Is there any way a live activity could be started from a shortcut? The example live activities (ordering a ride share, viewing sports scores etc) are good fits for shortcuts and live activities but I'm not able to start a live activity from a shortcut using the new app intents framework.
Is it possible to start a live activity from an app intent shortcut?
Yes it is. Make your AppIntent conform to the LiveActivityStartingIntent and call your start live activity logic in the perform method.
A LiveActivityStartingIntent is fairly straightforward, here is basic setup of what one may look like in your code (with a parameter for use in Shortcuts or elsewhere).
static var title: LocalizedStringResource = "Memo Status Activity"
@Parameter(title: "isRecording")
var isRecording: Bool
func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult {
return .result()
}
}