docs: Updated ShortcutManager and ShortcutInfo class references. am: 68d699d100 am: 38138600d2
am: cc93c4d247
Change-Id: Idc65cf4ce396728840a81893b2e078af6152cddc
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/ShortcutInfo.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/ShortcutInfo.java
index ed0ac53..a854b89 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/ShortcutInfo.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/ShortcutInfo.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
import java.util.Set;
/**
- * Represents a "launcher shortcut" that can be published via {@link ShortcutManager}.
+ * Represents a shortcut that can be published via {@link ShortcutManager}.
*
* @see ShortcutManager
*/
@@ -776,17 +776,17 @@
* activity is published using
* {@link ShortcutManager#addDynamicShortcuts(List)} or
* {@link ShortcutManager#setDynamicShortcuts(List)},
- * the first main activity defined in the application's <code>AndroidManifest.xml</code>
+ * the first main activity defined in the app's <code>AndroidManifest.xml</code>
* file is used.
*
* <li>Only "main" activities—ones that define the {@link Intent#ACTION_MAIN}
* and {@link Intent#CATEGORY_LAUNCHER} intent filters—can be target
* activities.
*
- * <li>By default, the first main activity defined in the application manifest is
+ * <li>By default, the first main activity defined in the app's manifest is
* the target activity.
*
- * <li>A target activity must belong to the publisher application.
+ * <li>A target activity must belong to the publisher app.
* </ul>
*
* @see ShortcutInfo#getActivity()
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
*
* <p>Icons are not available on {@link ShortcutInfo} instances
* returned by {@link ShortcutManager} or {@link LauncherApps}. The default launcher
- * application can use {@link LauncherApps#getShortcutIconDrawable(ShortcutInfo, int)}
+ * app can use {@link LauncherApps#getShortcutIconDrawable(ShortcutInfo, int)}
* or {@link LauncherApps#getShortcutBadgedIconDrawable(ShortcutInfo, int)} to fetch
* shortcut icons.
*
@@ -933,8 +933,8 @@
}
/**
- * Sets categories for a shortcut. Launcher applications may use this information to
- * categorise shortcuts.
+ * Sets categories for a shortcut. Launcher apps may use this information to
+ * categorize shortcuts.
*
* @see #SHORTCUT_CATEGORY_CONVERSATION
* @see ShortcutInfo#getCategories()
@@ -953,9 +953,9 @@
* {@link ShortcutManager#addDynamicShortcuts(List)} or
* {@link ShortcutManager#setDynamicShortcuts(List)}.
*
- * <p>A shortcut can launch any intent that the publisher application has permission to
+ * <p>A shortcut can launch any intent that the publisher app has permission to
* launch. For example, a shortcut can launch an unexported activity within the publisher
- * application. A shortcut intent doesn't have to point at the target activity.
+ * app. A shortcut intent doesn't have to point at the target activity.
*
* <p>The given {@code intent} can contain extras, but these extras must contain values
* of primitive types in order for the system to persist these values.
@@ -970,7 +970,9 @@
/**
* Sets multiple intents instead of a single intent, in order to launch an activity with
- * other activities in back stack. Use {@link TaskStackBuilder} to build intents.
+ * other activities in back stack. Use {@link TaskStackBuilder} to build intents. The
+ * last element in the list represents the only intent that doesn't place an activity on
+ * the back stack.
* See the {@link ShortcutManager} javadoc for details.
*
* @see Builder#setIntent(Intent)
@@ -1006,9 +1008,9 @@
}
/**
- * Extras that application can set for any purpose.
+ * Extras that the app can set for any purpose.
*
- * <p>Applications can store arbitrary shortcut metadata in extras and retrieve the
+ * <p>Apps can store arbitrary shortcut metadata in extras and retrieve the
* metadata later using {@link ShortcutInfo#getExtras()}.
*/
@NonNull
@@ -1029,7 +1031,7 @@
/**
* Returns the ID of a shortcut.
*
- * <p>Shortcut IDs are unique within each publisher application and must be stable across
+ * <p>Shortcut IDs are unique within each publisher app and must be stable across
* devices so that shortcuts will still be valid when restored on a different device.
* See {@link ShortcutManager} for details.
*/
@@ -1039,7 +1041,7 @@
}
/**
- * Return the package name of the publisher application.
+ * Return the package name of the publisher app.
*/
@NonNull
public String getPackage() {
@@ -1050,7 +1052,7 @@
* Return the target activity.
*
* <p>This has nothing to do with the activity that this shortcut will launch.
- * Launcher applications should show the launcher icon for the returned activity alongside
+ * Launcher apps should show the launcher icon for the returned activity alongside
* this shortcut.
*
* @see Builder#setActivity
@@ -1102,7 +1104,7 @@
}
/**
- * Return the shorter description of a shortcut.
+ * Return the short description of a shortcut.
*
* @see Builder#setShortLabel(CharSequence)
*/
@@ -1117,7 +1119,7 @@
}
/**
- * Return the longer description of a shortcut.
+ * Return the long description of a shortcut.
*
* @see Builder#setLongLabel(CharSequence)
*/
@@ -1161,7 +1163,7 @@
* Returns the intent that is executed when the user selects this shortcut.
* If setIntents() was used, then return the last intent in the array.
