Quick settings tiles cannot open app shortcuts or activities
Tiles cannot open an app's specific activities or shortcuts, or be created as home screen shortcuts.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 25 July 2021 · last reported 26 July 2025
What's going wrong
Users of an Android quick settings tile app report that tiles can only launch whole applications, not the specific screens or shortcuts those apps provide.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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