For #4675: Adds category for shortcut intents

components/feature/pwa/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/pwa/WebAppLauncherActivity.kt

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class WebAppLauncherActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
     @VisibleForTesting(otherwise = PRIVATE)
     internal fun launchBrowser(startUrl: Uri) {
         val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, startUrl).apply {
+            addCategory(SHORTCUT_CATEGORY)
             `package` = packageName
         }
 

components/feature/pwa/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/pwa/WebAppShortcutManager.kt

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import mozilla.components.feature.pwa.WebAppLauncherActivity.Companion.ACTION_PW
 import mozilla.components.feature.pwa.ext.installableManifest
 
 private val pwaIconMemoryCache = IconMemoryCache()
+const val SHORTCUT_CATEGORY = "mozilla.components.pwa.category.SHORTCUT"
 
 class WebAppShortcutManager(
     context: Context,
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ class WebAppShortcutManager(
 
     /**
      * Create a new basic pinned website shortcut using info from the session.
+     * Consuming `SHORTCUT_CATEGORY` in `AndroidManifest` is required for the package to be launched
      */
     fun buildBasicShortcut(
         context: Context,
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ class WebAppShortcutManager(
         overrideShortcutName: String? = null
     ): ShortcutInfoCompat {
         val shortcutIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, session.url.toUri()).apply {
+            addCategory(SHORTCUT_CATEGORY)
             `package` = context.packageName
         }
 

docs/changelog.md

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ permalink: /changelog/
 * [Gecko](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/blob/master/buildSrc/src/main/java/Gecko.kt)
 * [Configuration](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/blob/master/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt)
 
+* **feature-pwa**
+  * ⚠️ **This is a breaking change**: Intent sent from the `WebAppShortcutManager` now require the consumption of the `SHORTCUT_CATEGORY` in your manifest
+
 * **feature-customtabs**
   * 'CustomTabIntentProcessor' can create private sessions now.
 

samples/browser/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+                <category android:name="mozilla.components.pwa.category.SHORTCUT" />
+
                 <data android:scheme="http" />
                 <data android:scheme="https" />
             </intent-filter>