*
- * <p>Launcher applications <b>cannot</b> see the intent. If a {@link ShortcutInfo} is
+ * <p>Launcher apps <b>cannot</b> see the intent. If a {@link ShortcutInfo} is
* obtained via {@link LauncherApps}, then this method will always return null.
* Launchers can only start a shortcut intent with {@link LauncherApps#startShortcut}.
*
@@ -1180,7 +1182,7 @@
/**
* Return the intent set with {@link Builder#setIntents(Intent[])}.
*
- * <p>Launcher applications <b>cannot</b> see the intents. If a {@link ShortcutInfo} is
+ * <p>Launcher apps <b>cannot</b> see the intents. If a {@link ShortcutInfo} is
* obtained via {@link LauncherApps}, then this method will always return null.
* Launchers can only start a shortcut intent with {@link LauncherApps#startShortcut}.
*
@@ -1219,15 +1221,15 @@
/**
* "Rank" of a shortcut, which is a non-negative, sequential value that's unique for each
- * {@link #getActivity} for each of the two kinds, dynamic shortcuts and manifest shortcuts.
+ * {@link #getActivity} for each of the two types of shortcuts (static and dynamic).
*
- * <p>Because manifest shortcuts and dynamic shortcuts have overlapping ranks,
- * when a launcher application shows shortcuts for an activity, it should first show
- * the manifest shortcuts followed by the dynamic shortcuts. Within each of those categories,
+ * <p>Because static shortcuts and dynamic shortcuts have overlapping ranks,
+ * when a launcher app shows shortcuts for an activity, it should first show
+ * the static shortcuts, followed by the dynamic shortcuts. Within each of those categories,
* shortcuts should be sorted by rank in ascending order.
*
- * <p>"Floating" shortcuts (i.e. shortcuts that are neither dynamic nor manifest) will all
- * have rank 0, because there's no sorting for them.
+ * <p><em>Floating shortcuts</em>, or shortcuts that are neither static nor dynamic, will all
+ * have rank 0, because they aren't sorted.
*
* See the {@link ShortcutManager}'s class javadoc for details.
*
@@ -1274,7 +1276,7 @@
}
/**
- * Extras that application can set to any purposes.
+ * Extras that the app can set for any purpose.
*
* @see Builder#setExtras(PersistableBundle)
*/
@@ -1339,12 +1341,13 @@
}
/**
- * Return whether a shortcut is published from AndroidManifest.xml or not. If {@code true},
- * it's also {@link #isImmutable()}.
+ * Return whether a shortcut is static; that is, whether a shortcut is
+ * published from AndroidManifest.xml. If {@code true}, the shortcut is
+ * also {@link #isImmutable()}.
*
* <p>When an app is upgraded and a shortcut is no longer published from AndroidManifest.xml,
- * this will be set to {@code false}. If the shortcut is not pinned, then it'll just disappear.
- * However, if it's pinned, it will still be alive, and {@link #isEnabled()} will be
+ * this will be set to {@code false}. If the shortcut is not pinned, then it'll disappear.
+ * However, if it's pinned, it will still be visible, {@link #isEnabled()} will be
* {@code false} and {@link #isImmutable()} will be {@code true}.
*/
public boolean isDeclaredInManifest() {
@@ -1358,7 +1361,7 @@
}
/**
- * @return true if pinned but neither dynamic nor manifest.
+ * @return true if pinned but neither static nor dynamic.
* @hide
*/
public boolean isFloating() {
@@ -1374,9 +1377,10 @@
* Return if a shortcut is immutable, in which case it cannot be modified with any of
* {@link ShortcutManager} APIs.
*
- * <p>All manifest shortcuts are immutable. When a manifest shortcut is pinned and then
- * disabled because the app is upgraded and its AndroidManifest.xml no longer publishes it,
- * {@link #isDeclaredInManifest()} returns {@code false}, but it is still immutable.
+ * <p>All static shortcuts are immutable. When a static shortcut is pinned and is then
+ * disabled because it doesn't appear in AndroidManifest.xml for a newer version of the
+ * app, {@link #isDeclaredInManifest()} returns {@code false}, but the shortcut
+ * is still immutable.
*
* <p>All shortcuts originally published via the {@link ShortcutManager} APIs
* are all mutable.
@@ -1561,7 +1565,7 @@
}
/**
- * Replaces the intent
+ * Replaces the intent.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException when extra is not compatible with {@link PersistableBundle}.
*
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/ShortcutManager.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/ShortcutManager.java
index 96ad67c..a93870e 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/ShortcutManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/ShortcutManager.java
@@ -31,87 +31,90 @@
import java.util.List;
/**
- * The ShortcutManager manages "launcher shortcuts" (or simply "shortcuts"). Shortcuts provide
- * users
- * with quick access to activities other than an application's main activity in the currently-active
+ * The ShortcutManager manages an app's <em>shortcuts</em>. Shortcuts provide users
+ * with quick access to activities other than an app's main activity in the currently-active
* launcher. For example,
- * an email application may publish the "compose new email" action, which will directly open the
+ * an email app may publish the "compose new email" action, which will directly open the
* compose activity. The {@link ShortcutInfo} class contains information about each of the
* shortcuts themselves.
