How to remove application shortcut from home screen on uninstall automatically?

Question

I\'m developing an application that should add its shortcut to home screen after installation and remove it after the application is being uninstalled. The application will

Answer 1

Seems that you don't use install_shortcut intent in right way. Probably you create an intent without any parameters. You should to create intent with an action Intent.ACTION_MAIN param.

Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
shortcutIntent.setClassName(this, this.getClass().getName());

Intent intent = new Intent("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcutIntent);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, getString(R.string.app_name));
Parcelable iconResource = Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(
            this,  R.drawable.launcher_icon);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE, iconResource);
sendBroadcast(intent);