Dev repurposes the iPhone Camera button to launch his dot app via a Shortcuts trick
dkundel · x · 2026-10-17
Developer dkundel shares a practical iOS hack: since he never uses the iPhone's Camera Control button, he remapped it via Shortcuts to invoke his own dot app. dot just shipped iOS home-screen widgets and Action Button support, and he walks through setting those up plus the exact Shortcuts trick used to repurpose the camera key — applicable to giving any app a physical shortcut on iPhone.
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