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iOS Shortcuts Setup

Note: This guide is currently a work in progress. Check back soon for a complete walkthrough!

Introduction

Shortcuts is an iOS application ("internal" since 13.1) with similar features to Tasker or MacroDroid on Android. It's meant to create shortcuts (sequence of actions triggered manually) or automations (sequence of actions triggered by events - i.e. Bluetooth device connected).

Unfortunately, only couple of the useful events (like NFC on NFC enabled phones) can be fully automated without user interaction, most of them require confirming the action. See Shortcuts documentation (section: Enable an automation to run without asking) for more details.

Assumptions

These values are used in the screenshots. Whenever you see them, replace them with the actual values used on your system.

Setup the automation

NOTE: The UI looks and behaves slightly differently depending on whether you are creating a new automation or editing an existing one.

Creating a "Bluetooth device connected" Automation

  • Launch Shortcuts.
  • Switch to Automation screen (center icon on bottom of the screen).
  • To create automation, click small blue + icon in upper right corner.
  • Select Create Personal Automation (upper blue option).
  • Scroll down to Settings block and select Bluetooth.
  • Click Device, select your Tesla (you need to have it paired already) and click Done (upper right corner).
  • Click Next (upper right corner). This brings you to the list of actions (empty for now).

Building an action

  • Click Add Action button. This brings you to the list of available actions.

  • Select Documents, tap on the Text block and select the Text field.

  • Type in your login and password separated by colon e.g. mylogin:mysecretpassword

  • Click + icon below the actions. This brings you to the list of available actions.

  • You will be back in Documents. DO NOT (I know, it's tempting) press Back, you'd lose the previously entered actions in such case. Instead, scroll up and click the gray X next to Documents. This will bring you to the categories of action.

  • Select Scripting (gray icon), go to Files block and select Base64 Encode.

  • Click the + icon below the actions. This brings you to the list of available actions.
  • Click the gray X to close Scripting category.
  • Select Web (cyan icon), go to URLs block and select URL.
  • Type in your endpoint public URL e.g. https://mytm.myweb.com/wake

  • Click the + icon below the actions. This brings you to the list of available actions.
  • Stay in Web (cyan icon) again, go to Web Requests block and select Get Contents of URL.
  • In the newly added action, click Show more
  • Change Method to PUT.
  • Click Headers

  • In the Headers section, click on Add new header (green + icon).
  • Type Authorization in Key box and "Basic " (without the quotes, note the space after Basic) into the Value box.
  • While still in Value box, click Base64 Encoded on Variables panel (bottom of the screen). It will be added to Value.

Saving an Automation

  • Click Next (upper right corner), it will bring you to the summary page.
  • Click Done (upper right corner), it will bring you to the main screen (list of automations).
  • You have your new automation ready.

Enabling / Disabling / Editing the Automation

  • Click the automation
  • Turn on/off the Enable this automation.
  • If you need to edit something, click thru to the appropriate part of the automation.
  • Save by clicking Done.

Running the Automation

  • Get into the car and wake it up by pressing the brake pedal (if needed).
  • Once the Bluetooth connects, you will see notification on your lock screen.
  • Click Run button.
  • Done.