How To Add App Launcher Icon To Homescreen On Android Oreo(8.0)?

I am making an android app on Android 8.0. I have read develop doc of shortcut changed before at Using Static Shortcuts but this doc has not method add launcher icon to home scre

Solution 1:

As mentioned on Android Developers

The com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT broadcast no longer has any effect on your app, because it is now a private, implicit broadcast. Instead, you should create an app shortcut by using the requestPinShortcut() method from the ShortcutManager class.

Check out this link Android 8.0 Behavior Changes

Solution 2:

As we all know from android version 8.0 many behaviour changes. Try the following code in oreo to create a shortcut icon automatically at the time of install the application.

 if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > Build.VERSION_CODES.N_MR1) {


            Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SplashActivity.class);
            shortcutIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
            shortcutIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
            shortcutIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);

            ShortcutInfoCompat shortcut = new ShortcutInfoCompat.Builder(getContext(), "shortcut")
                    .setShortLabel(getResources().getString(R.string.app_name))
                    .setIcon(IconCompat.createWithResource(getApplicationContext(), R.mipmap.ic_launcher))
                    .setIntent(shortcutIntent)
                    .build();
            ShortcutManagerCompat.requestPinShortcut(getApplicationContext(), shortcut, null);
        }