react-native-app-shortcuts

Introduction

Library for creating Android App Shortcuts in React Native.

Google Official intro for App Shortcuts

If your app targets Android 7.1 (API level 25) or higher, you can define shortcuts to specific actions in your app. These shortcuts can be displayed in a supported launcher. Shortcuts let your users quickly start common or recommended tasks within your app.

Requirements

• Android SDK version >= 25
• React Native >= 0.40

Getting started

$ npm install react-native-app-shortcuts --save

Mostly automatic installation

$ react-native link react-native-app-shortcuts

Manual installation

Android

1. Open up android/app/src/main/java/[...]/MainActivity.java

• Add import com.rnas.RNAppShortcutsPackage; to the imports at the top of the file
• Add new RNAppShortcutsPackage() to the list returned by the getPackages() method

2. Append the following lines to android/settings.gradle:

   include ':react-native-app-shortcuts'
   project(':react-native-app-shortcuts').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, 	'../node_modules/react-native-app-shortcuts/android')
   

3. Insert the following lines inside the dependencies block in android/app/build.gradle:

     compile project(':react-native-app-shortcuts')
   

4. Make sure the android sdk version specify to >= 25 in android/app/build.gradle:

  android {
    compileSdkVersion 25
    buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.test"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 25
    }

Usage

Import the package

import RNAppShortcuts from 'react-native-app-shortcuts';

Add and update App Shortcut

Add App Shortcut

RNAppShortcuts.addShortcut({
  id: 'id1',
  shortLabel: 'sample',
  longLabel: 'sample label',
  iconFolderName: 'drawable',
  iconName: 'icon'
})

Update App Shortcut

RNAppShortcuts.updateShortcut({
  id: 'id1',
  shortLabel: 'updated',
  longLabel: 'updated label',
  iconFolderName: 'drawable',
  iconName: 'icon'
})

Options Meaning

Name	Type	Description
id	String	Id of the shortcut.
shortLabel	String	Short label for the shortcut.
longLabel	String	Long label for the shortcut.
iconFolderName	String	Folder name of the shortcut's icon. For example, if the icon is in ./android/app/src/res/drawable folder of your prject, you should use 'drawable' here.
iconName	String	Name of the icon, without extension name.

Remove App ShortCut

Remove specify shortcut

You can remove a shortcut just by passing the id into RNAppShortcuts.removeShortcut.

RNAppShortcuts.removeShortCut('id')

Remove all shortcuts

RNAppShortcuts.removeAllShortCuts()

Check the existence of the Shortcut

Set the id of the parameter of RNAppShortcuts.exists.

RNAppShortcuts.exists('id').then(function() {
  // Exists
}).catch(function(err) {
  // Not exists
})

Handle App Shortcut

RNAppShortcuts.handleShortcut will trigger after you click the shortcut. And you will get the id of the shortcut here.

RNAppShortcuts.handleShortcut(function(id) {
  // Do anything you want. Just like navigate to specify page by the id and so on.
})