*
- * <h3>Dynamic Shortcuts and Manifest Shortcuts</h3>
+ * <h3>Static Shortcuts and Dynamic Shortcuts</h3>
*
- * There are two ways to publish shortcuts: manifest shortcuts and dynamic shortcuts.
+ * <p>
+ * There are two ways to publish shortcuts: static shortcuts and dynamic shortcuts.
*
* <ul>
- * <li>Manifest shortcuts are declared in a resource
- * XML, which is referenced in the publisher application's <code>AndroidManifest.xml</code> file.
- * Manifest shortcuts are published when an application is installed,
- * and the details of these shortcuts change when an application is upgraded with an updated XML
+ * <li>Static shortcuts are declared in a resource
+ * XML file, which is referenced in the publisher app's <code>AndroidManifest.xml</code> file.
+ * Static shortcuts are published when an app is installed,
+ * and the details of these shortcuts change when an app is upgraded with an updated XML
* file.
- * Manifest shortcuts are immutable, and their
+ * Static shortcuts are immutable, and their
* definitions, such as icons and labels, cannot be changed dynamically without upgrading the
- * publisher application.
+ * publisher app.
*
- * <li>Dynamic shortcuts are published at runtime using the {@link ShortcutManager} APIs.
- * Applications can publish, update, and remove dynamic shortcuts at runtime.
+ * <li>Dynamic shortcuts are published at runtime using this class's APIs.
+ * Apps can publish, update, and remove dynamic shortcuts at runtime.
* </ul>
*
- * <p>Only "main" activities—activities that handle the {@code MAIN} action and the
+ * <p>Only main activities—activities that handle the {@code MAIN} action and the
* {@code LAUNCHER} category—can have shortcuts.
- * If an application has multiple main activities, these activities will have different sets
+ * If an app has multiple main activities, these activities have different sets
* of shortcuts.
*
- * <p>Dynamic shortcuts and manifest shortcuts are shown in the currently active launcher when
- * the user long-presses on an application launcher icon. The actual gesture may be different
- * depending on the launcher application.
+ * <p>Static shortcuts and dynamic shortcuts are shown in the currently active launcher when
+ * the user long-presses on an app's launcher icon.
+ *
+ * <p class="note"><strong>Note: </strong>The actual gesture may be different
+ * depending on the launcher app.
*
* <p>Each launcher icon can have at most {@link #getMaxShortcutCountPerActivity()} number of
- * dynamic and manifest shortcuts combined.
+ * static and dynamic shortcuts combined.
*
*
* <h3>Pinning Shortcuts</h3>
*
- * Launcher applications allow users to "pin" shortcuts so they're easier to access. Both manifest
+ * <p>
+ * Launcher apps allow users to <em>pin</em> shortcuts so they're easier to access. Both static
* and dynamic shortcuts can be pinned.
* Pinned shortcuts <b>cannot</b> be removed by publisher
- * applications; they're removed only when the user removes them,
- * when the publisher application is uninstalled, or when the
- * user performs the "clear data" action on the publisher application from the device's Settings
- * application.
+ * apps; they're removed only when the user removes them,
+ * when the publisher app is uninstalled, or when the
+ * user performs the <strong>clear data</strong> action on the publisher app from the device's Settings
+ * app.
*
- * <p>However, the publisher application can <em>disable</em> pinned shortcuts so they cannot be
+ * <p>However, the publisher app can <em>disable</em> pinned shortcuts so they cannot be
* started. See the following sections for details.
*
*
* <h3>Updating and Disabling Shortcuts</h3>
*
* <p>When a dynamic shortcut is pinned, even when the publisher removes it as a dynamic shortcut,
- * the pinned shortcut will still be visible and launchable. This allows an application to have
+ * the pinned shortcut will still be visible and launchable. This allows an app to have
* more than {@link #getMaxShortcutCountPerActivity()} number of shortcuts.
*
* <p>For example, suppose {@link #getMaxShortcutCountPerActivity()} is 5:
- * <ul>
- * <li>A chat application publishes 5 dynamic shortcuts for the 5 most recent
- * conversations, "c1" - "c5".
+ * <ol>
+ * <li>A chat app publishes 5 dynamic shortcuts for the 5 most recent
+ * conversations (c1, c2, ..., c5).
*
* <li>The user pins all 5 of the shortcuts.
*
- * <li>Later, the user has started 3 additional conversations ("c6", "c7", and "c8"),
- * so the publisher application
+ * <li>Later, the user has started 3 additional conversations (c6, c7, and c8),
+ * so the publisher app
* re-publishes its dynamic shortcuts. The new dynamic shortcut list is:
- * "c4", "c5", "c6", "c7", and "c8".
- * The publisher application has to remove "c1", "c2", and "c3" because it can't have more than
+ * c4, c5, ..., c8.
+ * The publisher app has to remove c1, c2, and c3 because it can't have more than
* 5 dynamic shortcuts.
*
- * <li>However, even though "c1", "c2" and "c3" are no longer dynamic shortcuts, the pinned
+ * <li>However, even though c1, c2, and c3 are no longer dynamic shortcuts, the pinned
* shortcuts for these conversations are still available and launchable.
