Photo and Designer on iPad os menu?

[AffinityAppMan]

Greetings,

How can I get Affinity Photo and Designer to appear on the iPad os pop up menu so that I can open a selected file without having to import from the app menu?

please see image attached 

 

[Alfred]

If they don’t appear on the share sheet you can create shortcuts via the Shortcuts app:

 

[AffinityAppMan]

21 hours ago, Alfred said:

If they don’t appear on the share sheet you can create shortcuts via the Shortcuts app:

 

Thank you Alfred.  I tried doing this, but I am having trouble doing it by just looking at screenshoots without a step by step guide.

Is there a step by step guide somewhere?  Thanks!

 

[Alfred]

1. Launch the Shortcuts app and tap on the ‘+’ icon next to the ‘Select’ link

2. Provide an appropriate name for the shortcut & enable 'Show in Share Sheet'

3. Tap on ‘Documents’ in the grid on the right-hand side

4. Scroll down to the Files section and tap on ‘Open In…’

5. Choose ‘Shortcut Input’ as the File option

6. Switch off ‘Show Open In Menu’

7. Tap on ‘Choose’ and then tap on the appropriate target app in the dropdown list

 

 

 

[AffinityAppMan]

2 hours ago, Alfred said:

1. Launch the Shortcuts app and tap on the ‘+’ icon next to the ‘Select’ link

2. Provide an appropriate name for the shortcut

3. Tap on ‘Documents’ in the grid on the right-hand side

4. Scroll down to the Files section and tap on ‘Open In…’

5. Choose ‘Shortcut Input’ as the File option

6. Switch off ‘Show Open In Menu’

7. Tap on ‘Choose’ and then tap on the appropriate target app in the dropdown list

 

 

 

Thank you Alfred.  I see what my problem is, I am not showing a "Documents" icon when I try to do this.  Very strange.  I only get these 4 options: Apps, Scripting, Favorites, and media.

 

[AffinityAppMan]

9 hours ago, Alfred said:

1. Launch the Shortcuts app and tap on the ‘+’ icon next to the ‘Select’ link

2. Provide an appropriate name for the shortcut

3. Tap on ‘Documents’ in the grid on the right-hand side

4. Scroll down to the Files section and tap on ‘Open In…’

5. Choose ‘Shortcut Input’ as the File option

6. Switch off ‘Show Open In Menu’

7. Tap on ‘Choose’ and then tap on the appropriate target app in the dropdown list

 

9 hours ago, Alfred said:

 

Alfred, i figured it out. thank you for your help!

 

[Alfred]

7 hours ago, AffinityAppMan said:

 

Alfred, i figured it out. thank you for your help!

 

That’s great news, @AffinityAppMan, but what was the solution?

[walt.farrell]

20 hours ago, Alfred said:

7. Tap on ‘Choose’ and then tap on the appropriate target app in the dropdown list

After that, I must be missing something that actually saves the shortcut, but I can't figure out what.

[Alfred]

36 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

After that, I must be missing something that actually saves the shortcut, but I can't figure out what.

I haven’t encountered the need to do anything explicitly. When I go back to ‘All Shortcuts’ the new one is there at the top of the list.

[MEB]

@walt.farrell,
Tap the circle with the ellipsis in center of the interface (on top), give the shortcut a name, tap done in that dialog and simply go back tapping the My Shortcuts link on the top left of the interface to return to the main screen. Your new shortcut should be there with the name you gave it.

[walt.farrell]

@Alfred and @MEB: Thanks. I hadn't thought of simply going back to the main shortcuts page; I was looking for some explicit "save" action of some kind, and getting confused when I couldn't find one.

[Ikikuru]

Hi Guys,

Running iOS 15, as soon as soon as I hit step 5, the high lighted section is added automatically. Then in photos when I say hey Siri “photo” it just responds with a “done” reply. Am I missing something? Looks so simple! 

[Ikikuru]

Ok, figured it out. Only thing is, it does not open RAW photos into the develop persona. You can then select the persona, but the image looks already processed, very different to opening the app first add then opening a RAW file. But still great for non RAW, so much appreciated!

[Alfred]

8 hours ago, Ikikuru said:

Ok, figured it out.

Good to hear, but (as above!) what was the solution?

[DM1]

9 hours ago, Ikikuru said:

Ok, figured it out. Only thing is, it does not open RAW photos into the develop persona.

From memory I simply used the edit option on Share sheet to add Photo and Designer from Documents. Raw files open in Raw Mode for me.

Just tap the 3 dots at side of page next to the file name and select Share. Tap edit if you need to add Photo to Share Sheet.

Works in Files app too.