--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/BaseGeckoInterface.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/BaseGeckoInterface.java
@@ -135,9 +135,14 @@ public class BaseGeckoInterface implemen
     @Override
     public void notifyCheckUpdateResult(String result) {
         GeckoAppShell.notifyObservers("Update:CheckResult", result);
     }
 
     // Bug 908792: Implement this
     @Override
     public void invalidateOptionsMenu() {}
+
+    @Override
+    public void createShortcut(String title, String URI) {
+        // By default, do nothing.
+    }
 }

--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoApp.java
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 /* -*- Mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
  * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 package org.mozilla.gecko;
 
+import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.widget.AdapterView;
 import android.widget.Button;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.AppConstants.Versions;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoProfileDirectories.NoMozillaDirectoryException;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.db.BrowserDB;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.db.URLMetadataTable;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.favicons.Favicons;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.favicons.OnFaviconLoadedListener;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.BitmapUtils;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.FullScreenState;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.Layer;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.LayerView;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.PluginLayer;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.health.HealthRecorder;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.health.SessionInformation;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.health.StubbedHealthRecorder;
@@ -106,16 +109,17 @@ import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -1813,16 +1817,76 @@ public abstract class GeckoApp
     }
 
     @Override
     public String getDefaultUAString() {
         return HardwareUtils.isTablet() ? AppConstants.USER_AGENT_FENNEC_TABLET :
                                           AppConstants.USER_AGENT_FENNEC_MOBILE;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void createShortcut(final String title, final String URI) {
+        ThreadUtils.assertOnBackgroundThread();
+        final BrowserDB db = GeckoProfile.get(getApplicationContext()).getDB();
+
+        final ContentResolver cr = getContext().getContentResolver();
+        final Map<String, Map<String, Object>> metadata = db.getURLMetadata().getForURLs(cr,
+                Collections.singletonList(URI),
+                Collections.singletonList(URLMetadataTable.TOUCH_ICON_COLUMN)
+        );
+
+        final Map<String, Object> row = metadata.get(URI);
+
+        String touchIconURL = null;
+
+        if (row != null) {
+            touchIconURL = (String) row.get(URLMetadataTable.TOUCH_ICON_COLUMN);
+        }
+
+        OnFaviconLoadedListener listener = new OnFaviconLoadedListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onFaviconLoaded(String url, String faviconURL, Bitmap favicon) {
+                doCreateShortcut(title, url, favicon);
+            }
+        };
+
+        // Retrieve the icon while bypassing the cache. Homescreen icon creation is a one-off event, hence it isn't
+        // useful to cache these icons. (Android takes care of storing homescreen icons after a shortcut
+        // has been created.)
+        // The cache is also (currently) limited to 32dp, hence we explicitly need to avoid accessing those icons.
+        // If touchIconURL is null, then Favicons falls back to finding the best possible favicon for
+        // the site URI, hence we can use this call even when there is no touchIcon defined.
+        Favicons.getPreferredSizeFaviconForPage(getApplicationContext(), URI, touchIconURL, listener);
+    }
+
+    private void doCreateShortcut(final String aTitle, final String aURI, final Bitmap aIcon) {
+        // The intent to be launched by the shortcut.
+        Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent();
+        shortcutIntent.setAction(GeckoApp.ACTION_HOMESCREEN_SHORTCUT);
+        shortcutIntent.setData(Uri.parse(aURI));
+        shortcutIntent.setClassName(AppConstants.ANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME,
+                AppConstants.MOZ_ANDROID_BROWSER_INTENT_CLASS);
+
+        Intent intent = new Intent();
+        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcutIntent);
+        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON, BitmapUtils.getLauncherIcon(getApplicationContext(), aIcon, GeckoAppShell.getPreferredIconSize()));
+
+        if (aTitle != null) {
+            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, aTitle);
+        } else {
+            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, aURI);
+        }
+
+        // Do not allow duplicate items.
+        intent.putExtra("duplicate", false);
+
+        intent.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");
+        getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(intent);
+    }
+
     private void processAlertCallback(SafeIntent intent) {
         String alertName = "";
         String alertCookie = "";
         Uri data = intent.getData();
         if (data != null) {
             alertName = data.getQueryParameter("name");
             if (alertName == null)
                 alertName = "";

