Add a Contacts Shortcut and an End Call Button to the Nav Bar during Phone Calls in Android O

A tutorial on how to add a shortcut to launch the contacts app and a shortcut to end call to the navigation bar while in a phone call. Android O only.

By  Mishaal Rahman Apr 8, 2017

If you've been following our tutorials feed, then you'll know by now that we love finding ways to take advantage of Android O's new nav bar customizer. Through the power of the popular automation app known as Tasker, we can contextually change the nav bar to include nav keys that are useful in specific contexts. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to add a contacts shortcut and an end call shortcut to the nav bar while you are in the middle of a phone call.