Can my app call app intents from another app?
Asked on 07/30/2024
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Yes, your app can call app intents from another app. App intents are designed to be flexible and can be combined with other intents into shortcuts, allowing for powerful new flows that they could not achieve alone. This means that you can create shortcuts that involve multiple app intents from different apps to perform complex tasks.
For more detailed guidance on how to design and structure your app intents, you can refer to the session Design App Intents for system experiences.
Here are the relevant sessions mentioned in the context:
Extend your app’s controls across the system
Bring your app’s controls to Control Center, the Lock Screen, and beyond. Learn how you can use WidgetKit to extend your app’s controls to the system experience. We’ll cover how you can to build a control, tailor its appearance, and make it configurable.
Design App Intents for system experiences
App Intents power system experiences in controls, Spotlight, Siri, and more. Find out how to identify the functionality that’s best for App Intents, and how to use parameters to make these intents flexible. Learn how to use App Intents to allow people to take action outside your app, and see examples of when to navigate into your app to show contextual information.
Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents
Learn the principles of the App Intents framework, like intents, entities, and queries, and how you can harness them to expose your app’s most important functionality right where people need it most. Find out how to build deep integration between your app and the many system features built on top of App Intents, including Siri, controls and widgets, Apple Pencil, Shortcuts, the Action button, and more. Get tips on how to build your App Intents integrations efficiently to create the best experiences in every surface while still sharing code and core functionality.