Getting Started

Quikshort lets you create shortcuts and quick-settings tiles from a variety of categories.

Shortcut types

Type	Description
Apps	Regular launcher shortcut for an installed app
Activities	Jump to a specific screen inside an app
Contacts	Call directly, open the dialpad, or view a contact profile
Files	Open a specific file
Folders	Open a folder in a third-party file manager
Settings	Jump to any Android settings screen
Websites	Open a URL or deeplink
Intents	Build a shortcut from a raw Android intent

Creating your first shortcut

1. Open Quikshort and tap the + button.
2. Choose a category. For example, Apps for a simple app shortcut.
3. Select the app or item you want to target.
4. Edit the label and icon.
5. Tap Add to Home Screen.

Creating your first tile

1. Open Quikshort and switch to the Tiles tab.
2. Tap + and configure the shortcut you want the tile to trigger.
3. Android 13+: tap the + icon on the tile card to add it to quick settings directly.
4. Android 12 and below: expand quick settings, tap the edit icon, find the tile by its default name (e.g. Tile1), drag it into position, then save.

Note

You can have up to 15 active tiles at a time. Quikshort Pro raises this to 32.

How it works

Quikshort is built on Android’s Intent system. Every shortcut is a saved intent that fires when you tap it.

Activities

An Activity is a single screen inside an Android app. When you tap an app icon, Android fires an intent that opens that app’s MainActivity. Apps can have many activities beyond just the main one, and Quikshort lets you target any of them directly.

Note

Android lets developers mark activities as private, which prevents other apps from launching them. Quikshort cannot create shortcuts for private activities.

Intents

An intent is a message passed between activities. It tells Android which screen to open and what data to pass along. Quikshort builds these intents for you automatically, but the Intents shortcut type lets you construct one manually for advanced use cases.

Field	Description	Example
Action	What the intent should do	ACTION_VIEW
Data	Data to carry, in URI format	https://atolphadev.com
Package	Target a specific app	com.android.chrome
Class	Target a specific activity	com.google.android.apps.chrome.IntentDispatcher
Category	Type of intent	android.intent.category.BROWSABLE
Extras	Additional key-value data	S.testKey=testValue

Next steps

Tiles How to add custom tiles to your quick settings panel.

Website Shortcuts Open URLs in a specific browser using package and class.

Shortcuts without watermark Use shortcut widgets to get rid of the system badge overlay.