Нужны права
<uses-permission
android:name=\"com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT\" /
>
<uses-permission
android:name=\"com.android.launcher.permission.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT\" /
>

                        
public void addShortcut

(Context ctx, Class startClass) {

if (startClass==null || ctx ==

null) return;

// Adding shortcut on Home

screen

    Intent shortcutIntent = new

Intent(ctx, startClass);

shortcutIntent.setAction

(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);

Intent addIntent = new

Intent();

addIntent.putExtra

("duplicate", false);

addIntent.putExtra

(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT,

shortcutIntent);

addIntent.putExtra

(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME,

ctx.getString

(R.string.app_name));

addIntent.putExtra

(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE,

Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext

(ctx, R.drawable.ic_launcher));

addIntent.setAction

("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");

ctx.sendBroadcast

(addIntent);

}

public void removeShortcut

(Context ctx, Class startClass) {

if (startClass==null || ctx ==

null) return;

// Deleting shortcut for

MainActivity on Home screen

    Intent shortcutIntent = new

Intent(ctx, startClass);

shortcutIntent.setAction

(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);

Intent addIntent = new

Intent();

addIntent.putExtra

("duplicate", false);

addIntent.putExtra

(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT,

shortcutIntent);

addIntent.putExtra

(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME,

ctx.getString

(R.string.app_name));

addIntent.putExtra

(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE,

Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext

(ctx, R.drawable.ic_launcher));

addIntent.setAction

("com.android.launcher.action.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT");

ctx.sendBroadcast

(addIntent);

}