Introduction to Siri Shortcuts

WWDC 2018

Creating Shortcuts

• Define (What you want expose)
• Donate (Tell the system every time the user does something)
• Handle

Shortcut APIs

NSUserActivity

Intents

File → New file → SiriKit Intent Definition File

Code generation (Automatically)

Donate

Handle

Handle your shortcut in the Background

INRelevantShortcut

Expose Shortcuts to the Siri Watch Face

How is a Shortcut Suggested?

Custom Intents

• Use enums (clearly bounded)
• Custom” results in an INObject
• Combines an identifier with a display string
• Identifier can reference an internal object
• Display string conveys that object to the user
• Prevents possible implicit dependencies between parameters

Shortcut Display

(title, subtitle, image)

• Understandable
• Represent what will happen

Shortcut Testing

Deleting Donations

Play Media Intent

• INPlayMediaIntent (new)