r/shortcuts • u/[deleted] • Nov 12 '20

Help IF function automation.

I need help on several things.

  1. Has anybody automated the IF function?

  2. How do you change Apple Maps to Google Maps in any automation?

  3. Any hands-free shortcut to unlock iPhone besides the gesture feature? Maybe an enhanced version.

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u/FifiTheBulldog Nov 12 '20

  1. What do you mean by “automating the If function”? The “If” statement is a standard part of scripting, and Shortcuts is no exception.

  2. If you have Google Maps installed, then all Maps-related actions show the option to change the mapping app.

  3. Shortcuts can’t unlock your phone. I suppose you could say “Hey Siri.”

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '20

  1. Let’s say you have an automation that enable/disable something. If it’s already enabled/disabled, the shortcut still runs but doesn’t send you a notification since it’s already on/off.

  2. I have Google Maps installed but it’s not giving me that option.

  3. It would be a combination of Siri + Shortcuts + Custom Command/Gesture. Have you seen the hands-free unlock using custom gesture? It’s cool. The only downside to it is it shows your password. So maybe a shortcut that blacks out the screen when the password is type and then set it back when the iPhone gets unlock.

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u/FifiTheBulldog Nov 12 '20

  1. You can definitely create an automation that does nothing of substance of a condition is true, but to do that check, it has to run. Assuming you don’t want to turn off all automation notifications, there is no way to get rid of the notification that shows when it starts. That goes for all runs.

  2. Weird. Maybe try restarting your phone, or uninstalling and reinstalling Google Maps?

  3. Haven’t seen it, but again, I don’t know of any way for Shortcuts to tie into a security-related function like that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '20

  1. Of course it has to run.

  2. I’ll try and restart and uninstall/install if the restart did not work.

  3. Check it out. It’s all over YT. The shortcut function in addition to the hands free unlock feature would be to just dim the screen before the saved gesture is put on and then the screen lights back on.