*
* <li>At this point, the user can access a total of 8 shortcuts that link to activities in
- * the publisher application, including the 3 pinned
- * shortcuts, even though it's allowed to have at most 5 dynamic shortcuts.
+ * the publisher app, including the 3 pinned
+ * shortcuts, even though an app can have at most 5 dynamic shortcuts.
*
- * <li>The application can use {@link #updateShortcuts(List)} to update any of the existing
+ * <li>The app can use {@link #updateShortcuts(List)} to update <em>any</em> of the existing
* 8 shortcuts, when, for example, the chat peers' icons have changed.
* </ul>
* The {@link #addDynamicShortcuts(List)} and {@link #setDynamicShortcuts(List)} methods
@@ -121,104 +124,108 @@
* lists of shortcuts to dynamic shortcuts.
*
*
- * <h4>Disabling Manifest Shortcuts</h4>
- * When an application is upgraded and the new version
- * no longer uses a manifest shortcut that appeared in the previous version, this deprecated
- * shortcut will no longer be published as a manifest shortcut.
+ * <h4>Disabling Static Shortcuts</h4>
+ * When an app is upgraded and the new version
+ * no longer uses a static shortcut that appeared in the previous version, this deprecated
+ * shortcut will no longer be published as a static shortcut.
*
* <p>If the deprecated shortcut is pinned, then the pinned shortcut will remain on the launcher,
* but it will be disabled automatically.
- * Note that, in this case, the pinned shortcut is no longer a manifest shortcut, but it's
- * still <b>immutable</b> and cannot be updated using the {@link ShortcutManager} APIs.
+ * Note that, in this case, the pinned shortcut is no longer a static shortcut, but it's
+ * still <b>immutable</b>. Therefore, it cannot be updated using this class's APIs.
*
*
* <h4>Disabling Dynamic Shortcuts</h4>
* Sometimes pinned shortcuts become obsolete and may not be usable. For example, a pinned shortcut
- * to a group chat will be unusable when the associated group chat is deleted. In cases like this,
- * applications should use {@link #disableShortcuts(List)}, which will remove the specified dynamic
- * shortcuts and also make any specified pinned shortcuts un-launchable.
+ * to a group chat becomes unusable when the associated group chat is deleted. In cases like this,
+ * apps should use {@link #disableShortcuts(List)}, which removes the specified dynamic
+ * shortcuts and also makes any specified pinned shortcuts un-launchable.
* The {@link #disableShortcuts(List, CharSequence)} method can also be used to disabled shortcuts
* and show users a custom error message when they attempt to launch the disabled shortcuts.
*
*
- * <h3>Publishing Manifest Shortcuts</h3>
+ * <h3>Publishing Static Shortcuts</h3>
*
- * In order to add manifest shortcuts to your application, first add
+ * <p>
+ * In order to add static shortcuts to your app, first add
* {@code <meta-data android:name="android.app.shortcuts" />} to your main activity in
* AndroidManifest.xml:
* <pre>
- * <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
- * package="com.example.myapplication">
- * <application . . .>
- * <activity android:name="Main">
- * <intent-filter>
- * <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
- * <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
- * </intent-filter>
- * <b><meta-data android:name="android.app.shortcuts" android:resource="@xml/shortcuts"/></b>
- * </activity>
- * </application>
- * </manifest>
+ *<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+ * package="com.example.myapplication">
+ * <application ... >
+ * <activity android:name="Main">
+ * <intent-filter>
+ * <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+ * <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
+ * </intent-filter>
+ * <strong><meta-data android:name="android.app.shortcuts"
+ * android:resource="@xml/shortcuts" /></strong>
+ * </activity>
+ * </application>
+ *</manifest>
* </pre>
*
- * Then, define your application's manifest shortcuts in the <code>res/xml/shortcuts.xml</code>
+ * Then, define your app's static shortcuts in the <code>res/xml/shortcuts.xml</code>
* file:
* <pre>
- * <shortcuts xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
- * <shortcut
- * android:shortcutId="compose"
- * android:enabled="true"
- * android:icon="@drawable/compose_icon"
- * android:shortcutShortLabel="@string/compose_shortcut_short_label1"
- * android:shortcutLongLabel="@string/compose_shortcut_long_label1"
- * android:shortcutDisabledMessage="@string/compose_disabled_message1"
- * >
- * <intent
- * android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
- * android:targetPackage="com.example.myapplication"
- * android:targetClass="com.example.myapplication.ComposeActivity" />
- * <!-- more intents can go here; see below -->
- * <categories android:name="android.shortcut.conversation" />
- * </shortcut>
- * <!-- more shortcuts can go here -->
- * </shortcuts>
+ *<shortcuts xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+ * <shortcut
+ * android:shortcutId="compose"
+ * android:enabled="true"
+ * android:icon="@drawable/compose_icon"
+ * android:shortcutShortLabel="@string/compose_shortcut_short_label1"
+ * android:shortcutLongLabel="@string/compose_shortcut_long_label1"
+ * android:shortcutDisabledMessage="@string/compose_disabled_message1">
+ * <intent
+ * android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
+ * android:targetPackage="com.example.myapplication"
+ * android:targetClass="com.example.myapplication.ComposeActivity" />
+ * <!-- If your shortcut is associated with multiple intents, include them
+ * here. The last intent in the list is what the user sees when they
+ * launch this shortcut. -->
+ * <categories android:name="android.shortcut.conversation" />
+ * </shortcut>
+ * <!-- Specify more shortcuts here. -->
+ *</shortcuts>
* </pre>
*
- * The following list includes descriptions for the different attributes within a manifest shortcut:
+ * The following list includes descriptions for the different attributes within a static shortcut:
* <dl>
- * <dt>android:shortcutId</dt>
+ * <dt>{@code android:shortcutId}</dt>
* <dd>Mandatory shortcut ID</dd>
*
- * <dt>android:enabled</dt>
+ * <dt>{@code android:enabled}</dt>
* <dd>Default is {@code true}. Can be set to {@code false} in order
- * to disable a manifest shortcut that was published in a previous version and and set a custom
- * disabled message. If a custom disabled message is not needed, then a manifest shortcut can
+ * to disable a static shortcut that was published in a previous version and set a custom
+ * disabled message. If a custom disabled message is not needed, then a static shortcut can
* be simply removed from the XML file rather than keeping it with {@code enabled="false"}.</dd>
*
- * <dt>android:icon</dt>
+ * <dt>{@code android:icon}</dt>
* <dd>Shortcut icon.</dd>
*
- * <dt>android:shortcutShortLabel</dt>
+ * <dt>{@code android:shortcutShortLabel}</dt>
* <dd>Mandatory shortcut short label.
