adding a launcher shortcut for creating new events quicker

app/build.gradle

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
+apply plugin: 'de.timfreiheit.resourceplaceholders'
 
 def keystorePropertiesFile = rootProject.file("keystore.properties")
 def keystoreProperties = new Properties()
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ android {
         checkReleaseBuilds false
         abortOnError false
     }
+
+    resourcePlaceholders {
+        files = ['xml/shortcuts.xml']
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -391,6 +391,10 @@
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
             </intent-filter>
+
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.shortcuts"
+                android:resource="@xml/shortcuts"/>
         </activity-alias>
 
         <activity-alias

app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/activities/SplashActivity.kt

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro.activities
 
 import android.content.Intent
+import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro.extensions.getNewEventTimestampFromCode
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro.helpers.*
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.activities.BaseSplashActivity
+import org.joda.time.DateTime
 
 class SplashActivity : BaseSplashActivity() {
     override fun getAppPackageName() = packageName
@@ -19,6 +21,13 @@ class SplashActivity : BaseSplashActivity() {
                 putExtra(EVENT_OCCURRENCE_TS, intent.getLongExtra(EVENT_OCCURRENCE_TS, 0L))
                 startActivity(this)
             }
+            intent.action == "shortcut_new_event" -> {
+                val dayCode = Formatter.getDayCodeFromDateTime(DateTime())
+                Intent(this, EventActivity::class.java).apply {
+                    putExtra(NEW_EVENT_START_TS, getNewEventTimestampFromCode(dayCode))
+                    startActivity(this)
+                }
+            }
             else -> startActivity(Intent(this, MainActivity::class.java))
         }
         finish()

app/src/main/res/drawable/shortcut_plus_orange.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <item>
+        <shape android:shape="oval">
+            <solid android:color="@color/color_primary"/>
+        </shape>
+    </item>
+
+    <item
+        android:bottom="@dimen/medium_margin"
+        android:drawable="@drawable/ic_plus"
+        android:left="@dimen/medium_margin"
+        android:right="@dimen/medium_margin"
+        android:top="@dimen/medium_margin"/>
+
+</layer-list>

app/src/main/res/xml/shortcuts.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<shortcuts
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
+
+    <shortcut
+        android:enabled="true"
+        android:icon="@drawable/shortcut_plus_orange"
+        android:shortcutDisabledMessage="@string/new_event"
+        android:shortcutId="new_event"
+        android:shortcutLongLabel="@string/new_event"
+        android:shortcutShortLabel="@string/new_event "
+        tools:targetApi="n_mr1">
+
+        <intent
+            android:action="shortcut_new_event"
+            android:targetClass="com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro.activities.SplashActivity"
+            android:targetPackage="${applicationId}"/>
+
+        <categories
+            android:name="android.shortcut.conversation"/>
+
+    </shortcut>
+</shortcuts>

build.gradle

@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ buildscript {
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()
+        maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2" }
     }
 
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.2'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
+        classpath "de.timfreiheit.resourceplaceholders:placeholders:0.3"
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files