I want to create a shortcut automation that plays music if I stop two alarms.
I was planning on using a count. And using this structure:
-if alarm stopped add 1 to count
-if count >=2 play music & end shortcut
-repeat
but I cannot figure out how to create a variable and set it’s value to 2. Or how to count at all.
very frustrating that this app cannot easily do the most basic things.
iPhone 11
In Shortcuts, variables don't save between runs. So variables are reset once the shortcut ends.
The solution is to take advantage of files. Use the "Save File" action with the "Ask Where To Save" option disabled to save the count and "Get File from Folder" action to get the count.
Try searching the "Toggle Switch Control" and peek in the scripting. When you first run that shortcut, it will show you a prompt about Switch Control and once you (hopefully) get used to it, it will stop showing the prompt after subsequent runs.
Regarding the counting, the "Add to Variable" action adds extra items, thus turning the stored data into a list. If you want to increment the counter, try the "Calculate" action.
In Shortcuts, variables don't save between runs. So variables are reset once the shortcut ends.
The solution is to take advantage of files. Use the "Save File" action with the "Ask Where To Save" option disabled to save the count and "Get File from Folder" action to get the count.
Try searching the "Toggle Switch Control" and peek in the scripting. When you first run that shortcut, it will show you a prompt about Switch Control and once you (hopefully) get used to it, it will stop showing the prompt after subsequent runs.
Regarding the counting, the "Add to Variable" action adds extra items, thus turning the stored data into a list. If you want to increment the counter, try the "Calculate" action.
Shortcuts is complicated and yet cannot do the simplest things
