You don't need a keyboard to do this. You can just reverse the order of configuration. First configure the flic button to the desired key combo and save it, then go Accessibility -> Keyboard and when it asks you for a keycombo for your shortcut, just press the flic button
@mindfxvideo
5 ай бұрын
This doesn’t work, the iPhone doesn’t recognize the key presses. Am I doing something wrong?
@vfil
2 ай бұрын
@@mindfxvideoyou need to connect Flic button as a regular blue tooth device after its setting are saved in app
@mindfxvideo
2 ай бұрын
@@vfil Hugely appreciated and all working perfectly now!
@Lilpiip123
Жыл бұрын
Would be cool if the button didnt cost an arm and a leg
@birdofthunder95
Жыл бұрын
You can do with NFC tags also. Just have to bring phone close to nfc tag.
@Yoskio
9 ай бұрын
@@birdofthunder95isnt the same 😂
@fluxcapacitor
3 ай бұрын
@@Yoskio You can buy rolls of 5 or 10 NFC stickers over AE, which cost less than 15 cents a tag...
@Yoskio
3 ай бұрын
@@fluxcapacitor i know i have a bunch of nfc, even stickers but i mean isn’t the same using nfc as having the technology mentioned in the video
@fluxcapacitor
3 ай бұрын
@@Yoskio Sorry I thought you were sayin the opposite, ie "isn't it the same?" whereas you stated it's two different things! And I concur, besides the technology being different, the usage is different too: with an NFC tag you need your phone with you, take it out of your pocket, and align it precisely for several seconds onto the NFC tag VS just press the damn button ^^
@max.jacobs
Жыл бұрын
Literally what I was looking for. Thank you. 🔥
@thenilanjanmitra
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video Shane, very creative. Flic buttons are too expensive though for what they do IMO..😊
@uniqueflh2941
Жыл бұрын
Great video, and a VERY creative use of Accessibility… I was watching this, and kept thinking “Umm, yeah, but you’re going to need your phone with you due to the necessity of a Bluetooth connection…” Since I have other workarounds (HomeBridge, Signal for HomeKit, etc) to accomplish similar results, I was kinda wondering about how this could fit into my ecosystem. At the very end of the video it hit me… A Flic button configured in this manner would be PERFECT in a vehicle. The possibilities for Leaving/Returning home are endless…they’d not be reliant on Geolocation…and a text message verification of successful completion could occur. - Dammit Shane (and Francesco too)…I may have to go buy Flic Buttons now. 🤣 Thanks, as always, for the content. Cool stuff.
@ShaneCreates
Жыл бұрын
😂 thanks for watching!
@myHomeKithome
Жыл бұрын
Woah! I knew the Flic uttons were awesome, but I had no idea they could do this. Time for me to place an order. Thanks for the tip!
@waharris007
5 ай бұрын
Dude, this one is awesome. I love Flic buttons. I have several connected to my home with the hub and one in my car as a more convenient play/pause button for media. I was looking for a way to trigger a shortcut on the car button without the hub. Should have known you'd be the first search result!
@TazGoldstein
Жыл бұрын
Great walkthrough! Wish they were affordable.
@Dr_Cole
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been reminded that many of our Flic buttons do stuff no one remembers in my house. I was just thinking that it would be great to have a Siri message when any of the buttons are pressed to share what it is that it just did (or that the long press - rarely used - can tell folks what the single and double presses do). This should enable me to do so!
@cluedoenvivo
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video 🎉 this is awesome 😎, I’m trying right now however is the space bar and the 500ms delay necessary?
@johnc6440
7 ай бұрын
I have managed to get this working with an iPad mini. At the moment i find that i have to keep the Full Keyboard Access turned on - if anyone has a suggestion on how i can revert to a soft keyboard without messing it up, please tell me. Thank you Shane
@randybisig6685
Жыл бұрын
Bought a three-pack of Flic buttons. Had to go through a couple more steps to get it to work. One key point is to NOT connect to Bluetooth until after you go through the setup.
