Let’s Share Shortcut Techniques

Updated for iOS 13 Note: Versions of Let's Share Shortcut Techniques comments prior to 3.2 will not automatically check for a new version. With these pre-3.2 versions, to check for a new version, select Shortcut Update Initiated by User from the main Choose from Menu . If you are still running iOS 12, you can download Version 2.4 from this page . Additional Let's Share Shortcut Techniques comments are available on reddit /shortcuts. The purpose of this shortcut is to share techniques that I and others have learned as we've developed shortcuts. I plan to update this shortcut periodically. If you have any snippets that you would like to share, please leave a comment and I'll add them to the next version of this shortcut. Here's a list of techniques currently included in this shortcut... Within the shortcut, there is a main Choose from Menu that includes the following items: SF Symbol for vCard Menu Create Help and Display in Safari (Markdown Source) Shortcut Update Initiated by User Pick Subset of Shortcuts - all | select | text Pick Subset of Shortcuts - all pre | none pre | text Backup, Archive, and Restore Shortcuts Check Network Status Create vCard Menu with SF Symbol Photos Various Methods to Access Dictionary Values Search For a Shortcut Shortcut plist Encode a Web Sound & Prepare to Embed Run Without Showing Actions Force Shortcut Execution in the Shortcuts App FileExist? TRUE, return contents; FALSE, create file, set contents Dictionary & RepeatWithEach to ReplaceText x N Write to a Device-specific iCloud Folder Generate a Multiple Line Prompt (e.g., with Ask for Input) IF with OR logic Write Contents of Dictionary to a New Note As an example, here are two dialogs, one from Pick Subset of Shortcuts - all | select | text and one from Create vCard Menu with SF Symbol Photos . In addition, the shortcut includes embedded actions that provide techniques: To compare the build number of the current version to the build number of the shortcut when it was previously run. If the difference exceeds a specified build delta , display an alert. See below, top left screenshot. To display a "welcome" alert the first time the shortcut is started AND if a specified number of days have elapsed since the shortcut was last run. See below, top-right screenshot. To display a daily alert. See below, bottom-left screenshot. To automatically check for a shortcut update if a certain number of days have elapsed since the most recent check. See below, botton-right screenshot. Tests This shortcut was tested using iOS 13.3.1 (17D5026c) beta 1 on an iPad Pro 10.5" and an iPhone 8 Plus . Acknowledgments Let’s Share Shortcut Techniques is available exclusively on .co . Versions obtained elsewhere might be out-of-date. The framed screenshots were created using the shortcut Apple Frames (iOS) from the MacStories Shortcuts Archive. Let’s Share Shortcut Techniques can check for updates if a user selects Shortcut Update Initiated by User on the main Choose from Menu . One of two update tools can be selected: 1) Embed-a-Update (Version: 1.1.2, Updated: 10/13/19); or 2) UpdateKit (Version 6.0.2, Updated: 11/13/19)