TEXTING SHORTCUTS IPHONE HOW TO
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TEXTING SHORTCUTS IPHONE HOW TO

If neither of them interest you, I’ve also figured out how to make a roguelike with Shortcuts, but that’s… a much longer post. Below are two of the methods that I’ve been exploring, with some detailed reference for trying it out yourself.

Many of them are still a work-in-progress, but it’s proving to be a deeper well of experimentation than I anticipated. What unfolded over the last month has been an exploration, of sorts, into the practicalities of building games within a program that is all but explicitly not decided for making games in. While it’s a short game all told, it proffered a revelation: While the functions provided within are small, they contain all of the necessary elements of a variety of text and turn-based games. This started with the discovery of Space Alert, a “crappy text adventure” that takes advantage of the branching “Choose from Menu” function. Though the new tool, with the ability to run programs that brought apps together using Siri, Home Screen buttons, or even the Widgets panel, was designed for those with a will to capital-O Optimize their everyday life, I saw in it a very different potential. You could also, if you’re a true Portlander and are so inclined, use it to brag about how many coffee shops are within walking distance. Or, for the smart-homed, curating intricately-choreographed “scenes” far beyond what the Home app is capable of perhaps texting your entire home an emoji, and watching as the lights, temperature, entertainment center, and coffee machine all work in unison to fit a certain mood. This can range from things like, polling the Weather app to see whether you will need an umbrella today, and giving you a push notification letting you know when and where the rain will fall. The end result of this being a new app, which harnesses the power of other apps on your phone.

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Anyway.įor Android users, or at least people who don’t care, Shortcuts is a tool that allows you to use a drag-and-drop programming interface to put a limited amount of functions together. Something about being sad and unemployed? I don’t know, it sounds vaguely familiar. Only problem was, by that time, I had very little left in my life that I really cared to automate. Like a lot of people, I was aware of Workflow as an iOS app that seemed to be a slightly more robust version of IFTTT, but didn’t see an immediate use for it until iOS 12 was released, and the app was re-branded as Apple’s official Shortcuts app.

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