I’m trying to develop an AppIntent / action for Shortcuts that accepts a video input that comes from a Photos action (e.g., “Select Photos“).
Everything I’ve read says “IntentFile” is the only appropriate data type, which I have previously used successfully for accepting photo inputs from the same actions.
However, here’s what I’ve observed with this use case:
| Magic variable data type | Swift variable data type | Result |
|---|---|---|
“Photo media” (default) or “File“ |
“IntentFile“ |
Input rejected – action re-prompts for input with magic variable highlighted red |
“Photo media” (default) or “File“ |
“[IntentFile]“ |
Input accepted but blank – “.count” is 0. |
I’ve also tried adding interim step “Save File“, but that didn’t change the behaviour.
I’ve even tried encoding the video as Base64 and passing it in as a string, but that action seems to have a maximum data size.
Shockingly, I cannot find anything online for this use case, and I’ve pretty much exhausted Codex, hence this post.