1*d353a188SXin Li 2*d353a188SXin LiAndroid AppShortcuts Sample 3*d353a188SXin Li=================================== 4*d353a188SXin Li 5*d353a188SXin LiThis sample demonstrates how to use the Launcher Shortcuts API introduced in Android 7.1 (API 25). 6*d353a188SXin LiThis API allows an application to define a set of Intents which are displayed as when a user 7*d353a188SXin Lilong-presses on the app's launcher icon. Examples are given for registering both links both 8*d353a188SXin Listatically in XML, as well as dynamically at runtime. 9*d353a188SXin Li 10*d353a188SXin LiIntroduction 11*d353a188SXin Li------------ 12*d353a188SXin Li 13*d353a188SXin LiYou can use the shortcuts feature in Android 7.1 (API 25) to bring users from the launcher 14*d353a188SXin Lidirectly to key actions within your app. Users simply long-press your app's launcher icon 15*d353a188SXin Lito reveal the app's shortcuts, then tap on a shortcut to jump to the associated action. 16*d353a188SXin LiThese shortcuts are a great way to engage users, and they let you surface the functionality 17*d353a188SXin Liof your app even before users launch your app. 18*d353a188SXin Li 19*d353a188SXin LiEach shortcut references an intent, each of which launches a specific action or task, and 20*d353a188SXin Liyou can create a shortcut for any action that you can express as an intent. For example, you 21*d353a188SXin Lican create intents for sending a new text message, making a reservation, playing a video, 22*d353a188SXin Licontinuing a game, loading a map location, and much more. 23*d353a188SXin Li 24*d353a188SXin LiYou can create shortcuts for your app statically by adding them to a resource file in the APK, 25*d353a188SXin Lior you can add them dynamically at runtime. Static shortcuts are ideal for common actions, 26*d353a188SXin Liand dynamic shortcuts let you highlight actions based on users' preferences, behavior, location, 27*d353a188SXin Liand so on. This sample demonstrates both types of shortcuts. 28*d353a188SXin Li 29*d353a188SXin LiYou can offer up to five shortcuts in each of your apps. 30*d353a188SXin Li 31*d353a188SXin LiAfter your app adds shortcuts, they're available on any launcher that supports them, such as the 32*d353a188SXin LiPixel launcher (the default launcher on Pixel devices), the Now launcher (the default launcher on 33*d353a188SXin LiNexus devices), and other launchers that provide support. 34*d353a188SXin Li 35*d353a188SXin LiFor more information on creating shortcuts, see the [Shortcuts to App Actions][1] developer guide. 36*d353a188SXin Li 37*d353a188SXin Li[1]: https://developer.android.com/preview/shortcuts.html 38*d353a188SXin Li 39*d353a188SXin LiPre-requisites 40*d353a188SXin Li-------------- 41*d353a188SXin Li 42*d353a188SXin Li- Android SDK 27 43*d353a188SXin Li- Android Build Tools v27.0.2 44*d353a188SXin Li- Android Support Repository 45*d353a188SXin Li 46*d353a188SXin LiScreenshots 47*d353a188SXin Li------------- 48*d353a188SXin Li 49*d353a188SXin Li<img src="screenshots/screenshot-1.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 50*d353a188SXin Li 51*d353a188SXin LiGetting Started 52*d353a188SXin Li--------------- 53*d353a188SXin Li 54*d353a188SXin LiThis sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the 55*d353a188SXin Li"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio. 56*d353a188SXin Li 57*d353a188SXin LiSupport 58*d353a188SXin Li------- 59*d353a188SXin Li 60*d353a188SXin Li- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968 61*d353a188SXin Li- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 62*d353a188SXin Li 63*d353a188SXin LiIf you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue: 64*d353a188SXin Lihttps://github.com/googlesamples/android-AppShortcuts 65*d353a188SXin Li 66*d353a188SXin LiPatches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and 67*d353a188SXin Lisubmitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details. 68*d353a188SXin Li 69*d353a188SXin LiLicense 70*d353a188SXin Li------- 71*d353a188SXin Li 72*d353a188SXin LiCopyright 2017 The Android Open Source Project, Inc. 73*d353a188SXin Li 74*d353a188SXin LiLicensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor 75*d353a188SXin Lilicense agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for 76*d353a188SXin Liadditional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this 77*d353a188SXin Lifile to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not 78*d353a188SXin Liuse this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of 79*d353a188SXin Lithe License at 80*d353a188SXin Li 81*d353a188SXin Lihttp://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 82*d353a188SXin Li 83*d353a188SXin LiUnless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 84*d353a188SXin Lidistributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 85*d353a188SXin LiWARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 86*d353a188SXin LiLicense for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 87*d353a188SXin Lithe License. 88
