manifest.xml

<!-- 
  In your AndroidManifest.xml, designate the class that will handle creating a shortcut. 
-->

<activity android:name=".CreateShortcut"
       android:label="Name To Appear on the Shortcuts Menu"
       >

       <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.CREATE_SHORTCUT" />
         <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
       </intent-filter>

</activity>

shortcuts.java

// In the CreateShortcut activity, you want to create an Intent whose data has 3 special
// shortcut fields, as shown below: the intent to be launched when the shortcut is clicked, 
// the text label, and the icon (which can be an icon ID from your drawables, or a Bitmap).  
// Set it as the result of the Activity with the result code RESULT_OK.

Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
intent.setClassName("com.your.package.name", "com.your.package.name.DestinationActivity");
// put whatever data the DestinationActivity needs, like the station
ID, into the intent

Parcelable shortcutIcon = Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(this, R.drawable.shortcut_icon);
// alternatively, you can make the shortcut icon a raw Bitmap

Intent shortcutData = new Intent();
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcutIntent);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, "Shortcut Name");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON, shortcutIcon);

setResult(RESULT_OK, intent);