... of course, it is possible that there is something slightly wrong with your master image - it can still be displayed well on a PC but Android does not have half of what Windows does silently in the background.
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Hatem
If the App is only for your use on your device, you can simply drag the icon to your home screen. If however you are distributing your App to other people, you should not force your App onto the home screen - it's for the User to decide if they want that or not.
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I have seen apps that automatically create a shortcut. But I also saw apps that had options in the shortcut creation / delete menu.
This is my app icon
I tried changing icon size 100x100 and 1024x1024 but the problem still present
It has caught my attention that almost all applications automatically create a shortcut on the home screen of my device except for my application.. I think creating this shortcut once the application is installed will increase its usage rate.
Maybe you can share APK download link.
Use the extension. Here you have links to extensions:
https://puravidaapps.com/extensions.php
Use the search engine. Keyword: "shortcut"
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Yes, I tried this and I didn't find any shortcuts for my app
I tried 100x100 icon but this didn't solve the problem
Using Android Studio, a developer possibly can do this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50873201/how-to-properly-install-an-apk-file-so-that-the-launcher-will-create-a-new-app according to the post. Can intents (ActivityStarter) be used like this with App Inventor. I don't know.
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Ok, what can I do to solve the problem?
It's not for my personal use.
How are you installing the app? Perhaps the method to install is causing this behaviour ?
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I tried this but it didn't work
Thanx, I need to solve the problem by using appinventor if it's possible
Your App Icon should not be any shape other than a square. The final shape of the icon is defined by the device. Your web1024.png master image has a flaw in it's transparency, but it should not have transparency anyway.
So, here is a modified version of your Project, with a number of things corrected as well as the master image itself. The APK installs fine on my Android Device and the icon is set on the home screen. When launched, UTube is displayed.
WebsiteApp2.aia (92.4 KB)
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I downloaded my app as APK file from appinventor , then I installed it
thank you
I tried it but it didn't work .. but as it works perfectly with you, I will try on another device
That's very strange Hatem - what device failed? What is the Android version?
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