@LikelyLagging
7 ай бұрын
All I want to do with it is set up an auto call for my grandfather, he’s not great with tech but he’s an ol stubborn cowboy and would realllly like to be able to set up a one click phone call to me or a family member in case of an emergency or something similar. Would I be able to use this method to do this? Or even to just send a text message. He uses an iPhone.
@pickutina
3 ай бұрын
same thing bought couple of this to set up as a remote
@edmel144
4 ай бұрын
This looks great and kind of what I want to do, to trigger taking an audio not while riding my bike. It would be good to have an app-button where you could assign a personal shortcut straight to a button press, but this is essentially the same thing. THIS IS NOT A HACK (like having actions triggered by setting changing focus on your phone), this is just programming. Setting the hotkeys to trigger the shortcut is really just an extension of setting up the shortcut in the Shortcut app in the first place. This is like using Auto Hot Key on an windows machine, I don't know what the Mac equivalent is. I just need to work out how to buy a Flic button in Australia, or find an alternative.
@matzenone9475
10 ай бұрын
That's a great video, Shane, and it still works. Many thanks!!!
@applegeek8958
Жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your videos, I’ve learned so much from you. THANK YOU 😊
@ShaneCreates
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@karinalutzke
Жыл бұрын
I haven’t got a full keyboard tap. Is there some setting I have to turn on so that I’m able to set this up? I really enjoy your videos. They give me a lot of ideas for my own home. Except the “wife approved” videos 😊 In my home I’m the HomeKit nerd 😂
@idandez
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great tip on how to continue to expand functionality of a smart home! PS (sorry...minor point) the hyperlink for 'Trend Micro' offer captured the "and" so one needs to copy paste the link and delete the "and" for it to work. Looking forward to your next post!
@ShaneCreates
Жыл бұрын
Fixed it. Thanks for letting me know and thanks for watching!
@ON3S3V3NTHR33
Жыл бұрын
Wow. Amazing tip. What will I do with the 3 or 4 flic buttons I’ve yet to activate? 🤔
@sampurkin6838
8 ай бұрын
Did anyone figure out why after using the Flic - the iPhone starts highlighting areas of the screen, choosing apps, etc.? - it does trigger the shortcut as expected but the phone goes a bit crazy after pressing the flic button.
@SNUSNUU
Жыл бұрын
Hey, great video, thumbs up. I'm curious, does this work with iPads? I have one mounted to control my office and would love to use this button with that device. Thanks again.
@freddiesanchez6857
Жыл бұрын
Do you still need to buy the flic hub to run these personal shortcuts?
@ShaneCreates
Жыл бұрын
No hub needed if connecting them directly to your phone like we did in this video.
@freddiesanchez6857
Жыл бұрын
@@ShaneCreates Thanks Shane. I sincerely enjoy all your videos. Very informative and creative.
@m3gankillerdolldance
Жыл бұрын
7:57 Why say homekit instead of the correct name which is Apple Home?
@mikebedford4362
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Shane fantastic video as usual. Yesterday all my HomeKit devices stopped working and instead in the HomeKit App are showing ‘Updating…’ Any idea why, or what I should do? I have upgraded to the last est updates on my Mac, iPad, iPhone, HomePods and HomeKit but I’m baffled?? Thanks again mate
@johnc6440
7 ай бұрын
This facility would be great for my wife who has every poor sight. I have tried to set this up to run a personal Shortcut and it worked the first time i tried It, but every time thereafter there is an error message to the effect that the button is out of range. It shows as being connected in the Bluetooth area of IPhone settings, and nothing i do seems to make any difference. Same effect using an iPad. Any suggestions please?
@m3gankillerdolldance
Жыл бұрын
Are there any matter thermostats not made by google nest?
@jonathandenboer9683
Жыл бұрын
As soon as I connect the flic this way, my iPhone thinks a keyboard is connected and I cannot use the on screen keyboard anymore and also there are square rectangles around parts of my screen. Anyone knows the solution for this?
