We donate our custom intents to SiriKit. Our intents have a couple parameters like:
Start Foo in Boo
The generic intent title is "Start Things". We need to show the specific title with params and not the generic title in Shortcuts.
The problem is that the Shortcuts app does not distinguish our intents so we get tons and tons of "Start Things" suggestions for each different Foo, but each line in Shortcuts Add Action and Suggestions is simply "Start Things" for many pages over time as the user performs actions in our app.
I have noticed some other apps are able to customize that title. Find My shows a title as "Show the location of SpecificiPadName". OpenTable shows "Get details for 'specific reservation name'".
I have not been able to do the same kind of customization. In Xcode intent definition, the Shortcuts app and Suggestions section for the Intent does not seem to be related to the string used in the actual Shortcuts app. The generic title of the intent is always used in Shortcuts until you open the suggestion at which point you can customize the params.
Either we need to disable suggestions altogether to avoid the user having pages of un-distinguished titles, or we need to customize the title to show its parameters. I note that even though we have 2 parameters, the "Key Parameter" menu in the Shortcuts app section of the Intent is disabled – I cannot select a parameter there. Also, the "Summary" in the Shortcuts app section is simply not what is shown in Shortcuts.
Anyway, obviously there is some trick to this, but I have not been able to find it. Anyone have any insight into this?
Start Foo in Boo
The generic intent title is "Start Things". We need to show the specific title with params and not the generic title in Shortcuts.
The problem is that the Shortcuts app does not distinguish our intents so we get tons and tons of "Start Things" suggestions for each different Foo, but each line in Shortcuts Add Action and Suggestions is simply "Start Things" for many pages over time as the user performs actions in our app.
I have noticed some other apps are able to customize that title. Find My shows a title as "Show the location of SpecificiPadName". OpenTable shows "Get details for 'specific reservation name'".
I have not been able to do the same kind of customization. In Xcode intent definition, the Shortcuts app and Suggestions section for the Intent does not seem to be related to the string used in the actual Shortcuts app. The generic title of the intent is always used in Shortcuts until you open the suggestion at which point you can customize the params.
Either we need to disable suggestions altogether to avoid the user having pages of un-distinguished titles, or we need to customize the title to show its parameters. I note that even though we have 2 parameters, the "Key Parameter" menu in the Shortcuts app section of the Intent is disabled – I cannot select a parameter there. Also, the "Summary" in the Shortcuts app section is simply not what is shown in Shortcuts.
Anyway, obviously there is some trick to this, but I have not been able to find it. Anyone have any insight into this?
