Froyo Alarm Shortcut with LauncherPro

I’ve heard some people lamenting that they can’t get a shortcut to the standard Alarm in Froyo/Android 2.2, and they have to click through the Clock app to get to the alarm settings. However, if you have LauncherPro, there’s a workaround! Here’s how to do it:

1. Long-press on your homescreen and select “Shortcuts”
2. Then pick “Activites”
3. Then click “Clock > Alarms”

Shortcutting to activities isn’t always a good idea, since some apps require you to do activities in a certain order and they pass data to one another, and linking directly to one activity may cause an app to crash. However, in this case, you can link directly to the Alarms functionality of the Froyo Clock app with no problems, so the Launcher Pro feature saves the day!

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5 Responses to “Froyo Alarm Shortcut with LauncherPro”

1. San Francisco says:

   September 3, 2010 at 4:33 am

   Thank you. This worked very well!

   Reply
   • Renee says:

     September 7, 2010 at 12:19 am

     Great, glad to hear that!

2. sventeizzle says:

   September 16, 2010 at 1:52 pm

   Yayyyyyyy! thanks, that’s awesome

   Reply
3. Slipstream Apps says:

   September 22, 2010 at 8:13 pm

   I made an app to put the shortcut back in the application drawer. One-click install, no worries. It’s called Alarm Clock Launcher.

   You can install it from
   http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.connor.alarmLauncher?install

   Or just read about it:
   http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.connor.alarmLauncher

   If you like it, please be sure to buy the donate version
   http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.connor.alarmLauncherDonate?install

   Hope you like it!

   Reply
4. Robin G Johnson says:

   December 16, 2010 at 9:37 pm

   Thanks for the handy tip!

   Reply