How do I do app intents?

To create app intents, you can follow the guidance provided in the WWDC sessions. Here are the key steps and considerations:

1. Identify Core Features:

   • App intents should surface the core features of your app that can be useful outside of the app itself. This includes actions and content that are meaningful to users (Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents).

2. Designing App Intents:

   • App intents consist of a summary of what they do, starting with the app followed by a verb, and include the necessary parameters (Design App Intents for system experiences).
   • Avoid creating multiple intents for the same task. Instead, structure your app's functionality into flexible intents where parameters can be adjusted (Design App Intents for system experiences).

3. Structuring App Intents:

   • Ensure that the parameter summary is always readable as a sentence, regardless of the selected parameter (Design App Intents for system experiences).
   • If your app supports live activities, audio playback, or recording, create app intents that allow these actions to be performed from the background (Design App Intents for system experiences).

4. Opening the App:

   • App intents can open the app to show changes or specific views. This behavior can be toggled off if the intent is part of a larger shortcut flow (Design App Intents for system experiences).

5. Implementing App Intents:

   • Define your app's core actions and content so that system features like Siri, Spotlight, and Shortcuts can present them outside your app (Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents).
   • Use the app intents framework to handle the definition and execution of these actions (Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents).

For a detailed walkthrough, you can refer to the sessions:

• Design App Intents for system experiences
• Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents