iBanksAlso a Get Current App action. iOS 18.2 Beta #shortcuts #shortcutsapp
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@atnbueno @gluebyte @matthewcassinelli @viticci We need your help. Passing the Get Current App variable to another action doesn’t work. Using the IF action alone (Current App) passes the name, but isn’t recognized as a true value. The only solution I’ve found is using the list action, but it still requires the user to list their apps. Any ideas? We want to take a screenshot, use the create album action, and save it to the album using the app name.
gluebyte
@gluebyte @atnbueno @matthewcassinelli @viticci passes as a blank value when name is passed to another action.
Edit: needed to change from App to Name for the variable
@gluebyte @atnbueno @matthewcassinelli @viticci this works! Thanks dude!!
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c1396f783f84440abbe4c50eb35e856d
Now to bind this with Apple Frames. 😊😊😊
Matthew Cassinelli@matthewcassinelli @gluebyte @atnbueno @viticci FB15806757 (Get Current App Shortcuts action passes nil value)
When using the Get Current App action alone and running it, it passes the apps name. If you pass that same action to another action like a Text or IF statement, it passes no value.
User must use a Get Name action or a Get Text from Input action in order for the name to pass to another action successfully.
Mark Van Alstine@iBanks @matthewcassinelli @gluebyte @atnbueno @viticci added one as well FB15808699 (FB15806757 (Get Current App Shortcuts action passes nil value))
David Gold@gluebyte @iBanks @atnbueno @matthewcassinelli @viticci If you use it it with the action button there seems to be a bug that when you are on the Home Screen it can’t find a current app so hangs. There isn’t a way for shortcuts to tell if on home screen but workaround is to use Get Current App but change current to Visible. Then count them. If 0 then no app is open & you can’t tell it what you want the action button to do and then proceed with what to do when various apps are open.
@gluebyte @iBanks @atnbueno @matthewcassinelli @viticci Yes but if there is no app (ie you’re on the Home Screen) it returns nothing.