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How to Automate a Simple Button Press on iOS

I've been doing this for over a year. Why don't I automate it? What is wrong with me? Right. So then I started going down the rabbit hole of trying to automate just a simple button press on iOS. What I wanted was just an app on my home screen, one button that was always there. No extra swipes. No weirdness. Just. The perfect thing would be for it to sharpen carplay. Haven't quite gotten there yet. But what I have done is I've been able to create an iOS home screen, air quotes app using iOS shortcuts. This shortcut triggers a home assistant script on the back end.

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