There is a standard Shortcuts API on Android for adding icons to your home screen, and most launchers support it well. However, some launchers have bugs.
The Shortcuts API works like this: Hermit asks your Launcher to create an icon by passing it an image and a title. After that point, there is no interaction between Hermit and your Launcher, and it is the Launcher’s responsibility to maintain those icons at their correct positions, with the correct icons & titles.
We recommend you report these bugs to your launcher developers.
Instead of Hermit requesting your launcher to add an icon, you can have your launcher ask Hermit for an icon. To do this
There is no guarantee this will work in a buggy launcher, but it is definitely worth trying. So, in addition, please contact your launcher developer and inform them of the bug in their software.
We recommend the excellent free Nova Launcher, which is available for free in the Google Play Store to install on any Android phone.
As of 2021, even Nova Launcher has run into issues. Google has acknowledged the issue, and no solution is currently available.
Please reach out to the developers of these launchers to file bugs with them.
See also: Manufacturers with Known Issues.
App takes too long to start up when using the built-in launcher. The problem goes away when using any other launcher.
Apps are blocked from creating home screen shortcuts by default on EMUI. To enable Hermit to work correctly, go to EMUI’s Apps Permission Manager, and unblock Hermit from creating home screen shortcuts.
Only shows the first icon. All other icons are not shown.
Icons may disappear any time.
Icons may disappear on reboot.
Icons may disappear on reboot.
Icons may disappear on reboot.
Set up works correctly, the icon names are correctly stored and displayed. But as soon as you restart the device, all names are forgotten and only display as “Hermit” for all Lite Apps.