--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoAppShell.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoAppShell.java
@@ -17,35 +17,30 @@ import java.io.PipedInputStream;
 import java.io.PipedOutputStream;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.Proxy;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
-import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.annotation.JNITarget;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.annotation.RobocopTarget;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.annotation.WrapForJNI;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.AppConstants.Versions;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.db.BrowserDB;
-import org.mozilla.gecko.db.URLMetadataTable;
-import org.mozilla.gecko.favicons.Favicons;
-import org.mozilla.gecko.favicons.OnFaviconLoadedListener;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.BitmapUtils;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.LayerView;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.PanZoomController;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.mozglue.ContextUtils;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.overlays.ui.ShareDialog;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.permissions.Permissions;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.util.EventCallback;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.util.GeckoRequest;
@@ -73,20 +68,17 @@ import android.content.pm.ApplicationInf
 import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
 import android.content.pm.ResolveInfo;
 import android.content.pm.ServiceInfo;
 import android.content.pm.Signature;
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
-import android.graphics.Canvas;
-import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.ImageFormat;
-import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.RectF;
 import android.graphics.SurfaceTexture;
 import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.hardware.Sensor;
 import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
@@ -208,19 +200,16 @@ public class GeckoAppShell
     /* package */ static NotificationClient notificationClient;
 
     // See also HardwareUtils.LOW_MEMORY_THRESHOLD_MB.
     private static final int HIGH_MEMORY_DEVICE_THRESHOLD_MB = 768;
 
     static private int sDensityDpi;
     static private int sScreenDepth;
 
-    /* Default colors. */
-    private static final float[] DEFAULT_LAUNCHER_ICON_HSV = { 32.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f };
-
     /* Is the value in sVibrationEndTime valid? */
     private static boolean sVibrationMaybePlaying;
 
     /* Time (in System.nanoTime() units) when the currently-playing vibration
      * is scheduled to end.  This value is valid only when
      * sVibrationMaybePlaying is true. */
     private static long sVibrationEndTime;
 
@@ -828,72 +817,21 @@ public class GeckoAppShell
     static void scheduleRestart() {
         getGeckoInterface().doRestart();
     }
 
     // Creates a homescreen shortcut for a web page.
     // This is the entry point from nsIShellService.
     @WrapForJNI
     public static void createShortcut(final String aTitle, final String aURI) {
-        ThreadUtils.assertOnBackgroundThread();
-        final BrowserDB db = GeckoProfile.get(getApplicationContext()).getDB();
-
-        final ContentResolver cr = getContext().getContentResolver();
-        final Map<String, Map<String, Object>> metadata = db.getURLMetadata().getForURLs(cr,
-                Collections.singletonList(aURI),
-                Collections.singletonList(URLMetadataTable.TOUCH_ICON_COLUMN)
-        );
-
-        final Map<String, Object> row = metadata.get(aURI);
-
-        String touchIconURL = null;
-
-        if (row != null) {
-            touchIconURL = (String) row.get(URLMetadataTable.TOUCH_ICON_COLUMN);
+        final GeckoInterface geckoInterface = getGeckoInterface();
+        if (geckoInterface == null) {
+            return;
         }
-
-        OnFaviconLoadedListener listener = new OnFaviconLoadedListener() {
-            @Override
-            public void onFaviconLoaded(String url, String faviconURL, Bitmap favicon) {
-                doCreateShortcut(aTitle, url, favicon);
-            }
-        };
-
-        // Retrieve the icon while bypassing the cache. Homescreen icon creation is a one-off event, hence it isn't
-        // useful to cache these icons. (Android takes care of storing homescreen icons after a shortcut
-        // has been created.)
-        // The cache is also (currently) limited to 32dp, hence we explicitly need to avoid accessing those icons.
-        // If touchIconURL is null, then Favicons falls back to finding the best possible favicon for
-        // the site URI, hence we can use this call even when there is no touchIcon defined.
-        Favicons.getPreferredSizeFaviconForPage(getApplicationContext(), aURI, touchIconURL, listener);
-    }
-
-    private static void doCreateShortcut(final String aTitle, final String aURI, final Bitmap aIcon) {
-        // The intent to be launched by the shortcut.
-        Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent();
-        shortcutIntent.setAction(GeckoApp.ACTION_HOMESCREEN_SHORTCUT);
-        shortcutIntent.setData(Uri.parse(aURI));
-        shortcutIntent.setClassName(AppConstants.ANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME,
-                                    AppConstants.MOZ_ANDROID_BROWSER_INTENT_CLASS);
-
-        Intent intent = new Intent();
-        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcutIntent);
-        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON, getLauncherIcon(aIcon));
-
-        if (aTitle != null) {
-            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, aTitle);
-        } else {
-            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, aURI);
-        }
-
-        // Do not allow duplicate items.
-        intent.putExtra("duplicate", false);
-
-        intent.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");
-        getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(intent);
+        geckoInterface.createShortcut(aTitle, aURI);
     }
 
