Can I create a shortcut to a specific article on an Android home screen?

[Michael Arndt]

I would like to include a shortcut to a specific Confluence page on mobile devices. There's some important information that my field technicians need to access frequently and I want to create an easy method for them to access this information without having to navigate through the Confluence app. In my use case any additional clicks with likely cause adoption issues.

[Stephen Sifers]

Hello Michael,

You can most certainly bookmark a Confluence page and add it to an android screen (As long as the android device supports this). Additionally, your users will still need to authenticate to Confluence, unless you’re using SAML/SSO authentication.

Depending on the mobile browser you use will determine how the bookmarked page will be added to your Android home screen.

Here is an article I found which explains a few ways to accomplish this. While we can warrant or confirm their methods will work on your devices, this will at least assist with explaining how to do this: https://www.wikihow.com/Set-a-Bookmark-Shortcut-in-Your-Home-Screen-on-Android. (This site did contain ads as it is a 3rd party reference used)

Regards,
Stephen Sifers