* See {@link ShortcutInfo.Builder#setShortLabel(CharSequence)}.</dd>
*
- * <dt>android:shortcutLongLabel</dt>
+ * <dt>{@code android:shortcutLongLabel}</dt>
* <dd>Shortcut long label.
* See {@link ShortcutInfo.Builder#setLongLabel(CharSequence)}.</dd>
*
- * <dt>android:shortcutDisabledMessage</dt>
+ * <dt>{@code android:shortcutDisabledMessage}</dt>
* <dd>When {@code android:enabled} is set to
* {@code false}, this attribute is used to display a custom disabled message.</dd>
*
- * <dt>intent</dt>
+ * <dt>{@code intent}</dt>
* <dd>Intent to launch when the user selects the shortcut.
* {@code android:action} is mandatory.
* See <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/ui/settings.html#Intents">Using intents</a> for the
* other supported tags.
- * You can provide multiple intents for a single shortcut so that an activity is launched
- * with other activities in the back stack. See {@link android.app.TaskStackBuilder} for details.
+ * You can provide multiple intents for a single shortcut so that the last defined activity is launched
+ * with the other activities in the <a href="/guide/components/tasks-and-back-stack.html">back stack</a>.
+ * See {@link android.app.TaskStackBuilder} for details.
* </dd>
- * <dt>categories</dt>
+ * <dt>{@code categories}</dt>
* <dd>Specify shortcut categories. Currently only
* {@link ShortcutInfo#SHORTCUT_CATEGORY_CONVERSATION} is defined in the framework.
* </dd>
@@ -226,64 +233,68 @@
*
* <h3>Publishing Dynamic Shortcuts</h3>
*
- * Applications can publish dynamic shortcuts with {@link #setDynamicShortcuts(List)}
+ * <p>
+ * Apps can publish dynamic shortcuts with {@link #setDynamicShortcuts(List)}
* or {@link #addDynamicShortcuts(List)}. The {@link #updateShortcuts(List)} method can also be
* used to update existing, mutable shortcuts.
* Use {@link #removeDynamicShortcuts(List)} or {@link #removeAllDynamicShortcuts()} to remove
* dynamic shortcuts.
*
- * <p>Example:
+ * <p>The following code snippet shows how to create a single dynamic shortcut:
* <pre>
- * ShortcutManager shortcutManager = getSystemService(ShortcutManager.class);
+ *ShortcutManager shortcutManager = getSystemService(ShortcutManager.class);
*
- * ShortcutInfo shortcut = new ShortcutInfo.Builder(this, "id1")
- * .setIntent(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://www.mysite.com/")))
- * .setShortLabel("Web site")
- * .setLongLabel("Open the web site")
- * .setIcon(Icon.createWithResource(context, R.drawable.icon_website))
- * .build();
+ *ShortcutInfo shortcut = new ShortcutInfo.Builder(this, "id1")
+ * .setShortLabel("Web site")
+ * .setLongLabel("Open the web site")
+ * .setIcon(Icon.createWithResource(context, R.drawable.icon_website))
+ * .setIntent(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
+ * Uri.parse("https://www.mysite.example.com/")))
+ * .build();
*
- * shortcutManager.setDynamicShortcuts(Arrays.asList(shortcut));
+ *shortcutManager.setDynamicShortcuts(Arrays.asList(shortcut));
* </pre>
*
*
* <h3>Shortcut Intents</h3>
+ * <p>
* Dynamic shortcuts can be published with any set of {@link Intent#addFlags Intent} flags.
* Typically, {@link Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK} is specified, possibly along with other
- * flags; otherwise, if the application is already running, the application is simply brought to
+ * flags; otherwise, if the app is already running, the app is simply brought to
* the foreground, and the target activity may not appear.
