I just found out by accident how to add a shortcut to quickly create an Object on Android! Add Anytype to your home screen Tap and hold the icon Tap and hold the “Create a new Note” item [Screenshot_20230722-084115~2] Drag it onto the home screen If you tap the new icon, Anytype wil…

good find!! I guess next steps would be to customise the default object type

Whoa, TIL we can do that on Android in general! Hopefully as Anytype gets more feature-rich this can be more useful. …and I guess it’d be nice if we can set the default place for the notes created by the widget (e.g. in a specific Collection) :smile:

Right, some collection like “Inbox”.

This IS helpful. I would argue that 2 additional (or perhaps better, maybe depending on the user) methods for Android would be: Having Anytype present a ‘Share’ target Presenting a Quick Settings tile so it would be always accessible from the pull-down shade (potential workaround here but I have …

Does anybody know if it is possible to do this on iOS too?

It doesn’t work for me anymore. Has there been a regression, a bug or is it just me?

This is what a long press on the Anytype icon does for me (Android 15, Origin) [PHOTO-2025-03-25-11-56-12]

iOS has something more cool: an icon you can place on your lock screen that creates a new object of your default type in the last used space.

You know, this is one of those golden features that justify having a permanent reference or an introduction Page in AnyType, where one can go through the features at any point and try it to learn something new about the software and the functionality.

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sambouwer July 22, 2023, 5:30pm 6

JimB:

Having Anytype present a ‘Share’ target

Share menu on mobile apps Feature Requests

Currently if I have to share a link, I need to copy the link and then select bookmarks in anytpe and paste it. Instead we can get anytype to pop up in share menu and share the link directly

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