iOS Development: Siri Shortcuts

Course details

Siri Shortcuts—which debuted with the release of iOS 12—helps users streamline their workflow by automating common tasks. It also leverages the power of machine learning to predict shortcuts based on a user's recurring actions in different apps. Curious about how to implement Siri Shortcuts in your development workflow? In this course, Mohammad Azam helps you get up and running with this iOS feature, explaining how to implement Siri Shortcuts using NSUserActivity, as well as by creating custom intents. He shows how to add Siri Shortcuts to an existing application, use custom responses to enhance interactions with users, add Siri voice shortcuts, and more.

Learning objectives
Creating shortcuts using the Shortcuts app
Implementing shortcuts using NSUserActivity
Adding an Intent Definition file
Donating intents
Developing a custom user interface for Siri Shortcuts
Returning custom responses

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Developing with Siri Shortcuts
02 - What you should know
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Understanding Siri Shortcuts

04 - What are Siri Shortcuts
05 - Creating shortcuts using Shortcuts app
06 - Understanding Shortcuts APIs

2. Implementing Coffee App Shortcuts Using NSUserActivity

07 - Understanding the structure of the app
08 - Creating shortcut using NSUserActivity
09 - Setting up developer options
10 - Restoring the app using shortcuts
11 - Adding voice shortcut
12 - Challenge - Displaying size and total
13 - Solution - Displaying size and total

3. Implementing Coffee App Using Intents

14 - Adding intent definition file
15 - Donating the intent
16 - Setting up intents intents UI project
17 - Implementing CoffeeOrderDataManager
18 - Using CoffeeOrderDataManager
19 - Placing order using custom intent
20 - Challenge - Coffee roast for the order
21 - Solution - Coffee roast for the order

4. Developing a Custom User Interface for Siri Shortcuts

22 - Implementing invoice user interface
23 - Displaying invoice view
24 - Implementing confirm order interface
25 - Displaying confirmation view
26 - Ordering coffee using voice shortcuts
27 - Challenge - Displaying name in confirm
28 - Solution - Displaying name in confirm

5. Custom Responses

29 - Understanding custom responses
30 - Custom responses in intents definition
31 - Returning custom responses
32 - Enabling Siri shortcut testing
33 - Adding add to Siri button
34 - Adding Siri voice shortcuts from app
35 - Deleting an order
36 - Deleting donations

Conclusion

37 - Next steps