Can’t find Flic Universal

kerry.thacher

Hi,

I’m trying to set up the functionality shown here. This allows a Flic Button to run iOS shortcuts.

There is supposed to be away in Universal to run a shortcut that has been assigned a keyboard combo.

However, the App does not show Universal. Is that functionality still available, and if so where do I find it?

oskar

Unfortunately, no. At least not from what we have found.

You can use the "alternative keymap" in the Universal Keyboard action to prevent the on-screen keyboard from hiding while the Flic is connected, however, this also limits what we can do with keyboard commands.

(Note that you need to "Forget" the Flic from iOS Bluetooth device list if you change the keymap for it to have effect).

So Apple requires the device to identify as a keyboard to be able to do certain things, like trigger system wide keyboard commands (which is what this video suggests as a trigger for Shortcuts), and this enforces the behaviour that the on screen keyboard disappears.

Sorry about this, it would certainly be a neat feature to be able to trigger iOS Shortcuts without affecting the on screen keyboard.

kerry.thacher

I have been able to make this work on my iPhone, but only if I turn on Full Keyboard Access. But that means that the phone keyboard no longer works. The phone only accepts input from the external device. In this case the Flic button that now looks like an external keyboard to the phone.

Is there a way around this?

kerry.thacher

@Emil I will try that.

Emil

@kerry-thacher the action should definitely be there for Flic 2 buttons, as long as they are directly connected to a phone/tablet (not through flic hub).