@robothebobo
10 ай бұрын
Same here - saw the video and ran out and spent $30 on a Flic button... but now that I've set it up and can't input text on my phone this is useless :(
@JeffAMaxfield
9 ай бұрын
I'm having the same problem. Were you able to find a fix?
@robothebobo
9 ай бұрын
@@JeffAMaxfield nope, wasted a couple more hours on it. There’s an “alternative keyboard” mode for the Flic that doesn’t bring up the keyboard, but it also doesn’t activate keyboard control, so that not much use.
@JeffAMaxfield
9 ай бұрын
@@robotheboboafter playing around with it for a bit longer I got it to work by removing the Cmd/Win check box. Still testing but so far so good!
@robothebobo
9 ай бұрын
@@JeffAMaxfield Awesome - are you using alternative keyboard?
@StefRenaud
Жыл бұрын
Way to expensive for me those flic buttons…
@kidjudge
Жыл бұрын
I agree
@faengelm
Жыл бұрын
Excellent!!
@TechABit_
10 ай бұрын
Wait dude, that AppleTV Everything shortcut you have 4:46 5:14 , I actually made that. How funny that ended up in this video 😂
@ShaneCreates
9 ай бұрын
Awesome! 😎 Thanks for making the great shortcut available!
@TechABit_
9 ай бұрын
@@ShaneCreates You’re welcome! I’m actually working on a big update on that shortcut.
@janr81
Жыл бұрын
Hey Shane, great video, thank you very much for this. I was following your instructions and trying to run shortcuts using an iPad instead of the iPhone for execution as the iPad is always home. Unfortunately, the iPad version of this will only execute the shortcuts when the iPad is unlocked while pressing the Flic button. Is there any workaround for this?
@ShaneCreates
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jan, thanks for watching! I have not tried configuring these automations with an iPad so I can't say for sure. Although I am surprised that it would work differently than the iPhone.
@faengelm
7 ай бұрын
I have it working on my iPad 9th gen running iPadOS 17.1.2
@keithpointon4067
Жыл бұрын
Question: can I use my Apple Mac keyboard as I don’t have a Logitech keyboard
@ShaneCreates
Жыл бұрын
Yes, you should be able to connect your Apple bluetooth keyboard to your iPhone.
@Bigglare
Жыл бұрын
Can you do the same thing with $15 Ikea shortcut buttons?
@Lilpiip123
Жыл бұрын
The ikea buttons dont connect to homekit or your phone at all so nope
@Outdoormorefamily
Ай бұрын
no longer possible, flic universal is gone !!
@jcm9698
Жыл бұрын
I created a shortcut to open/close my Chamberlain garage; unfortunately when my son leaves the house in the early morning to go to work, he doesn't close the garage. I plan to use this to close the garage behind him so I don't have to get out of bed to close it, just press the button and go back to sleep 😴
@PattyKuluCakes
Жыл бұрын
Is there an alternative for poor people like me? 😆
@zbellman
Жыл бұрын
Ikea makes a version of this for a fraction of the cost.
@ShaneCreates
Жыл бұрын
IKEA buttons cannot do this.
@timcorso6337
9 ай бұрын
Ridiculous number of steps to set this up. Is there any shortcut for this 😂
@randybisig6685
Жыл бұрын
Your title says iOS shortcuts, but it works with HOME shortcuts, not iOS shortcuts.
@ShaneCreates
Жыл бұрын
Did you watch the video? 🤔... I show how to use the buttons for iOS Personal Shortcuts.
@notacapulet
5 ай бұрын
This solution is not practical. It requires that you give up your iPhone keyboard...
@estusflask982
Жыл бұрын
*Needs $150 hub that only works with these buttons.
@ShaneCreates
Жыл бұрын
You don’t need the hub if connecting directly to the phone like in this video.
@deepakkoirala2296
19 күн бұрын
It works initially and later after some time, it does not work. It treats as a keyboard and later iphone does not respond. Not even a work around.
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