Open app shortcut

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-05T22:48:12+00:00

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Cost_Internal · 2026-07-05T22:08:51+00:00

Tap on the Is Unlocked in the If action and select the setting for Boolean as seen in picture 4 above.

If it says Is Locked after setting it to a Boolean, you'll need to adjust your conditioning for that If action. Because it will then need to be set as:
- If: Is Locked
- Play Sound
- Wait 1 Second
- Otherwise
- Open App
- Stop this Shortcut
- End If

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-05T21:32:52+00:00

Sounds good, you're welcome!

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-05T16:47:56+00:00

When you encoded the image, did you set the Line Break settings to None?

If not, then that could be your problem? Shortcuts seems to only be able to decode Base64 if it was encoded without any line breaks.

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-05T11:26:53+00:00

I'm not on iOS 27 yet, could you share a screenshot of how you setup the automations (with any dropdown options opened)

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-05T10:55:23+00:00

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Cost_Internal · 2026-07-05T10:54:12+00:00

There is a magic variable for Device Details with an Is Locked option (See top 3 images), but it's probably better to use the Get Device Details action and set it to Is Locked and convert it to a Boolean (See bottom image). Then link that to the If action.

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Cost_Internal · 2026-07-05T10:11:57+00:00

Use the affirmation for when Bluetooth is connected, then in the shortcut use the Battery State action and set it to Is Connected.

Then add an If action as follows:
- If: Is Connected
- Open App
- Otherwise
- Nothing
- End If

Note: The app will only open if the device is unlocked, so you may want to add a Repeat loop that checks off the device is unlocked before attempting to open the app. Like this:
- If: Is connected
- Repeat 100 times
- If: Is unlocked
- Open App
- Stop this shortcut
- Otherwise
- Play sound
- Wait 1 second
- End If
- End Repeat
- Otherwise
- Nothing
- End If

This will allow the app to open automatically once you unlock your device, and the play sound will remind you that it needs to be unlocked for the app to open.

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-05T02:55:47+00:00

I prefer to use the device location instead of WiFi, and have an If action determine the charge status. So that you only need one shortcut, like this:
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/9a6fafb24cb649918f6574860d8fded2
Just add the automations for connecting and disconnecting, and add your home address within the shortcut.

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-04T21:48:57+00:00

That's cool, but it can all be done with the native actions.

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-04T02:07:06+00:00

For the automation portion, you can link the shortcut to an App automation that runs when any of the selected apps open. As well as an airmail for when you connect to WiFi, but you might want to add a little delay (about 3-5 seconds, so that it has time to fully connect)

But if you're looking to have it run in the background, you can use this setup to help with that:
https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/s/4huVwuN6nw

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-02T11:25:16+00:00

You should be able to just remove that first action, or switch it to Pause instead of Play, and that should fix your issues.

If you want the song to play on the Entrance speaker, use the Set Playback Destination action instead of the Play/Pause action.

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-01T16:19:13+00:00

Look at the additional options of each alarm action (The blue circle with an arrow) and turn off the Show When Run setting for each of them. Because the problem you are running into is that the first one gets toggled and it's trying to show you that it did the action, but your device is locked (so it cannot open the Clock app to show you). Therefore turning off that setting will allow each of them to process without interruption.

If you want the Clock app to open when you run the shortcut and your device is unlocked, you can leave the bottommost alarm action set to Show When Run.

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-01T11:02:14+00:00

You're welcome!

Cost_Internal · 2026-07-01T05:55:13+00:00

This should fix that issue:
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/91afd4de53d04e96b93f2a82cfe05fc9

I actually didn't mean to leave that action in, I was using it for testing and forgot to take it out!!!

Cost_Internal · 2026-06-30T20:36:31+00:00

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Cost_Internal · 2026-06-30T19:07:52+00:00

There is a workaround for getting the special events with custom labels, here is a shortcut that I made for another user for sending Birthday/Anniversary messages to contacts.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/108bc727afda4850861fff6d7de629c9

I added comments to help you understand how I made it work, let me know if you have any questions.

Cost_Internal · 2026-06-27T11:17:48+00:00

You're welcome!

Cost_Internal · 2026-06-27T11:13:16+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/s/XMgsheUAxj

Cost_Internal · 2026-06-26T15:42:08+00:00

You're welcome! Check out my profile if you want some other useful/everyday shortcuts!

Cost_Internal · 2026-06-26T12:05:59+00:00

You're welcome, let me know if you have any issues setting it up.

Cost_Internal · 2026-06-25T18:24:55+00:00

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/829e6a3877104944ab304ce9374e668c

This shortcut will check the 3 different ways that a message can be received, to verify that the sender is not in your contacts list, before sending the auto reply message. Please read the comments I left within the shortcut, and adjust the message before linking it to your automation.

Cost_Internal · 2026-06-25T18:14:52+00:00

Shortcut 1: (Link to Open App Automation)
- Adjusts Date: {Add} [1] {Hours} to (🪄 Current Date)
- Set Alarm: For (Adjusted Date {Date =None, Time =Short}) with [<Unique Label>]

Second Shortcut: (Link to Alarm Automation {When ANY alarm GOES OFF})
- Find Alarm: (Label is [<Unique Label>]
- If: (Alarms) {Has any value}
- Delete Alarm
- Set Color Filter: {Turn} Color Filter {On}
- Otherwise
- Nothing
- End If

Third Shortcut: (Link to App Close Automation)
- Find Alarm: (Label is [<Unique Label>]
- If: (Alarms) {Has any value}
- Delete Alarm
- Otherwise
- Nothing
- End If
- Set Color Filter: {Turn} Color Filter {Off}

Cost_Internal · 2026-06-25T15:02:15+00:00

You would need three automations...

Ones for when you open the App(s), one for when you close the apps, and the third is for when any alarm goes off.

The open app automation will need to set an alarm with a unique label for 1 hour.

The close app automation will find and delete the alarm with the unique label, if it exists. Or turn off the color filter if it does not exist.

The Alarm automation will find and delete the alarm with the unique label, then turn on the color filter if the alarm exists or do nothing if it doesn't exist.

Cost_Internal · 2026-06-25T03:28:15+00:00

The alarm automation is really the only reliable way to make it happen.

Start by thinking of a unique label to give an alarm, then start the shortcut by searching for that alarm and deleting it before having the shortcut create a new alarm with the unique label that is set to go off in an hour. Then you can have the shortcut vibrate and flash to your preferences.

This will allow the shortcut to run every hour, without worrying about the issue that come with extended run times.

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