Posts tagged with "ios"

Read about how I got my Chromecast devices (i.e., Google Nest Minis) to work with AirPlay and play audio streams.

iOS applications for the most part end up being an entry point based on intent. Sometimes these tasks are isolated to a webpage (in the form of an application) and have no native iOS application. Read how we can turn a webpage into a basic iOS application to reduce friction and improve focus to handle intents.

Read about how I got my non-HomeKit devices working in HomeKit using Homebridge. This makes it easy to use Siri (via an Apple Watch) to control my smart devices.

Sometimes, you need a notification to do something when you tap on it like opening an app or running a shortcut. Unfortunately, the native 'Show Notification' in iOS Shortcuts is non-actionable and therefore lacking. Read about how to take advantage of actionable notifications in iOS Shortcuts.

I automated seven manual steps to mirror my iPhone to QuickTime using AppleScript. Read about some of the challenges I encountered and see the finalized script being trigged by Alfred.

URL Schemes provide powerful ways to integrate applications together in the Apple Ecosystem. Notion, unfortunately, doesn't allow these URL Scheme links, as they are not 'valid' URLs. We can work around this by using a URL shortener to do some redirection.

Notion has recently released iOS widgets, however, they are limited in functionality. In this article, I present my custom Notion iOS widget that has a unique set of features. This widget is built using iOS Shortcuts, the Scriptable application, and a notion-py server.

Guided Access is a great feature in iOS that limits the device to only show a single application with customizable restrictions. The ease of enabling/disabling a Guided Access session, opens up a lot of easy use cases that you might want to try it.

Read how I orchestrate my daily review that consists of multiple applications using iOS Shortcuts. I create a notification-based workflow as a workaround to Shortcut's time limit when switching between applications.

Learn how to quickly open Notion pages on your iOS device. See how I work around dynamic page links (e.g., current day/week) to open the correct pages from my Notion Weekly Template.