@rn-bridge/react-native-shortcuts

Android Shortcuts and iOS Quick Actions are features that allow users to quickly access specific app functionalities directly from the home screen or app icon, enhancing user experience by providing fast access to common tasks.

Fully compatible with TypeScript.

Example

Android	iOS

Supported platforms

Platform	Support
iOS	✅
Android	✅
Web	❌
Windows	❌
macOS	❌

Installation

npm install @rn-bridge/react-native-shortcuts

or

yarn add @rn-bridge/react-native-shortcuts

Setup

iOS

Add the following code to your AppDelegate.m

#import "RNShortcuts.h"

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application performActionForShortcutItem:(UIApplicationShortcutItem *)shortcutItem completionHandler:(void (^)(BOOL))completionHandler {
  [RNShortcuts handleShortcutItem:shortcutItem];
  completionHandler(YES);
}

Android

No setup needed

Summary

Methods

Name	Description
addShortcut	Adds the shortcut(android), quick action(ios) for the given details.
updateShortcut	Updates the shortcut or quick action details.
removeShortcut	Removes the specific shortcut. For android in case if the user changes your app shortcut to pinned shortcut, app shortcut will be removed but pinned shortcut will be still visible but in disabled state. This shortcut is no longer valid and is not clickable.
removeAllShortcuts	Removes all the shortcuts. For android in case if the user changes your app shortcuts to pinned shortcuts, app shortcuts will be removed but pinned shortcuts will be still visible but in disabled state. These shortcuts are no longer valid and are not clickable.
getShortcutById	Returns the shortcut details such as id, title, longLabel, subtitle.
isShortcutExists	Returns whether the shortcut is registered with given id.
isShortcutSupported	Returns whether your device supports shortcuts(android), quick actions(ios).
getInitialShortcutId	If the initial app launch was triggered by a shortcut, it will give the id of that shortcut, otherwise it will give null.
addOnShortcutUsedListener	If the app is in background and the app is launchced by a shortcut, it will give the id of that shortcut.
removeOnShortcutUsedListener	Removes the listener. You app no longer receives events.

Usage

Import

import Shortcuts from '@rn-bridge/react-native-shortcuts';

isShortcutSupported

const response = await Shortcuts.isShortcutSupported() // true or false

Platform	Supported Version
iOS	>=9.0
Android	>=7.1 (API Level 25)

addShortcut

const response = await Shortcuts.addShortcut({
  id: "a426a46b-7389-431c-9ea8-8b370e0c65fc",
  title: "Open App",
  iconName: "app_shortcut"
})

Response:

{
  "id": "a426a46b-7389-431c-9ea8-8b370e0c65fc",
  "title": "Open App"
}

Supported options:

Key	Platform	Required	Description
id	Both	Yes	A required, app-specific string that you employ to identify the shortcut.
title	Both	Yes	The required, user-visible title for the Home Screen shortcut.
longLabel	Android	No	An extended phrase that describes the shortcut's purpose. If there's enough space, the launcher displays this value instead of title. When possible, limit this long description to 25 characters.
subtitle	iOS	No	The user-visible subtitle for the Home Screen dynamic quick action.
iconName	Both	No	The icon for the Home Screen shortcut. Icon name should be the name of your iOS asset or Android drawable. Refer iOS Android resource addition.

updateShortcut

const response = await Shortcuts.updateShortcut({
  id: "a426a46b-7389-431c-9ea8-8b370e0c65fc",
  title: "Open App",
  iconName: "app_shortcut"
})

Response:

{
  "id": "a426a46b-7389-431c-9ea8-8b370e0c65fc",
  "title": "Open App"
}

Supported options:

Key	Platform	Required	Description
id	Both	Yes	The shortcut id which you want to update.
title	Both	Yes	The required, user-visible title for the Home Screen shortcut.
longLabel	Android	No	An extended phrase that describes the shortcut's purpose. If there's enough space, the launcher displays this value instead of title. When possible, limit this long description to 25 characters.
subtitle	iOS	No	The user-visible subtitle for the Home Screen dynamic quick action.
iconName	Both	No	The icon for the Home Screen shortcut. Icon name should be the name of your iOS asset or Android drawable. Refer iOS Android resource addition.

removeShortcut

const response = await Shortcuts.removeShortcut("a426a46b-7389-431c-9ea8-8b370e0c65fc") // true or false

Supported options:

Key	Platform	Required	Description
id	Both	Yes	The shortcut id which you want to remove.

removeAllShortcuts

const response = await Shortcuts.removeAllShortcuts() // true or false

isShortcutExists

const response = await Shortcuts.isShortcutExists("a426a46b-7389-431c-9ea8-8b370e0c65fc") // true or false

Supported options:

Key	Platform	Required	Description
id	Both	Yes	The shortcut id which you want to check.

getShortcutById

const response = await Shortcuts.getShortcutById("a426a46b-7389-431c-9ea8-8b370e0c65fc") // true or false

Response:

{
  "id": "a426a46b-7389-431c-9ea8-8b370e0c65fc",
  "title": "Open App",
  "longLable": "...",
  "subtitle": "..."
}

Supported options:

Key	Platform	Required	Description
id	Both	Yes	The shortcut id which you want to get.

getInitialShortcutId

If the initial app launch was triggered by a shortcut, it will give the id of that shortcut, otherwise it will give null.

const callback = (id) => {
  console.log('Shortcut Id:', id);
};

const id = await Shortcuts.getInitialShortcutId();

addOnShortcutUsedListener

If the app is in background and the app is launchced by a shortcut, it will give the id of that shortcut.

const callback = (id) => {
  console.log('Shortcut Id:', id);
};

Shortcuts.addOnShortcutUsedListener(callback);

removeOnShortcutUsedListener

Shortcuts.removeOnShortcutUsedListener();

How To Run Example App ?

To run example app, follow the below steps

1. Clone the repository
2. Do yarn install
3. Next navigate to example folder i.e cd example
4. Do yarn install
5. Next navigate to ios folder i.e cd ios and do pod install, then cd ..
6. For android run yarn android
7. For ios run yarn ios