bitbuds on Nostr: Sharing some really cool buried features for my iOS friends Been using this for a ...

Sharing some really cool buried features for my iOS friends

Been using this for a while and I think its great, give it a shot and feel free to share

Also my first post from #yakihonne , pretty slick stuff if you haven’t played with the client yet
#ios #iphone #tech #nostr #reading

quoting note1mhf…2ypw

These are some really great features that are buried behind just a little too much friction in iOS, but I have a feeling you guys will enjoy.

Today we’re talking separate home screens toggled using shortcuts and focus modes! 🤯

### **The Goal**

My initial motivation was for a cleaner, more organized phone, and to put my Bitcoin/Nostr apps aside so I’m less tempted to open them at random. I achieved a really good balance by creating a focus mode that has different wallpaper, notification settings, and app layout. All easily toggled using the trigger of your choice like the action button on newer models or the “back tap” accessibility feature for older phones.

This is what it looks like, pressing my action button to trigger the shortcut which changes my “normal” screen to the focus mode with different apps and settings:

### **Create Separate Home Screen**

To create a separate home screen, first add your daily favorites to one page and bitcoin/nostr favorites to a second page. Once you have multiple pages with different apps, hold down to begin editing the screen and tap the dot buttons at the bottom middle.
This will open a view with all of your pages of apps. Uncheck any page you don’t want to see on your “normal” mode and leave the rest.

### **Focus Mode**

Next you’ll need to open the settings and navigate to the “Focus” page. Here you’ll hit the plus button for a new focus and customize preferences like notifications, app screen, and wallpapers (my focus mode is labeled “CoinOS”).
Once you have a home screen layout and focus mode set, you can select to toggle focus mode in the action button settings.

My action button was simple at first, just toggling the focus mode on/off and it works great to reduce distraction. But I wanted it to do more than just toggle focus modes. So I found a way to have three different actions tied to the same button. Here's where we go a little wild with shortcuts, but hang in there it's worth the effort.

### **The Super Shortcut**

Toggling focus modes is really convenient and enables a cool hidden Homescreen with your choice of apps. But I wanted to go further so I made an all-in-one shortcut to do several things depending on the state of the iPhone.

1. If the phone is locked, holding my action button toggles silent mode on/off. Nice for quick silencing even in your pocket.

2. If the phone is unlocked, but held sideways with the volume buttons upward, the shortcut opens my camera allowing quick shots with volume as shutter buttons.

3. If the phone is unlocked in any other orientation, it triggers the focus mode change. Allowing me to use the action button for three purposes, including app organization.

Shortcuts can be quite intimidating on your own so I’ll include a link if you want to download mine and try it yourself. It’s also a great way to get started by modifying rather than trying to create from scratch. Give it a shot, it’s pretty cool!

[Shortcut Download](https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e12db91a44f84a73b3281ff015471601)

[Actions iOS App](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1586435171)

Have fun!