     @JNITarget
     static public int getPreferredIconSize() {
         if (Versions.feature11Plus) {
             ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager)
                     getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
             return am.getLauncherLargeIconSize();
@@ -905,70 +843,16 @@ public class GeckoAppShell
                     return 96;
                 case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_HIGH:
                 default:
                     return 72;
             }
         }
     }
 
-    static private Bitmap getLauncherIcon(Bitmap aSource) {
-        final int kOffset = 6;
-        final int kRadius = 5;
-        int size = getPreferredIconSize();
-        int insetSize = aSource != null ? size * 2 / 3 : size;
-
-        Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(size, size, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
-        Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
-
-
-        // draw a base color
-        Paint paint = new Paint();
-        if (aSource == null) {
-            // If we aren't drawing a favicon, just use an orange color.
-            paint.setColor(Color.HSVToColor(DEFAULT_LAUNCHER_ICON_HSV));
-            canvas.drawRoundRect(new RectF(kOffset, kOffset, size - kOffset, size - kOffset), kRadius, kRadius, paint);
-        } else if (aSource.getWidth() >= insetSize || aSource.getHeight() >= insetSize) {
-            // Otherwise, if the icon is large enough, just draw it.
-            Rect iconBounds = new Rect(0, 0, size, size);
-            canvas.drawBitmap(aSource, null, iconBounds, null);
-            return bitmap;
-        } else {
-            // otherwise use the dominant color from the icon + a layer of transparent white to lighten it somewhat
-            int color = BitmapUtils.getDominantColor(aSource);
-            paint.setColor(color);
-            canvas.drawRoundRect(new RectF(kOffset, kOffset, size - kOffset, size - kOffset), kRadius, kRadius, paint);
-            paint.setColor(Color.argb(100, 255, 255, 255));
-            canvas.drawRoundRect(new RectF(kOffset, kOffset, size - kOffset, size - kOffset), kRadius, kRadius, paint);
-        }
-
-        // draw the overlay
-        Bitmap overlay = BitmapUtils.decodeResource(getApplicationContext(), R.drawable.home_bg);
-        canvas.drawBitmap(overlay, null, new Rect(0, 0, size, size), null);
-
-        // draw the favicon
-        if (aSource == null)
-            aSource = BitmapUtils.decodeResource(getApplicationContext(), R.drawable.home_star);
-
-        // by default, we scale the icon to this size
-        int sWidth = insetSize / 2;
-        int sHeight = sWidth;
-
-        int halfSize = size / 2;
-        canvas.drawBitmap(aSource,
-                          null,
-                          new Rect(halfSize - sWidth,
-                                   halfSize - sHeight,
-                                   halfSize + sWidth,
-                                   halfSize + sHeight),
-                          null);
-
-        return bitmap;
-    }
-
     @WrapForJNI(stubName = "GetHandlersForMimeTypeWrapper")
     static String[] getHandlersForMimeType(String aMimeType, String aAction) {
         Intent intent = getIntentForActionString(aAction);
         if (aMimeType != null && aMimeType.length() > 0)
             intent.setType(aMimeType);
         return getHandlersForIntent(intent);
     }
 
