From: mariond@facts.com   
      
   Marion wrote:   
   > Voila!   
   > You've just performed your very first automation with Automate on Android.   
      
   I managed to create a shortcut to run that "hello world" using the widget   
   capability (yes, I said I created a shortcut, using the widget capability).   
      
   1. Long-press on the Nova home screen.   
   2. Tap Widgets.   
   3. Scroll to the Automate app in the listing.   
   4. Select Flow shortcut (not Flow widget 1x1).   
   5. Drag Flow shortcut to home screen.   
   6. Automate opens a list of your flows.   
   7. Select your target flow (example: Test Toast).   
   8. Confirm by pressing the "OK" link.   
   9. A plain shortcut icon appears on home screen.   
   10. Tap the shortcut to run the flow.   
      
   When I tap that shortcut, Hello World appears on the screen.   
   Voila!   
      
   Note: For those who don't have Nova, I did try multiple methods to create   
   the shortcut using the same steps as before, but the problem is the   
   activities we need aren't exported. I also tried a method from within   
   Automate but that failed too because what I needed wasn't available.   
      
   Apparently in older versions, com.llamalab.automate.IntentActivity was   
   exported, but I can't find it in the current version.   
      
   From the previous flow, we need to get its URI from within Automate.   
     Open that flow.   
      Tap the Flow beginning block.   
      In its properties, note the Flow URI, which looks like this:   
       content://com.llamalab.automate/flow/###   
      
      Let's assume that previous Automate flow URI was:   
       content://com.llamalab.automate.provider/flows/28/statements/1   
      Which we can clean up to fit the desired formatting of:   
       content://com.llamalab.automate.provider/flows/28   
      
   This is what I tried in Shortcut Maker (v4.2.2) but the Intent Activity   
   doesn't exist anymore in later versions of Automate so I gave up on this.   
      Label: Test Toast   
      Package: com.llamalab.automate   
      Class: com.llamalab.automate.IntentActivity   
      Data URI: content://com.llamalab.automate.provider/flows/28   
      Action: (leave blank)   
      
   I also tried the Automate internal method without using external tools.   
     Add the App shortcut install block   
      Tap + -> Apps -> App shortcut install   
      A new block appears named "Install shortcut"   
      
     Configure the App shortcut install block   
      Tap the block   
      Label: Test Toast   
      Tap the "Pick app activity" button   
      Find and select "Automate"   
      From Automate activities, pick "IntentActivity"   
        (This fills Package and Class automatically)   
      Data URI: paste the previously built flow URI:   
        content://com.llamalab.automate.provider/flows/28   
      Leave Action empty   
      Save   
      
   It was absolutely miserable creating that shortcut, because all the methods   
   that SHOULD have worked in Automate or using Shortcut Maker (v4.2.2),   
   failed. If it's possible from within Automate, I can't figure out how.   
      
   Luckily, it was trivial to do with Nova launcher.   
      
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