*
* <p>The {@link ShortcutInfo.Builder#setIntents(Intent[])} method can be used instead of
* {@link ShortcutInfo.Builder#setIntent(Intent)} with {@link android.app.TaskStackBuilder}
* in order to launch an activity with other activities in the back stack.
* When the user selects a shortcut to load an activity with a back stack,
- * then presses the back key, a "parent" activity will be shown instead of the user being
- * navigated back to the launcher.
+ * then presses the back key, a parent activity from the same app will be shown
+ * instead of the user being navigated back to the launcher.
*
- * <p>Manifest shortcuts can also have multiple intents to achieve the same effect.
+ * <p>Static shortcuts can also have multiple intents to achieve the same effect.
* In order to associate multiple {@link Intent} objects with a shortcut, simply list multiple
* <code><intent></code> elements within a single <code><shortcut></code> element.
- * The last intent specifies what the user will see when they launch a shortcut.
+ * The last intent specifies what the user sees when they launch a shortcut.
*
- * <p>Manifest shortcuts <b>cannot</b> have custom intent flags.
- * The first intent of a manifest shortcut will always have {@link Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK}
+ * <p>Static shortcuts <b>cannot</b> have custom intent flags.
+ * The first intent of a static shortcut will always have {@link Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK}
* and {@link Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK} set.
- * This means, when the application is already running, all the existing activities will be
- * destroyed when a manifest shortcut is launched.
+ * This means, when the app is already running, all the existing activities will be
+ * destroyed when a static shortcut is launched.
* If this behavior is not desirable, you can use a <em>trampoline activity</em>,
* or an invisible activity that starts another activity in {@link Activity#onCreate},
* then calls {@link Activity#finish()}.
* The first activity should include an attribute setting
- * of {@code android:taskAffinity=""} in the application's <code>AndroidManifest.xml</code>
- * file, and the intent within the manifest shortcut should point at this first activity.
+ * of {@code android:taskAffinity=""} in the app's <code>AndroidManifest.xml</code>
+ * file, and the intent within the static shortcut should point at this first activity.
*
*
* <h3>Showing New Information in a Shortcut</h3>
+ * <p>
* In order to avoid confusion, you should not use {@link #updateShortcuts(List)} to update
* a shortcut so that it contains conceptually different information.
*
- * <p>For example, a phone application may publish the most frequently called contact as a dynamic
- * shortcut. Over time, this contact may change; when it does, the application should
+ * <p>For example, a phone app may publish the most frequently called contact as a dynamic
+ * shortcut. Over time, this contact may change. When it does, the app should
* represent the changed contact with a new shortcut that contains a different ID, using either
* {@link #setDynamicShortcuts(List)} or {@link #addDynamicShortcuts(List)}, rather than updating
* the existing shortcut with {@link #updateShortcuts(List)}.
@@ -291,7 +302,7 @@
* it to reference a different contact will likely confuse the user.
*
* <p>On the other hand, when the
- * contact's information has changed, such as the name or picture, the application should
+ * contact's information has changed, such as the name or picture, the app should
* use {@link #updateShortcuts(List)} so that the pinned shortcut is updated too.
*
*
@@ -299,21 +310,21 @@
* When the launcher displays the shortcuts that are associated with a particular launcher icon,
* the shortcuts should appear in the following order:
* <ul>
- * <li>First show manifest shortcuts
+ * <li>First show static shortcuts
* (if {@link ShortcutInfo#isDeclaredInManifest()} is {@code true}),
* and then show dynamic shortcuts (if {@link ShortcutInfo#isDynamic()} is {@code true}).
- * <li>Within each category of shortcuts (manifest and dynamic), sort the shortcuts in order
+ * <li>Within each category of shortcuts (static and dynamic), sort the shortcuts in order
* of increasing rank according to {@link ShortcutInfo#getRank()}.
* </ul>
- * <p>Shortcut ranks are non-negative sequential integers
+ * <p>Shortcut ranks are non-negative, sequential integers
* that determine the order in which shortcuts appear, assuming that the shortcuts are all in
* the same category.
* Ranks of existing shortcuts can be updated with
- * {@link #updateShortcuts(List)}; you can use {@link #addDynamicShortcuts(List)} and
- * {@link #setDynamicShortcuts(List)}, too.
+ * {@link #updateShortcuts(List)}. You can also use {@link #addDynamicShortcuts(List)} and
+ * {@link #setDynamicShortcuts(List)}.
*
* <p>Ranks are auto-adjusted so that they're unique for each target activity in each category
- * (dynamic or manifest). For example, if there are 3 dynamic shortcuts with ranks 0, 1 and 2,
+ * (static or dynamic). For example, if there are 3 dynamic shortcuts with ranks 0, 1 and 2,
* adding another dynamic shortcut with a rank of 1 represents a request to place this shortcut at
* the second position.
* In response, the third and fourth shortcuts move closer to the bottom of the shortcut list,
@@ -321,119 +332,120 @@
*
* <h3>Rate Limiting</h3>
*
+ * <p>
* Calls to {@link #setDynamicShortcuts(List)}, {@link #addDynamicShortcuts(List)}, and
- * {@link #updateShortcuts(List)} may be rate-limited when called by background applications, or
- * applications with no foreground activity or service. When you attempt to call these methods
- * from a background application after exceeding the rate limit, these APIs return {@code false}.
