iOS automation has taken on a different form since 2014: thanks to its action extension, Workflow has brought deeply integrated automation to every app, while Pythonista remains the most powerful environment for those who prefer to dabble with Python scripting and advanced tasks (also while taking advantage of an action extension to be activated from apps). Two years later, IвЂ™ve largely reappraised my usage of URL schemes, but, unlike I first imagined, they havenвЂ™t disappeared completely from my iOS computing life. iOS 8 showed a new way to get things done on the iPhone and iPad thanks to extensions, eschewing the limited functionality (and security concerns) of URL schemes for a native, integrated foundation. Until two years ago 1, my attempts at working on iOS had focused on overcoming the lack of inter-app communication with URL scheme automation, as our old coverage here at MacStories can attest.

When iOS 8 came out, I thought IвЂ™d stop using URL schemes altogether.

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