Application launcher icon is not deleted from Home screen when uninstalling android app

Question

I\'m using a similar codesnippet as shown below to add an application shortcut on the homescreen:

    Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
            


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem as well.

Finally, i've figured out that when creating application's shortcut, application's intent must contain the Intent.ACTION_MAIN action, otherwise the shortcut won't be removed from the home screen upon uninstalling the application (not the intent being used for installing the shortcut, which has the com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT action) .

Hope it helps.