+ * {@link #updateShortcuts(List)} may be rate-limited when called by <em>background apps</em>, or
+ * apps with no foreground activity or service. When you attempt to call these methods
+ * from a background app after exceeding the rate limit, these APIs return {@code false}.
*
- * <p>Applications with a foreground activity or service are not rate-limited.
+ * <p>Apps with a foreground activity or service are not rate-limited.
*
- * <p>Rate-limiting will be reset upon certain events, so that even background applications
- * can call these APIs again until the rate limit is reached again.
+ * <p>Rate-limiting is reset upon certain events, so that even background apps
+ * can call these APIs until the rate limit is reached again.
* These events include the following:
* <ul>
- * <li>When an application comes to the foreground.
- * <li>When the system locale changes.
- * <li>When the user performs an "inline reply" action on a notification.
+ * <li>An app comes to the foreground.
+ * <li>The system locale changes.
+ * <li>The user performs the <strong>inline reply</strong> action on a notification.
* </ul>
*
* <p>When rate-limiting is active, {@link #isRateLimitingActive()} returns {@code true}.
*
* <h4>Resetting rate-limiting for testing</h4>
*
- * If your application is rate-limited during development or testing, you can use the
- * "Reset ShortcutManager rate-limiting" development option or the following adb command to reset
- * it:
- * <pre>
- * adb shell cmd shortcut reset-throttling [ --user USER-ID ]
+ * <p>
+ * If your app is rate-limited during development or testing, you can use the
+ * <strong>Reset ShortcutManager rate-limiting</strong> development option or
+ * the following {@code adb} command to reset it:
+ * <pre class="no-pretty-print">
+ *$ adb shell cmd shortcut reset-throttling [ --user USER-ID ]
* </pre>
*
* <h3>Handling System Locale Changes</h3>
*
- * Applications should update dynamic and pinned shortcuts when the system locale changes
+ * <p>
+ * Apps should update dynamic and pinned shortcuts when the system locale changes
* using the {@link Intent#ACTION_LOCALE_CHANGED} broadcast.
*
- * <p>When the system locale changes, rate-limiting is reset, so even background applications
- * can set dynamic shortcuts, add dynamic shortcuts, and update shortcuts until the rate limit
- * is reached again.
+ * <p>When the system locale changes, rate-limiting is reset, so even background apps
+ * can add and update dynamic shortcuts until the rate limit is reached again.
*
*
* <h3>Backup and Restore</h3>
*
- * When an application has the {@code android:allowBackup="true"} attribute assignment included
+ * <p>
+ * When an app has the {@code android:allowBackup="true"} attribute assignment included
* in its <code>AndroidManifest.xml</code> file, pinned shortcuts are
* backed up automatically and are restored when the user sets up a new device.
*
- * <h4>Categories of Shortcuts that are Backed Up</h4>
+ * <h4>Categories of shortcuts that are backed up</h4>
*
* <ul>
* <li>Pinned shortcuts are backed up. Bitmap icons are not backed up by the system,
- * but launcher applications should back them up and restore them so that the user still sees icons
- * for pinned shortcuts on the launcher. Applications can always use
+ * so launcher apps should back them up and restore them so that the user still sees icons
+ * for pinned shortcuts on the launcher. Apps can always use
* {@link #updateShortcuts(List)} to re-publish icons.
*
- * <li>Manifest shortcuts are not backed up, but when an application is re-installed on a new
- * device, they are re-published from the <code>AndroidManifest.xml</code> file, anyway.
+ * <li>Static shortcuts aren't backed up, but when an app is re-installed on a new
+ * device, they are re-published from the <code>AndroidManifest.xml</code> file.
*
- * <li>Dynamic shortcuts are <b>not</b> backed up.
+ * <li>Dynamic shortcuts <b>aren't</b> backed up.
* </ul>
*
- * <p>Because dynamic shortcuts are not restored, it is recommended that applications check
+ * <p>Because dynamic shortcuts are not restored, it is recommended that apps check
* currently-published dynamic shortcuts using {@link #getDynamicShortcuts()}
* each time they are launched, and they should re-publish
* dynamic shortcuts when necessary.
*
* <pre>
- * public class MainActivity extends Activity {
- * public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
- * super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+ *public class MainActivity extends Activity {
+ * public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+ * super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+ * ShortcutManager shortcutManager =
+ * getSystemService(ShortcutManager.class);
*
- * ShortcutManager shortcutManager = getSystemService(ShortcutManager.class);
- *
- * if (shortcutManager.getDynamicShortcuts().size() == 0) {
- * // Application restored; re-publish dynamic shortcuts.
- *
- * if (shortcutManager.getPinnedShortcuts().size() > 0) {
- * // Pinned shortcuts have been restored. Use updateShortcuts() to make sure
- * // they have up-to-date information.
- * }
- * }
- * }
- * :
- *
- * }
+ * if (shortcutManager.getDynamicShortcuts().size() == 0) {
+ * // Application restored. Need to re-publish dynamic shortcuts.
+ * if (shortcutManager.getPinnedShortcuts().size() > 0) {
+ * // Pinned shortcuts have been restored. Use
+ * // updateShortcuts() to make sure they contain
+ * // up-to-date information.
+ * }
+ * }
+ * }
+ * // ...
