {

  public static void createDeskShortCut(Context cxt, String shortCutName, int icon, Class<?> cls) {
    Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");
    shortcutIntent.putExtra("duplicate", false);
    shortcutIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, shortCutName);
    Parcelable ico = Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(cxt.getApplicationContext(), icon);
    shortcutIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE, ico);
    Intent intent = new Intent(cxt, cls);
    intent.setAction("android.intent.action.MAIN");
    intent.addCategory("android.intent.category.LAUNCHER");
    shortcutIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, intent);
    cxt.sendBroadcast(shortcutIntent);//from   w  ww  . j  a va  2 s.c  o m
  }

}

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