# Let’s Share Shortcut Techniques | Shortcuts Library

> built to share shortcut techniques with others creating shortcuts

## What this shortcut does

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)

## Compatibility

iPhone, iPad, Mac

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