How to add more than one Homepage shortcut for android app with different functionality

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I am trying to build an Android Application which contains more than one functionality and I want these functionalities to be accesses with one click from home menu in Android. ex. First (shortcut-icon) sends predefined SMS on user click. Second icon sends predefined email . Third and forth etc ... What I know is: it can be achieved through Widgets. But I need it from icons not only widgets is there a way to avoid making multi apps.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 23 '16 at 20:33

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Create multiple Activities with unique functionality each. Then list them all in manifest like

<activity
    android:name="your.package.SmsActivity"
    android:label="Send SMS">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

and so on for each app's feature. You should end up with a single application having multiple "entry points".

answered Mar 23 '16 at 20:33

Andrew

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Will it add all the activities as icons on home screen ? – Yamen Nassif Mar 23 '16 at 20:34
It will add them to All Apps screen. User will be able to move them manually. – Andrew Mar 23 '16 at 20:35
btw: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6337431/android-create-shortcuts-on-the-home-screen – Andrew Mar 23 '16 at 21:06

How to add more than one Homepage shortcut for android app with different functionality

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