android.webkit.gears
Class DesktopAndroid

java.lang.Object
  android.webkit.gears.DesktopAndroid

public class DesktopAndroid
extends Object

Utility class to create a shortcut on Android

Constructor Summary

DesktopAndroid()

Method Summary

static void

setShortcut(WebView webview, String title, String url, String imagePath) Create a shortcut for a webpage.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DesktopAndroid

public DesktopAndroid()

Method Detail

setShortcut

public static void setShortcut(WebView webview,
                               String title,
                               String url,
                               String imagePath)

Create a shortcut for a webpage.

To set a shortcut on Android, we use the ACTION_INSTALL_SHORTCUT from the default Home application. We only have to create an Intent containing extra parameters specifying the shortcut.

Note: the shortcut mechanism is not system wide and depends on the Home application; if phone carriers decide to rewrite a Home application that does not accept this Intent, no shortcut will be added.

Parameters:

webview - the webview we are called from

title - the shortcut's title

url - the shortcut's url

imagePath - the local path of the shortcut's icon