What do I need to integrate AppIntents in my app?

To integrate App Intents into your app, you need to follow several steps and guidelines. Here are the key points:

1. Understand the Framework:

   • App Intents is a framework that allows you to expose your app's core features in a way that the system can understand. This enables features like Siri, Spotlight, and Shortcuts to present your app's actions and content outside of the app. (Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents)

2. Define Core Actions and Content:

   • You need to define what your core actions and content are so that system features like Siri and Spotlight know what they can present. (Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents)

3. Design App Intents:

   • An app intent consists of a summary of what it does, which starts with the app followed by a verb, and includes the parameters that people need to fill out before the intent is run. (Design App Intents for system experiences)
   • Structure your app's functionality into flexible intents where parameters can be adjusted, rather than creating multiple intents for similar tasks. (Design App Intents for system experiences)

4. Parameter Types and Summaries:

   • Ensure that the parameter summary is always readable as a sentence, regardless of the selected mode. This helps users understand what the app intent does when exploring in the Shortcuts drawer. (Design App Intents for system experiences)

5. Avoid Specific UI Elements:

   • App intents should not exclusively trigger specific UI elements. Instead, they should represent the underlying task people normally access using these UI elements. (Design App Intents for system experiences)

6. Support for Background Activities:

   • If your app supports live activities, audio playback, or recording, create app intents that make it possible to do these things from the background. (Design App Intents for system experiences)

By following these guidelines, you can effectively integrate App Intents into your app, making it more accessible and useful to users even when they are not directly interacting with it. For more detailed information, you can refer to the sessions Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents and Design App Intents for system experiences.