icon selection for home screen shortcut

[kurtkaufman]

It appears that I am unable to select an icon for a home screen shortcut. When editing a flow, the dialog indicates "touch and hold to select icon", but this does not function, no selection of icons appears.

Samsung S26, One UI 8.5., Automate 1.53.0.

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

Automate doesn't show any dialog with "touch and hold to select icon".

If you mean the way to add an home screen shortcut, then it's usually, long-click a home screen, select Automate, select Flow start shortcut, then Automate will show a panel to let you pick a flow, and finally a panel to let you select an icon and label.

Does the Install home screen shortcut button in a Flow beginning block works?

[Kurt Kaufman]

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[Kurt Kaufman]

I see, it's just a question of English. "An icon" would suggest there's more than one available to choose from. But it really means "the icon shown below".

I will set up an automate flow as a home screen widget and see if I'm able to select an icon from there, thanks.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2026, 10:32 Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist <henrik.l...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

What happens when you click the "Add" button?

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

Agreed, that dialog is shown by the system, report it to Samsung.

[Kurt Kaufman]

The flow shortcut gets added to the home screen correctly in either case. It's just a question of choosing one of the other built-in icons that Automate offers, and, as you say, that can only be done when adding the flow from the home screen directly.

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[Grant M]

When you first press Install Home Screen Shortcut button, there should be a window that appears before the one you show. By tapping the icon I get a menu letting me select a different one. This works for me on both Samsung with Android 16/OneUI 8.5, and on my Oneplus with Android 16/OxygenOS 16.0.8, with the latest Automate version 1.53.1.

The same goes when I add a flow start widget. On my Samsung, I have Flow start shortcut and Flow start widget, both of which also let me select a custom icon from the same menu. On Oneplus, I only have Flow start widget, but it also lets me choose a custom icon.