iOS Development: Siri Shortcuts

Automate common tasks with Siri Shortcuts. Learn how to implement Siri Shortcuts using NSUserActivity, as well as by creating custom intents.

Introduction

• Developing with Siri Shortcuts
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

1. Understanding Siri Shortcuts

• What are Siri Shortcuts?
• Creating shortcuts using Shortcuts app
• Understanding Shortcuts APIs

2. Implementing Coffee App Shortcuts Using NSUserActivity

• Understanding the structure of the app
• Creating shortcut using NSUserActivity
• Setting up developer options
• Restoring the app using shortcuts
• Adding voice shortcut
• Challenge: Displaying size and total
• Solution: Displaying size and total

3. Implementing Coffee App Using Intents

• Adding intent definition file
• Donating the intent
• Setting up intents/intents UI project
• Implementing CoffeeOrderDataManager
• Using CoffeeOrderDataManager
• Placing order using custom intent
• Challenge: Coffee roast for the order
• Solution: Coffee roast for the order

4. Developing a Custom User Interface for Siri Shortcuts

• Implementing invoice user interface
• Displaying invoice view
• Implementing confirm order interface
• Displaying confirmation view
• Ordering coffee using voice shortcuts
• Challenge: Displaying name in confirm
• Solution: Displaying name in confirm

5. Custom Responses

• Understanding custom responses
• Custom responses in intents definition
• Returning custom responses
• Enabling Siri shortcut testing
• Adding add to Siri button
• Adding Siri voice shortcuts from app
• Deleting an order
• Deleting donations

Conclusion

• Next steps