Library for creating Android App Shortcuts in React Native.

Google Official intro for App Shortcuts

If your app targets Android 7.1 (API level 25) or higher, you can define shortcuts to specific actions in your app. These shortcuts can be displayed in a supported launcher. Shortcuts let your users quickly start common or recommended tasks within your app.

• Android SDK version >= 25
• React Native >= 0.40

$ npm install react-native-app-shortcuts --save

$ react-native link react-native-app-shortcuts

1. Open up android/app/src/main/java/[...]/MainActivity.java

• Add import com.rnas.RNAppShortcutsPackage; to the imports at the top of the file
• Add new RNAppShortcutsPackage() to the list returned by the getPackages() method

2. Append the following lines to android/settings.gradle:

   include ':react-native-app-shortcuts'
   project(':react-native-app-shortcuts').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, 	'../node_modules/react-native-app-shortcuts/android')
   

3. Insert the following lines inside the dependencies block in android/app/build.gradle:

     compile project(':react-native-app-shortcuts')
   

4. Make sure the android sdk version specify to >= 25 in android/app/build.gradle:

  android {
    compileSdkVersion 25
    buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.test"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 25
    }

Import the package

import RNAppShortcuts from 'react-native-app-shortcuts';

Add App Shortcut

RNAppShortcuts.addShortcut({
  id: 'id1',
  shortLabel: 'sample',
  longLabel: 'sample label',
  iconFolderName: 'drawable',
  iconName: 'icon'
})

Update App Shortcut

RNAppShortcuts.updateShortcut({
  id: 'id1',
  shortLabel: 'updated',
  longLabel: 'updated label',
  iconFolderName: 'drawable',
  iconName: 'icon'
})

Options Meaning

Remove specify shortcut

You can remove a shortcut just by passing the id into RNAppShortcuts.removeShortcut.

RNAppShortcuts.removeShortCut('id')

Remove all shortcuts

RNAppShortcuts.removeAllShortCuts()

Set the id of the parameter of RNAppShortcuts.exists.

RNAppShortcuts.exists('id').then(function() {
  // Exists
}).catch(function(err) {
  // Not exists
})

RNAppShortcuts.handleShortcut will trigger after you click the shortcut. And you will get the id of the shortcut here.

RNAppShortcuts.handleShortcut(function(id) {
  // Do anything you want. Just like navigate to specify page by the id and so on.
})