Any way to embed apps to a desktop page or a widget?

[Android Central Question]

I'm trying to set up a better smarthome controller tablet. I have a few apps that I'd like to embed to desktop pages somehow so that instead of opening them and closing them, a user could just swipe left and right to get to them (like my camera system, or other things that could be immediately viewable).
Is there anything like that out there? Anyone know of maybe a launcher or a widget capable of such a thing?