capacitor-android-shortcuts

This plugin provides the feature to add dynamic and pinned shortcuts in Android apps. See more in the Android docs. Its possible to listen to a shortcut tap action with an event listener (see Usage).

Dynamic shortcut
Tap and hold on the app icon and you will see the dynamic shortcuts in the dropdown
=> Usage: Call the addDynamic method one time to add the array of dynamic shortcuts

Pinned shortcut
You can add a pinned shortcut programmatically inside your app, i.e. let a customer add a favorite of an article/product/... to the home screen
=> Usage: Call the addPinned method where the user wants to pin something. An alert will be shown to add the pinned shortcut to the home screen.

Supported platforms

Platform	Supported
Android	✔
iOS	✖
Web	✖

Install

npm install capacitor-android-shortcuts
npx cap sync android

Usage

import { AndroidShortcuts } from 'capacitor-android-shortcuts';

...

// Add dynamic shortcuts
AndroidShortcuts.isDynamicSupported().then(({ result }) => {
    if (result) {
        AndroidShortcuts.addDynamic({
            items: [
                {
                    id: "myfirstid",
                    shortLabel: "My first short label",
                    longLabel: "My first long label",
                    icon: {
                        type: "Bitmap",
                        name: "<base64-string>"
                    },
                    data: "I am a simple string",
                },
                {
                    id: "mysecondid",
                    shortLabel: "My first short label",
                    longLabel: "My first long label",
                    icon: {
                        type: "Resource",
                        name: "<vector-asset-name>"
                    },
                    data: JSON.stringify({
                        myProperty: "Pass a stringified JSON object",
                    }),
                },
            ],
        });
    }
});
...

// Add pinned shortcuts
AndroidShortcuts.isPinnedSupported().then(({ result }) => {
    if (result) {
        AndroidShortcuts.addPinned({
            id: "mypinnedid",
            shortLabel: "My pinned short label",
            longLabel: "My pinned long label",
            icon: {
                type: "Bitmap",
                name: "<base64-string>"
            },
            data: "I am a simple string",
        });
    }
});

// Triggered when app is launched by a shortcut
AndroidShortcuts.addListener('shortcut', (response: any) => {
  // response.data contains the content of the 'data' property of the created shortcut
});

See also Wiki: Icon examples

API

isDynamicSupported()

isDynamicSupported() => any

Checks if dynamic shortcuts are supported on the device

Returns: any

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isPinnedSupported()

isPinnedSupported() => any

Checks if pinned shortcuts are supported on the device

Returns: any

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addDynamic(...)

addDynamic(options: { items: ShortcutItem[]; }) => any

Created dynamic shortcuts

Param	Type	Description
options	{ items: {}; }	An items array with the options of each shortcut

Returns: any

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addPinned(...)

addPinned(options: ShortcutItem) => any

Created a pinned shortcut

Param	Type	Description
options	{ id: string; shortLabel: string; longLabel: string; icon?: { type: AvailableIconTypes; name: string; }; data: string; }	An option object for the pinned shortcut

Returns: any

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addListener(...)

addListener(eventName: 'shortcut', listenerFunc: MessageListener) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

Add a listener to a shortcut tap event

Param	Type
eventName	"shortcut"
listenerFunc	(response: { data: string; }) => void

Returns: any

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Interfaces

PluginListenerHandle

Prop	Type
remove	() => any