Link to all the code I'm working with so far: https://github.com/banool/respose.
I want to make an app where it is possible for users to activate some intent it defines as an action in response to some event in the iOS shortcuts app. For example:
If I open app X.
Run intent from my app instead.
I've seen this done before in other apps, so I know it's possible.
I have an intent defined (see attached code as well as image) that seems to be correct as far as I can tell. I don't think I need an intent extension because I don't intend to handle the intent in the background or via Siri.
I notice that when I try to add an intent under My Target -> General -> Supported Intents, the dropdown doesn't show my intent, only the built in system intents.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here. I got to this point just by following the official guide from Apple: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sirikit/adding_user_interactivity_with_siri_shortcuts_and_the_shortcuts_app.
I don't think the fact that I'm using Flutter should matter so much right now (I figure that's more of a concern for when the app actually opens up from the shortcut), but perhaps I'm wrong.
I have registered the app on App Store connect and I'm using an identifier that has the sirikit capability enabled. I've also added the "Siri" capability in XCode. I've tried this on both a simulator and a real device, the results are the same.
Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!
Had the same issue.
It seems that you can just type the class name without prompt, and it should work just fine. Don't forget to select proper target though
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So I have implemented Firebase Dynamic Links in my app. I thought that I had them set up correctly, because they work for my own personal device and the simulators perfectly. I released the update to the app, but when two of my friends tried to open them after updating to the new version, it takes them to the Firebase website citing an error. I click the same link and it opens my app and handles the link.
Firebase has added the apple app site association to my domain prefix, I have added the a--link in my app's capabilities, I am truly at a loss as to why this may be. Even if they click the link from notes, it does not give them the option to open the link with my app like it will for me.
Is there anything that I could be overlooking? Happy to supply any relevant details but I feel like I have to be missing something.
App Links:
applinks:share.***.app
URL Type is set up in Target Info.
Custom Dynamic Domain is set in info.plist.
For others that come across this, it seems to be an open Apple bug: http://www.openradar.me/radar?id=4999496467480576
After several days, the user's apps downloaded the proper AASA and the deep links began to work. There doesn't seem to be a workaround with Google Dynamic Links, but Branch.io offers forced URI redirect mode to avoid this issue.
I’m trying to get a voice shortcut for a custom Siri Intent working as part of an Apple Watch app, but I’m not sure whether that’s possible. Has anyone had success with this or know if it’s supported?
There isn't much code to share in this case, since most of the code is auto-generated by Xcode, but here’s a quick overview of how I have everything set up.
I created a custom Intent with a .intentdefiniton file and separate Intents Extension targets for my iOS app and watchOS app to handle the Intent.
I set up and donate the shortcuts at the appropriate time. I included an INUIAddVoiceShortcutButton in my app so a user can easily add or edit a phrase for the shortcut.
Everything works fine on an iPhone: the shortcut shows up at relevant times throughout iOS, and the Intents Extension in my iOS app handles the shortcut when I say the invocation phrase to Siri.
Since 20% of my app’s users use the Apple Watch app, I want to provide a congruent experience on watchOS. The donated shortcut shows up on the Siri watch face, as expected. I trigger the shortcut from the Siri watch face, and is handled by the Intents Extension that's part of my watchOS app.
When I say the intent’s invocation phrase to my Apple Watch (Series 3 GPS-only), however, it doesn’t work. Siri says:
Checking with the app...
Then a few seconds later:
I do not recognize that command.
I’ve tried this with a separate Intents Extension for my watchOS app, and without. I get the same results in both situations. It works on the simulator, but not on a real device.
I’ve also made sure I have my Watch Extension and Watch App selected under Target Membership for the .intentdefinition file.
I’ve also tried going into Settings > Developer and enabling Display Recent Shortcuts then tapping Force Sync Shortcuts to Watch, but that doesn’t change the behavior.
Are voice shortcuts for these custom intents even supported on Apple Watch? I haven’t been able to tell one way or another with Apple’s documentation. The SoupChef sample project is set up with an Intents Extension for the watchOS app, which makes me think it should be supported. And, since it works on the simulator, that makes me think it should be supported.
