Website Shortcut Apk
Latest version 3.4.1
04 Dec 2022
Apk Infos
| Version | 3.4.1 |
| Rating | 4.0/5, based on 1,225 votes |
| Size | 3 MB |
| Requires Android | Android 8.0+ (Oreo) |
| Author's Notes | Personalize your homescreen with (icon) shortcuts for websites (URL/URIs). |
About Website Shortcut APK
Table Of Contents
Description
Personalize your Android homescreen by creating your own icon shortcuts for websites (URL/URIs). Customize your website shortcuts with your own selected text and image. Furthermore, there are no advertisements and it's free. I made it originally for myself, and decided to share. Giving a fair rating is very well appreciated!From Android Oreo on (due to an API change, upon which this app is built), the bottom right tiny icon of the app the shortcut belongs to is added automatically by the launcher.
Features:
* Choose your own label and icon for the shortcut and the website URL/URI to open
* Icon selection via local file selection
* Works with most icon packs
* Supports usage of general URIs (e.g., mailto:example@example.com )
* Broad support for image formats: *.png, *.jpg, *.jpeg, *.ico, *.gif, *.bmp
* Automatic https scheme suggestion if it misses from the URL
* Make use of "Share via..." in any other application (e.g., a browser) to conveniently fill the website URL/URI field
* View the labels and website URL/URIs of currently present shortcuts of the app (navigate to the in-app drawer menu -> "Current shortcuts")
* Free
* No advertisements
--- Data policy
Creation of a shortcut is done by passing the shortcut design (label/icon) and an Intent with the website (URL/URI) to the system shortcut manager and the launcher. The system shortcut manager and the launcher create and manage the shortcuts, and maintain them with their associated Intents. In some cases (e.g., upon app, launcher or system update, or restore from back-up), the system shortcut manager or launcher might lose icons of existing shortcuts or even entire shortcuts. It is recommended to keep somewhere a list of labels, icons and website URL/URIs so you can recreate easily. In the app drawer menu, you can open the "Current shortcuts" which displays the labels and website URL/URIs of the still present shortcuts retrieved from the system shortcut manager.
In this version (≥ v3.0.0) a large randomly generated identifier is used to uniquely name shortcuts such that the launcher can uniquely identify shortcuts. In prior versions (≤ v2.1), a creation timestamp was used as unique identifier. Shortcuts created by prior versions (≤ v2.1) will still have their creation timestamp stored within their Intent and unique name.
Uninstalling the app (i.e. via Settings -> Apps -> Application List -> Website Shortcut -> Uninstall) will remove the app from the device, including its data. The Android uninstallation procedure will also notify the system shortcut manager and the launcher, which should remove from it all shortcuts associated with the app.
There are no advertisements in this app.
For information on data policy of previous versions: https://deltacdev.com/policies/policy-website-shortcut.txt
--- App permissions
This application does not require any app permissions.
For information on app permissions of previous versions: https://deltacdev.com/policies/policy-website-shortcut.txt
--- License
Copyright 2015-2022 Deltac Development
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
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The icons in the options and drawer menu are (based on) Material icons made by Google, which are licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
See also: https://fonts.google.com/icons
Latest updates
What's new in version 3.4.1
* Creation form: shortcut directly resembles design + extra app info* Icon selection limited to local files and thus remove auto-detect (to simplify creation form and as the app purpose is to select your own label/icon; else "Add to homescreen" of browsers suffices)
* "Current shortcuts" in app drawer menu
* New shortcuts: improved open latency by removing go-between activity + uniquely named by randomly generated UUID instead of timestamp
* Performance and theme tweaks
* No app permissions
How to install Website Shortcut APK on Android phone or tablet?
Download Website Shortcut APK file from ApkClean, then follow these steps:
Update Phone Settings
- Go to your phone Settings page
- Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
- Check the Unknown Sources box
- Confirm with OK
Go to Downloads
- Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
- Tap the APK file you downloaded (com.deltacdev.websiteshortcut-v3.4.1-ApkClean.apk)
- Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.
Older Versions
| 3.4.1 (35) | 3 MB |
| 1.1.0 (10) | 1.4 MB |
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User's Reivew
3 ★OK app but no longer provides icon associated with the website of app. Older version did this well.
5 ★Love this app. It's survivalable when updating roms from saved backups. My other links don't make it. But using this app allows that link to survive. Bravo
1 ★Unusual app 😠😡🤮🤮
5 ★Amazing App and it does exactly as it says.. Dear Dev, any chance of a way of removing the blue globe that appears bottom right of the shortcut button or is that due to android? 🤔 Many thanks
4 ★I really like it, it does what it says it will do. I just wish I could get these shortcuts in my app tray
5 ★Does exactly what I want! Very easy to use. I like that it doesn't collect any data.
5 ★Brilliant! Perfect for onedrive and sharepoint links...
5 ★Create Spotify playlist shortcuts! It was so easy, and it worked the first time. I wanted shortcuts on my Android homepage for specific Spotify playlists I listen to all the time. I've been missing them since Spotify got rid of the ability to do this. Using this app was so easy. Just copy the URL, paste it, pick a picture you've downloaded for the button, name it, and drag it to the screen.
5 ★A marvelous app: it allows not only set a name for custom web-shortcut, but also set a custom image (if you like) 👍👍👍
4 ★A great tool I just wish would be able to remove the watermark on my icons. Maybe they will add this in future?!?!? Otherwise it is a good application
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