# Android App Shortcuts

DevFeed: [Android App Shortcuts](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/android-app-shortcuts-25674.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.sanskar10100.dev/android-app-shortcuts>)

Author: Sanskar Agrawal

Published: 2021-12-11T09:31:59Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Sanskar's Stuff](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/sanskar-s-stuff.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-app-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-app-development.md>), [android-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-studio.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [mobile-apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile-apps.md>), [phones](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phones.md>), [shortcuts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shortcuts.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on adding static launcher shortcuts to Android apps using shortcuts.xml. It explains how these shortcuts expose app destinations or features from the launcher, covers compatibility with lower minSdkVersion values, and discusses intents, activities, and fragment-centric architectures.

## Source excerpt

Most popular apps on Android phones have launcher shortcuts; app-specific destinations or features that appear when you long tap their icon in the launcher. Users can even drag the shortcuts outside to your home screen as demoed below: This has bee...