Activate picture-in-picture

Presents a menu of apps compatible with picture-in-picture, waits 30 seconds for you to pick a video, then goes to the Home Screen to pop out the video.

Scripting Actions

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Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
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Run Shortcut
Run an shortcut from your shortcut.
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Open App
Opens the specified app.
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Wait to Return
Pauses execution until you leave the Shortcuts app and return to it. This action might be useful after an action that switches apps, to pause execution until you return to the Shortcuts app.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Activate%20picture-in-picture
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Activate%20picture-in-picture
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Activate picture-in-picture” end tell

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