# iOS 9 3D Touch quick actions, with a Swift update
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Published: 2015-10-19T00:00:00+08:00
Modified: 2026-10-23T10:34:10+08:00
Author: [Bison]()
Explains iOS 9 Home Screen quick actions: defining icons, titles and types in Info.plist, then dispatching selections through AppDelegate. Both Objective-C and Swift implementations illustrate the configuration and callback flow.
Originally credited to Bison. Content is retained as published.
English translation of the [Chinese original](), translated on 2026-10-23. The article body uses automated translation; app descriptions, historical reading notes and video subtitles receive separate editorial checks. Original publication dates, attribution, code and version notes are retained.
**Before you read** This technical note dates from 2015–2017. The examples have not been rerun as part of this archive update. Targets Home Screen 3D Touch quick actions from the iOS 9 and iPhone 6s era.
> "Work hard, keep working hard, and work harder still. Today’s effort becomes tomorrow’s reward." Bison
On October 19, a weekend day, I got up for breakfast and then went to Walmart to pick up ingredients for dinner. I wandered over to the iPhone counter—an occupational habit, perhaps. 😄 I tried the newly released `iPhone6s` and its new `3D Touch` feature. It was rather hard to trigger at first 😓; apparently you need to get a feel for it. Mainstream `app` s already supported it, and I could not stop thinking about implementing it myself. The biggest drawback was that it worked only on `iPhone6s` and later models, although apparently other phones could get this interesting feature through jailbreaking. Enough digression... Now to the point: I searched online and found very little information, just one brief introduction: http://www.jianshu.com/p/74fe6cbc542b
Of course, that article alone made this feature difficult to implement—at least in my view. So I put my supposedly unbeatable searching skills to work and finally found a way forward. First, add an entry to the `Info.plist` file.
```css
UIApplicationShortcutItems
UIApplicationShortcutItemIconType
UIApplicationShortcutIconTypeShare
UIApplicationShortcutItemTitle
Share
UIApplicationShortcutItemType
-11.UITouchText.share
```
Here is what the entries mean. `UIApplicationShortcutItemIconType` specifies the icon type shown when `3D Touch` is triggered. `UIApplicationShortcutIconTypeShare` shows the share icon. Other icons are available too, but I will not list them all: I am also just getting started, so please bear with me. 😄 `UIApplicationShortcutItemTitle` supplies the displayed name. `UIApplicationShortcutItemType` is unique, like the project's `Bundle Identifier`. Use this identifier to determine which item was tapped and trigger its action. You can configure several items. That finishes the `Info.plist` setup. What next? What—you do not know either? All right, I will continue with the next step... First, add the following method to `AppDelegate.m`.
### Objective-C version
```css
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application
performActionForShortcutItem:(UIApplicationShortcutItem *)shortcutItem
completionHandler:(void(^)(BOOL succeeded))completionHandler{
}
```
### Swift version
```css
func application(application: UIApplication, performActionForShortcutItem shortcutItem: UIApplicationShortcutItem, completionHandler: (Bool) -> Void) {
}
```
What does this method do? You probably already know. Yes: it handles the event triggered by `3D Touch`. Here is how I wrote my `Demo`:
### Objective-C version
```css
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application performActionForShortcutItem:(UIApplicationShortcutItem *)shortcutItem completionHandler:(void(^)(BOOL succeeded))completionHandler{
//判断先前我们设置的唯一标识
if([shortcutItem.type isEqualToString:@"-11.UITouchText.share"]){
NSArray *arr = @[@"hello 3D Touch"];
UIActivityViewController *vc = [[UIActivityViewController alloc]initWithActivityItems:arr applicationActivities:nil];
//设置当前的VC 为rootVC
[self.window.rootViewController presentViewController:vc animated:YES completion:^{
}];
}
}
```
### Swift version
```css
func application(application: UIApplication, performActionForShortcutItem shortcutItem: UIApplicationShortcutItem, completionHandler: (Bool) -> Void) {
switch shortcutItem.type {
case "-11.UITouchText.share":
let items = ["hello 3D Touch"]
let activityVC = UIActivityViewController(
activityItems: items,
applicationActivities: nil)
self.window?.rootViewController?.presentViewController(activityVC, animated: true, completion: { () -> Void in
})
default:
break
}
}
```
I suspect many fellow developers are like me and have not yet bought an `iPhone6s`, which prevents us from testing the result directly. Here is a way around that limitation. It will not show the running effect, but it can still help determine whether the setup succeeded.
### Objective-C version
```css
if (self.traitCollection.forceTouchCapability == UIForceTouchCapabilityAvailable) {
NSLog(@"你的手机支持3D Touch!");
}
else {
NSLog(@"你的手机暂不支持3D Touch!");
}
```
### Swift version
```css
if traitCollection.forceTouchCapability == UIForceTouchCapability.Available {
NSLog(@"你的手机支持3D Touch!");
}
else {
NSLog(@"你的手机暂不支持3D Touch!");
}
```
Here is a screenshot for you to enjoy! 😄
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