App Shortcuts not working on 7.0

[murthy-desala]

Hi

I have integrated app shortcut(static) in my application and works fine in 7.1 versions of android, but when I look the same in 7 version of android its not working. This is happening only when I check with Rootless pixel launcher. If i check with nova launcher then shorcuts are working in both 7 and 7.1 versions. Can you please let me know whether I have to add any other things to make the shorcut visible for 7.0 versions when I use rootless pixel launcher?

Regards Murthy

[nattaylor]

@murthy-desala did you ever get anywhere on this? I want it too! I've noticed app shortcuts don't work for many apps.

I found the commit where he backported them: https://github.com/amirzaidi/Launcher3/commit/7acd65e7088ee8b076bce653f9bf25a719e66039

It looks like it involves some hateful XML parsing, which might be error prone (though I am just guessing!)

@amirzaidi is it worth trying to troubleshoot this or do you think it is more of a fundamental incompatibility? Where would I start?

Here's what I found on my 7.0 for the Google apps.

Has Dynamic Shortcuts:

• Phone (New Contact)
• Drive (Search)
• Fit (Add Weight, Add Activity)
• Keep (New Note + more)
• Calendar (New Event, New Reminder)
• Music (My Library, I'm feeling lucky, recent)

*Note: some are missing; e.g. I think Phone is supposed to also display shortcuts for frequently contacted

No Dynamic Shortcuts:

• GMail (Compose, etc)
• Maps (Work, Home)
• Messages (New Conversation, Frequents)
• Chrome (New Tab)
• Photos (I'm Feeling Lucky)
• Youtube Music (Search)
• Youtube
• Contacts
• Search