+ *}
* </pre>
*
*
* <h4>Backup/restore and shortcut IDs</h4>
- *
- * Because pinned shortcuts are backed up and restored on new devices, shortcut IDs should be
- * meaningful across devices; that is, IDs should contain either stable, constant strings
- * or server-side identifiers,
+ * <p>
+ * Because pinned shortcuts are backed up and restored on new devices, shortcut IDs
+ * should contain either stable, constant strings or server-side identifiers,
* rather than identifiers generated locally that might not make sense on other devices.
*
*
* <h3>Report Shortcut Usage and Prediction</h3>
- *
- * Launcher applications may be capable of predicting which shortcuts will most likely be
+ * <p>
+ * Launcher apps may be capable of predicting which shortcuts will most likely be
* used at a given time by examining the shortcut usage history data.
*
- * <p>In order to provide launchers with such data, publisher applications should
+ * <p>In order to provide launchers with such data, publisher apps should
* report the shortcuts that are used with {@link #reportShortcutUsed(String)}
* when a shortcut is selected,
* <b>or when an action equivalent to a shortcut is taken by the user even if it wasn't started
* with the shortcut</b>.
*
- * <p>For example, suppose a GPS navigation application supports "navigate to work" as a shortcut.
+ * <p>For example, suppose a navigation app supports "navigate to work" as a shortcut.
* It should then report when the user selects this shortcut <b>and</b> when the user chooses
- * to navigate to work within the application itself.
- * This helps the launcher application
+ * to navigate to work within the app itself.
+ * This helps the launcher app
* learn that the user wants to navigate to work at a certain time every
* weekday, and it can then show this shortcut in a suggestion list at the right time.
*
* <h3>Launcher API</h3>
*
- * The {@link LauncherApps} class provides APIs for launcher applications to access shortcuts.
+ * The {@link LauncherApps} class provides APIs for launcher apps to access shortcuts.
*
*
* <h3>Direct Boot and Shortcuts</h3>
@@ -465,7 +477,7 @@
}
/**
- * Publish the list of shortcuts. All existing dynamic shortcuts from the caller application
+ * Publish the list of shortcuts. All existing dynamic shortcuts from the caller app
* will be replaced. If there are already pinned shortcuts with the same IDs,
* the mutable pinned shortcuts are updated.
*
@@ -488,7 +500,7 @@
}
/**
- * Return all dynamic shortcuts from the caller application.
+ * Return all dynamic shortcuts from the caller app.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException when the user is locked.
*/
@@ -503,7 +515,7 @@
}
/**
- * Return all manifest shortcuts from the caller application.
+ * Return all static (manifest) shortcuts from the caller app.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException when the user is locked.
*/
@@ -554,7 +566,7 @@
}
/**
- * Delete all dynamic shortcuts from the caller application.
+ * Delete all dynamic shortcuts from the caller app.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException when the user is locked.
*/
@@ -567,7 +579,7 @@
}
/**
- * Return all pinned shortcuts from the caller application.
+ * Return all pinned shortcuts from the caller app.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException when the user is locked.
*/
@@ -661,7 +673,7 @@
/**
* Re-enable pinned shortcuts that were previously disabled. If the target shortcuts
- * already enabled, this method does nothing.
+ * are already enabled, this method does nothing.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException If trying to enable immutable shortcuts.
*
@@ -684,7 +696,7 @@
}
/**
- * Return the maximum number of dynamic and manifest shortcuts that each launcher icon
+ * Return the maximum number of static and dynamic shortcuts that each launcher icon
* can have at a time.
*/
public int getMaxShortcutCountPerActivity() {
@@ -697,7 +709,7 @@
}
/**
- * Return the number of times the caller application can call the rate-limited APIs
+ * Return the number of times the caller app can call the rate-limited APIs
* before the rate limit counter is reset.
*
* @see #getRateLimitResetTime()
@@ -729,7 +741,7 @@
}
/**
- * Return {@code true} when rate-limiting is active for the caller application.
+ * Return {@code true} when rate-limiting is active for the caller app.
*
* <p>See the class level javadoc for details.
*
@@ -769,13 +781,13 @@
}
/**
- * Applications that publish shortcuts should call this method
- * whenever the user selects the shortcut containing the given ID or when the user completes
- * an action in the application that is equivalent to selecting the shortcut.
+ * Apps that publish shortcuts should call this method whenever the user
+ * selects the shortcut containing the given ID or when the user completes
+ * an action in the app that is equivalent to selecting the shortcut.
* For more details, see the Javadoc for the {@link ShortcutManager} class
*
* <p>The information is accessible via {@link UsageStatsManager#queryEvents}
- * Typically, launcher applications use this information to build a prediction model
+ * Typically, launcher apps use this information to build a prediction model
* so that they can promote the shortcuts that are likely to be used at the moment.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException when the user is locked.
@@ -790,9 +802,9 @@
}
/**
- * Called internally when an application is considered to have come to foreground
+ * Called internally when an app is considered to have come to the foreground
* even when technically it's not. This method resets the throttling for this package.
- * For example, when the user sends an "inline reply" on an notification, the system UI will
+ * For example, when the user sends an "inline reply" on a notification, the system UI will
* call it.
*
* @hide