Android - Create & Run Shortcuts

Question

This is really two questions. 1. I would like to launch a menu for you to create a shortcut much like how the code below launchers a menu which you can create a shortcut in the normal way ``` Intent pickIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CREATE_SHORTCUT); startActivityForResult(pickIntent, 5); ``` Only thing is when I use the code above and I check the data, it doesn't seem to contain data. I'm not sure if I needed the following permissions but I have put it in my manifest anyway: ``` <uses-permission> android:name="com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT" /> ``` I want to save the data used to run a shortcut in a file so I can run the shortcut from my app . 2. How would I run a shortcut code, is it basically like running a intent with extra flags, etc I have seen a app that can do what I have just said and I have managed to look in one of the files it saved on my SD Card: The following is an example of what I found: ``` Intent;action=com.sonyericsson.android.camera.action.FRO…

Accepted Answer

After searching a lot I found what I was looking for:

http://www.jp-z.jp/changelog/2011-07-12-1.html - Will show you how to launch shortcuts to get there Intents

Once you have the intent you can do the following:

Covert to string:

```
String uri = intent.toURI().ToString()
```

Save this where ever you wish, file, sqlite, etc

To get it back and run the intent then do

```
try {
startActivity(Intent.getIntent(uri));
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
```

Found how to do here: Any workaround to save an Intent in settings?

So what the following looked like

```
Intent;action=com.sonyericsson.android.camera.action.FRONT_STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA;
component=com.sonyericsson.android.camera/.CameraActivity;
S.com.sonyericsson.camera.intent.extra.CAPTURING_MODE=front_normal;
end{[SName}]Front camera
```

should of looked like this when being run:

```
try {startActivity(Intent.getIntent("#Intent;action=com.sonyericsson.android.camera.action.FRONT_STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA;component=com.sonyericsson.android.camera/.CameraActivity;S.com.sonyericsson.camera.intent.extra.CAPTURING_MODE=front_normal;end"));
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
```

Android - Create & Run Shortcuts

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