Shortcut Helper  

An android library to create the new Android 7.1 shortcuts easily.

Releases:

Current release: 1.0.3.

You can see all the library releases here.

Screenshots

Usage:

Adding the depencency

Add this to your root build.gradle file:

allprojects {

  repositories {

...

maven {
 url 'https://jitpack.io' 
}

  
}
 
}

Now add the dependency to your app build.gradle file:

compile 'com.github.marcoscgdev:shortcut-helper:1.0.3'

Creating the shortcuts

You can follow this snippet:

Intent webIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://github.com/marcoscgdev/shortcut-helper"));
 Intent activityIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, Uri.EMPTY, this, ShortcutActivity.class).setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
  ShortcutHelper.with(this)
  .createShortcut(

"Short Label",

"Long Label",

R.drawable.ic_shortcut_android,

webIntent)
  .createShortcut(

"Short Label 2",

"Long Label 2",

R.drawable.ic_shortcut_android,

activityIntent)
  .go();

Shortcut list:

List<Shortcut> shortcutList = new ArrayList<Shortcut>();
 shortcutList.add(new Shortcut("Short Label", "Long Label", R.drawable.ic_shortcut_android, activityIntent));
 ... ShortcutHelper.with(this)
  .createShortcutList(shortcutList)
  .go();

See the sample project to clarify any queries you may have.

License

Copyright 2017 Marcos Calvo García  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.