Shortcut files show blank

[Soni Kumari]

Why shortcuts app.CreateShortcut() doesn't work for html file? 

It is work on ide but when i build my apk it will show blank after creating shortcuts when i open the shortcuts 

Any way to fix it please?

Thanks regards 

Soni!

[Dave]

You are probably using an invalid icon file path.  Icon paths should be relative to your code folder.

Show us a snippet of your code and we might be able to spot the issue for you.

[Soni Kumari]

function OnStart()

{

   

    app.CreateShortcut( "Demgvo", "Img/App Demo.png","j.html" );

    app.ShowPopup( "Add Shortcut" );

    

    

}

And j.html is also added in file 

[Dave]

APKs are case sensitive, make sure you are using the correct case for the png file name.

Also, you could try replacing the space with an underscore as it's possible Android does not like spaces in shortcut icon paths.

[Soni Kumari]

Thanks dave! 

But still it is not not working after apk build 

It is work on ide but not own apk 

Is the any demo code as spk?

[Dave]

Did you try removing the space from the png file so it's just "AppDemo.png" ?

[Dave]

Also, you might need to put _AddPermissions( "Shortcut" ) in your main html file if you are adding the shortcut from a file in a sub-folder of the project

[Soni Kumari]

I did everything but i don't know why it isn't working 😔 

[Dave]

I think some phone models have a special permission setting "Allow Shortcut Creation" or similar and need manual approval.  Check in your settings.

What device do you have and what version of Android is it?

[Soni Kumari]

IQOO z10x 

Android 16

If you can share spk i would really appreciate, it might be, I'm making mistakes 

[Dave]

I think this issue might be fixed in 2.80

Just to clarify - did the shortcut get created and the shortcut icon look ok? 

Was the black screen showing only after clicking the shortcut?

[Alan Hendry]

HI,

Droidscript.js has

else if( item==T("CreateShortcut") )
{
var file = appPath+"/"+curProgram+"/"+curProgram+".js";
var iconFile = appPath+"/"+curProgram+"/Img/"+curProgram+".png";
if( !app.FileExists( iconFile ) ) iconFile = "/assets/Img/Icon.png";

Which implies the icon should be one of those two paths

And

if( src.indexOf("app.CreateShortcut") > -1 ) AddPermission("Shortcut");

So it might be worth trying _AddPermission

On Android 15 it adds the shortcut, 

and touching the icon on Android Home works

Regards, ah

function OnStart() {
lay = app.CreateLayout( "Linear", "VCenter,FillXY" )
txt = app.AddText(lay,"app.GetNavBarHeight() "+app.GetNavBarHeight())
txt = app.AddText(lay,"app.HasSoftNav() "+app.HasSoftNav())
txt = app.AddText(lay,"app.IsNavBarOnRight() " +app.IsNavBarOnRight())
// txt = app.AddText(lay,"app.HasNavBar() ",app.HasNavBar())
app.AddLayout( lay )
  var file = app.GetAppPath() + "/" + app.GetAppName() + ".js";
  app.CreateShortcut( "Demo", "/Sys/Img/Icon.png", file );
}

[Alan Hendry]

P.S. It all works under DS,

but built as APK, it adds the shortcut,

but touching it shows me the icon (large).

In my case file resolves as

/sdcard/DroidScript/atest/atest.js

Regards, ah

[Soni Kumari]

Yes the shortcuts was created successfully and icon as well, but when click on it it shows blank screen and sometimes crashed 

[Alan Hendry]

Hmm,

APK is installed correctly in list of all apps as atest

Running it resolves file as 

/android_asset/user/atest.js

It adds a shortcut to the home page with the icon and name demo

But running it just shows the icon (large)

So I think the question is "what should file be"?

Regards, ah

[Dave]

Try this latest release - https://droidscript.org/download/v2.80/