However, this page doesn’t list custom intents as being supported on watchOS, so that makes me think they may not be supported: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/watchos/user-interaction/siri/
If anyone can help me figure out whether this is supported I’d really appreciate it. I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong or if this just isn’t supported.
The problem was on my Apple Watch.
I was able to get it working by erasing the watch (Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings) then restoring it from a backup.
I have just created single view controller app and adding targets with Siri extensions( intents and intent ui extension).
But when I say Siri command to start the intent it just launching the app instead of showing in Siri view itself. Since I have started exploring Siri please let me know the issue and if any tutorial I can go through
I had the same problem. The bug was that the extension's plist contained the wrong entry in NSExtensions->NSExtensionAttributes->IntentsSupported – obviously the default Xcode actions are incorrect.
What you need to state there are the actual class names of the intents you handle, not their names as per the intentdefinition file.
Disabling 'copy only when installing' under Embed App Extensions in main target build phases fix the issue for me.
You should follow these steps:-
Add intents and intentsUI(if you need to customize default UI) as
extension
Override the Intent handers
Mention your intents in info.plist
Allow app to be accible by siri in phone settings
The best way to start is to go thru the SiriKit Programming Guide
Also, you can get some sample code from Apple here
I'm fairly new to iOS development and I am porting an Android app to iOS 7. The Android app provides a screen that allows the user to change a number of non persistent settings. Because these are not saved, it doesn't seem appropriate to me to expose them, on iOS, as preferences via a settings bundle and the built-in Settings app. So I'm looking at an in-app settings screen, which I understand is allowed - but perhaps not encouraged - by Apple.
Some questions:
Am I correct that an in-App approach is allowed by Apple? Most example code seems to use settings bundles. Am I going to have problems when the app is submitted to the App Store?
I can put the settings UI in a simple UITableViewController, but is there an approved way to expose this to the user? XCode 5 doesn't provide a settings identifier (and icon) for toolbar buttons, and the "Info" identifier (letter i inside a circle) seems to have been dropped too. Should I use a custom icon? Are there any de facto standards?
I haven't seen this kind of UI element before on iOS but my exposure to the platform as a user is limited.
There is nothing wrong with doing an in-app preference (table)view. You won't be rejected for that (this point seems to be way too much exagerated outside the iOS community). There are guidelines that you can follow: iOS Human Interface Guidelines... or not. As long as you don't use private APIs (assuming you know how to access them anyway), you're fine! So you can use a custom icon, the "i" button, or any UI element that convey the reasonable meaning of providing access to more info/preference.
In your code, you can use the class NSUserDefaults (with the standardUserDefaults) to store your preferences.
Many apps have in-app settings. It's fine. Apple even states that it is fine. Just don't have both.
Use a custom icon. Many apps seem to use an icon that looks like a gear.
I’ve got several iOS apps and I need them to be aware of each other. More precisely, I need to know whether there’s already one of my apps installed.
I thought about registering a custom URL scheme (something like my-app-present://), so that I could check whether the custom scheme is supported and if yes, I would know there’s already one of my apps on the device. But that doesn’t work, because the schemes are registered through Info.plist and the app registers the scheme before it has a chance to check for its existence. In other words, the check always succeeds.
Then I thought about creating a file in the temporary directory, but NSTemporaryDirectory() returns a folder inside the application sandbox, so that wouldn’t work either. I also thought about keychain, but again it looks like each application has strictly separate keychain on iOS.
I don’t want to go through the list of running apps and I don’t want to use networking. Do you know some other tricks?
The custom URL scheme method sounds fine, as long as you have a different scheme for every app, for example my-app-1:// and my-app-2://. Then (I assume this is what you already knew) you can use canOpenURL: to check if the URL can be handled (i.e., your app is installed).
If by "talk to each other" you meant you just want to detect whether other app has been installed or not then iHasApp is an open source iOS framework could come in handy. I haven't used it yet. but from the description it appears to be a good choice.
http://www.ihasapp.com/documentation/Classes/iHasApp.html