Creating Contact shortcuts on an Android home page

This makes the home page pretty useful, especially if you have to call a certain number multiple times a day.

Step 1: Long press anywhere on the home screen until a menu pops up.
Step 2: Tap "Add shortcut".

Step 3: Tap "Contact".

Step 4: Tap on the Contact that you wish to make a shortcut to.

Step 5: Long press on the Contact to allow you to move it to where you want it on the screen.

Step 6: Done.

You can now tap the Contact's shortcut and pick whether to call them, pull up their contact info, send them an SMS, email them, go to their web page, and so on depending on what info is stored in their contact on your phone.

There are a few different ways to interact with contacts, you can also direct dial them or direct SMS them from a shortcut!