The menu is presented, I choose the thing, and off I go to Settings. This dictionary is sent to another shortcut which processes the dictionary, generates the actual menu, and returns it to the Settings launcher shortcut. The second is a base64-encoded icon I generate with another shortcut (more on this below). The first item in the array is the URL scheme for the setting. The keys are the text that appears in the list to choose from, and each value is an array of one or two strings. So how does it work? The shortcut starts with a dictionary of things to choose from. My addition to Federico’s shortcut is having an SF Symbol and a color accompanying each option. It still works the same where when I run it, I get a menu of Settings options, I choose the thing I want to open settings for, and Shortcuts jumps over to Settings app into that thing saving me the steps of digging around to find the thing. Here’s the menu the shortcut presents:Īs mentioned above, this launcher is adapted from Federico Viticci’s Settings launcher that uses Settings URL schemes to deep dive into specific menus and submenus. Let’s look at the Settings launcher as an example. It’s a small thing but a definite improvement. Now, shortcuts on the Home screen launch straight into Shortcuts. I’m thankful iOS 13 improved running shortcuts saved to the Home screen where it no longer launches a new tab in Safari first and then Shortcuts like it did in iOS 12. Let’s talk more about those shortcut launchers and take a peek inside. With Toolbox Pro, it feels like they are! The app has helped making the menus each of my shortcut launchers present.
Below are a few notes on why I use these apps and what I like about them.Ī wonderful utility that takes advantage of iOS 13 shortcuts with parameters and output details to add power-user actions to Shortcuts that aren’t natively available. I like how the icons pop against the black background, but I like the color emanating from the dock. My wallpaper is “gradient special edition 1” by AR72014. These are the apps I use the most or I want easy access to. So here it is (select to view a larger version): I tried earlier this year going back to an arrangement where similar types of apps were grouped together, but I quickly reverted because color order is much more visually pleasing to me. A while back I was inspired by the iOS Setups subreddit to arrange my apps by color, and I’ve stuck with it. Here’s my Home screen as of December 2019. So this post will cover all those things! My Home Screen And then I started experimenting with having launchers from Shortcuts app on my Home screen. Then I decided to do that plus a Home screen post. My arrangement is pretty similar, and the apps on it are nearly all the same.Īfter listening to the Thanksgiving episode of Connected where Federico Viticci, Myke Hurley, and Stephen Hackett mentioned some apps they were thankful for, I thought about doing the same with some utility apps I use frequently but aren’t prominently displayed on my Home screen. I haven’t posted about my iPhone Home screen since last December because not much had changed since then.