ActivityNotFoundException: Shortcut could not be started

Question

I'm trying to implement App Shortcuts to my app, but i can't get them work. My shortcut.xml:

<Shortcuts xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<shortcut
    android:shortcutId="shortcut"
    android:enabled="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_shortcut"
    android:shortcutShortLabel="@string/shortcut_label">
    <intent
        android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
        android:targetPackage="com.example"
        android:targetClass="com.example.package.Activity"/>
</shortcut>

manifest.xml:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
package="com.example">

<application
    android:name=".Application"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:resizeableActivity="false"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

    <activity
        android:name=".package.Activity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:launchMode="singleTask"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
        </intent-filter>

        <meta-data
            android:name="android.app.searchable"
            android:resource="@xml/voice_search_params" />

        <meta-data android:name="android.app.shortcuts"
            android:resource="@xml/shortcuts" />
    </activity>

So, i do shortcut same as in google example. I can see and click on shortcut, but nothing happens. I've tried different activities, changing activity location, activity action, params, like "exported=true", but nothing changes - in logs i can see only

ActivityNotFoundException: Shortcut could not be started

The only difference between my shortcut log, and google camera shortcut log is path to activity:

I/ActivityManager: START u0 {act=android.intent.action.VIEW flg=0x1000c000 cmp=com.example/.package.Activity}

vs

I/ActivityManager: START u0 {act=android.media.action.STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA flg=0x1000c000 cmp=com.google.android.GoogleCamera/com.android.camera.activity.CameraImageActivity}

Google cam has full path to activity, but package path differs.

PS: tried today google sample, static app shortcuts doesn't work in sample too. Dynamic app shortcuts work well.

Answer 1

In addition to Matin's answer, if you have multiple build types that change your application id, it won't work.

In my case, I had .debug and .qa suffix for application id. You can't reference to string reference or use variables inside intent element.

I found two solutions:

1) You will create different shortcuts.xml file for different build types and update your targetPackage.

For example,

<intent
        android:action="com.example.ACTION"
        android:targetClass="com.example.MainActivity"
        android:targetPackage="com.example.debug"/>

2) There is a plugin that allows you to use applicationId variable in your XML file.

https://github.com/timfreiheit/ResourcePlaceholdersPlugin

Answer 2

Change the package name on your Activity to:

android:name=".Activity"

Change your shortcut target class to:

android:targetClass="com.example.Activity"

Answer 3

android:targetPackage have to contain your application ID. So if you have defined your app id in build.gradle as applicationId "com.my.app.id" you have to use android:targetPackage="com.my.app.id"

Answer 4

I also met this problem. Then i found that android:targetClass is not right path. android:targetClass="com.example.camille.testappshortcuts.Main" Main is app's access. Maybe you should change Activity to another name, then add it.