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 think you can try putting this action in the second Intent: "com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT"

This works for me, the launcher icon gets installed on the home screen, and when I uninstall the application, the icon is removed. Have been struggling some time with this.

Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
shortcutIntent.setClassName(this, this.getClass().getName());

Intent intent = new Intent("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcutIntent);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, getString(R.string.app_name));
Parcelable iconResource = Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(
            this,  R.drawable.launcher_icon);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE, iconResource);
sendBroadcast(intent);

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

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.