How can I add my application's shortcut to the homescreen upon app installation? [duplicate]

Question

I want to create my app's shortcut/launcher icon on the homescreen as soon as I install my app (even before I start it). Is that possible? How might I do that?

Answer 1

Since ICS, you can do like this:

public void createShortCut(){     Intent shortcutintent = new Intent("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");     shortcutintent.putExtra("duplicate", false);     shortcutintent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, getString(R.string.shortcutname));     Parcelable icon = Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(getApplicationContext(), R.drawable.icon);     shortcutintent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE, icon);     shortcutintent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, new Intent(getApplicationContext(), EnterActivity.class));     sendBroadcast(shortcutintent); } 

Please also refer to the source code of launcher at: this link

Edit : If somebody would miss reading comment so adding following line.

This requires "com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT" permission