Add an app shortcut for iOS, macOS, and Android devices
You can create an app shortcut on devices so that users can tap it quickly access a web address. Create an app shortcut for each shortcut that you want to display on users’ devices.
For Android devices, you have the option specify another app to open instead of a web address.
For devices activated with BlackBerry Dynamics, you have the option to add the shortcut to the BlackBerry Dynamics Launcher.
Verify that users are assigned an app entitlement for “Feature – BlackBerry App Store” (com.blackberry.feature.appstore).
- In the management console, on the menu bar, click Apps.
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- Click App shortcut.
- Type a name and description for the app shortcut. The name is used as the label for the app shortcut.
- Beside the Shortcut icon field, click Browse. Locate and select an image for the app shortcut icon.
- Select the device types that you want to configure this app shortcut for.
- In each of the device type tabs that you selected, in the URL field, type the web address of the shortcut. The web address must begin with http:// or https://.:
- For iOS and iPadOS 14 and later devices, in the Target app field, specify an app that you want to open the URL.
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For iOS and iPadOS 15 and later devices, specify options for the shortcut:
- If you want to add the shortcut to the home screen on the device, select User's home screen.
- If you want to allow the user to delete the shortcut, select Allow user to remove app shortcut.
- If you don't want the web clip to appear in a browser window, select Open as a full screen app.
- If the web clip doesn't appear in a browser window, and you don't want the browser UI to appear when the user navigates away from the web clip, select Ignore manifest scope.
- Select the location where you want the shortcut to be added. If you add the shortcut to the BlackBerry Dynamics Launcher, specify whether you want the web site to open in the BlackBerry Access browser.
- Click Add.