[Feature]: Custom Quick Settings tiles and Backup/restore

[Dondrejohnson5]

Problem Statement

I am coming from a real powerful quick settings app back in the day called Shortcutter. It allowed us to make any quick settings shortcut from a particular app, app activity or regular app shortcut (that you could also place on your home launcher), and allowed us to export/import our selections as well. Sadly, it seems to have been depreciated since 2020, and will no longer be available to download on an Android version too far above its target Android version.

Proposed Solution

I would like to see custom quick settings also make their way to Essentials, at least 10 of them, supporting app launch, app activities and app shortcuts, with an export/import function should I switch a different phone and want to retain my custom quick settings.
A crucial part of this feature is the ability to replicate the icon from the app/app activity, examples from Shortcutter shown in the screenshot below, save the built-in camera/mic access QS.

Alternative apps I tried either did it poorly or not at all, which makes them jarring should I, on Android 16 QPR1 or newer, want to squeeze the quick settings down from a regular 2x1 to a 1x1, showing only the icon

Alternatives Considered

Shortcut Maker - makes shortcuts well, but does not support quick settings, only home launcher
Quikshort - cannot associate proper app activity icon with the quick setting created; only defaults to generic icon for each one
Tile Shortcuts - cannot export and import in case of an uninstall or device factory reset. Also does not support Google One backup/restore

Priority

Medium - Would improve my experience

Contribution

• I would be willing to implement this feature

Additional Context

No response

[sameerasw]

I have planned this with the existing DIY/ Automations feature... Just haven't gotten to implement it yet...

on Android 16 QPR1 or newer, want to squeeze the quick settings down from a regular 2x1 to a 1x1, showing only the icon

Unfortunately I tried this but seems like the split QS tile design is a SystemUI private method which 3rd party apps can not use :(

[Dondrejohnson5]

Oh, no no no, I didn't mean for 3rd parties to replicate that. I was just saying end users on that Android version can shrink the button from the phone's quick settings editor. If we do, it leaves only the icon on display, so it's important to know what that icon represents so we can identify it at a glance if we choose to shrink that slot. That's all I was saying there

The other apps just don't get the icons right, so we end users have to leave the QS buttons at 2x1 so we can at least see the label