Shortcut to saved searches

psamim commented 7 years ago

Hi, Can we have Android shortcuts to saved searches in Orgzly? Thanks

nevenz commented 7 years ago

Do you mean a widget (new icon to put on a home screen) ?

Since shortcuts are something else (https://developer.android.com/images/guide/topics/ui/shortcuts.png) and could be implemented as well.

BTW, there's #62, although this is still a valid new feature.

psamim commented 7 years ago

I am a little bit confused. I do not mean widgets and I just saw the new API 25 feature, App Shortcuts.

What I meant was a shortcut to an activity within the app. Third party launchers like Nova or Smart Launcher let users add an app shortcut to their home screens, since Android 4. For example one can add a shortcut to a contact. On the home screen this shortcut is seen as a regular app icon with a text below it, not a widget.

Any way new API 25 app shortcuts can be a great feature too, and also #62 .

I have attached screenshots of shortcuts in Smart Launcher.

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nevenz commented 7 years ago

What I meant was a shortcut to an activity within the app.

Sorry, my bad. I was recently looking into those (relatively) new "App Shortcuts" and was thinking that when you mentioned a shortcut.

So basically a saved-search equivalent of #46.

bitclick commented 3 years ago

this has come up multiple times in different issues. how could we help making this a reality?

nevenz commented 3 years ago

this has come up multiple times in different issues. how could we help making this a reality?

It would be similar to #66. An activity that will display saved searches and allow a user to choose one needs to be created.

bitclick commented 3 years ago

i describe what i meant in more detail, do you think this belongs here or in #772?

current state

when i add a new widget orgzly offers 3 options

new note 1x1
notebook 1x1 (only offers notebooks)
saved search 4x3 (only offers saved searches)

i am not able to have a 1x1 icon to open a saved search like i have to open a notebook

desired state

the items in the widget-list for orgzly (when adding a new widget to the home screen) should be extended:
- i can have a 1x1 icon to open a specific saved search like i can with the notebook 1x1 option
example use case: i can have quick access to 5 different saved searches from my home screen

implementation

this could be implemented in multiple ways:

widgets or shortcuts would work? (i dont even know what type the current 1x1 icons are)
via a 4th option saved search 1x1 or
doing away with the distinction notebook and saved search from the user perspective and offer both to the user when adding the 1x1 icon (and possibly the larger-list widget, though that's out of scope here)

nevenz commented 3 years ago

i describe what i meant in more detail, do you think this belongs here or in #772?

It's the same thing, #772 is a duplicate of this one.

I think a new 1x1 "Saved search" is best to avoid confusion.

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