Android create shortcuts on the home screen

Question

What I want to do is:

1) I\'m inside an activity, there are 2 buttons. If I click the first one a shortcut is created in my home screen. The shortcut open an

Answer 1

To add a shortcut to the home screen use this code.

public void addShortcutToHomeScreen(Context context) {
        if (ShortcutManagerCompat.isRequestPinShortcutSupported(context)) {
            ShortcutInfoCompat shortcutInfo = new ShortcutInfoCompat.Builder(context, "#1")
                    .setIntent(new Intent(context, MainActivity.class).setAction(Intent.ACTION_MAIN)) // !!! intent's action must be set on oreo
                    .setShortLabel("Label Goes Here")
                    .setIcon(IconCompat.createWithResource(context, R.mipmap.ic_launcher_shortcut))
                    .build();
            ShortcutManagerCompat.requestPinShortcut(context, shortcutInfo, null);
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.no_shortcut, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }

and no extra permission need !!!