@@ -2204,16 +2088,23 @@ public class GeckoAppShell
         public void removeAppStateListener(AppStateListener listener);
         public View getCameraView();
         public void notifyWakeLockChanged(String topic, String state);
         public FormAssistPopup getFormAssistPopup();
         public boolean areTabsShown();
         public AbsoluteLayout getPluginContainer();
         public void notifyCheckUpdateResult(String result);
         public void invalidateOptionsMenu();
+
+        /**
+         * Create a shortcut -- generally a home-screen icon -- linking the given title to the given URI.
+         * @param title of URI to link to.
+         * @param URI to link to.
+         */
+        public void createShortcut(String title, String URI);
     };
 
     private static GeckoInterface sGeckoInterface;
 
     public static GeckoInterface getGeckoInterface() {
         return sGeckoInterface;
     }
 

--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/gfx/BitmapUtils.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/gfx/BitmapUtils.java
@@ -21,24 +21,30 @@ import org.mozilla.gecko.Tabs;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.ThumbnailHelper;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Color;
+import android.graphics.Paint;
+import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.graphics.RectF;
 import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.Base64;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 public final class BitmapUtils {
+    /* Default colors. */
+    private static final float[] DEFAULT_LAUNCHER_ICON_HSV = { 32.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f };
+
     private static final String LOGTAG = "GeckoBitmapUtils";
 
     private BitmapUtils() {}
 
     public interface BitmapLoader {
         public void onBitmapFound(Drawable d);
     }
 
@@ -424,10 +430,62 @@ public final class BitmapUtils {
             } catch (Exception e4) {
               Log.i(LOGTAG, "Exception getting drawable", e4);
             }
 
             resourceUrl = null;
         }
         return icon;
     }
+
+    public static Bitmap getLauncherIcon(Context context, Bitmap aSource, int size) {
+        final int kOffset = 6;
+        final int kRadius = 5;
+        int insetSize = aSource != null ? size * 2 / 3 : size;
+
+        Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(size, size, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
+        Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
+
+
+        // draw a base color
+        Paint paint = new Paint();
+        if (aSource == null) {
+            // If we aren't drawing a favicon, just use an orange color.
+            paint.setColor(Color.HSVToColor(DEFAULT_LAUNCHER_ICON_HSV));
+            canvas.drawRoundRect(new RectF(kOffset, kOffset, size - kOffset, size - kOffset), kRadius, kRadius, paint);
+        } else if (aSource.getWidth() >= insetSize || aSource.getHeight() >= insetSize) {
+            // Otherwise, if the icon is large enough, just draw it.
+            Rect iconBounds = new Rect(0, 0, size, size);
+            canvas.drawBitmap(aSource, null, iconBounds, null);
+            return bitmap;
+        } else {
+            // otherwise use the dominant color from the icon + a layer of transparent white to lighten it somewhat
+            int color = BitmapUtils.getDominantColor(aSource);
+            paint.setColor(color);
+            canvas.drawRoundRect(new RectF(kOffset, kOffset, size - kOffset, size - kOffset), kRadius, kRadius, paint);
+            paint.setColor(Color.argb(100, 255, 255, 255));
+            canvas.drawRoundRect(new RectF(kOffset, kOffset, size - kOffset, size - kOffset), kRadius, kRadius, paint);
+        }
+
+        // draw the overlay
+        Bitmap overlay = BitmapUtils.decodeResource(context, R.drawable.home_bg);
+        canvas.drawBitmap(overlay, null, new Rect(0, 0, size, size), null);
+
+        // draw the favicon
+        if (aSource == null)
+            aSource = BitmapUtils.decodeResource(context, R.drawable.home_star);
+
+        // by default, we scale the icon to this size
+        int sWidth = insetSize / 2;
+        int sHeight = sWidth;
+
+        int halfSize = size / 2;
+        canvas.drawBitmap(aSource,
+                null,
+                new Rect(halfSize - sWidth,
+                        halfSize - sHeight,
+                        halfSize + sWidth,
+                        halfSize + sHeight),
+                null);
+
+        return bitmap;
+    }
 }
-