app-discoverability

App discoverability improves by coordinating App Intents, App Shortcuts, Core Spotlight, and NSUserActivity to surface your app's actions in system search and suggestions. This 6-step strategy feeds metadata to iOS discovery APIs so users find your app when they need it.

App Intents expose actionable functionality to Siri and system-wide experiences; App Shortcuts let users automate tasks; Core Spotlight indexes searchable content; NSUserActivity preserves user context for handoff and Siri suggestions. Together they create a complete discoverability strategy.

Surface actions in Spotlight by indexing content with Core Spotlight and connecting App Intents to expose them as discoverable actions. NSUserActivity attributes link user context to make actions predictively surface when users engage with your app.

Yes. App Intents designed for Siri can be directly connected to App Shortcuts, enabling users to automate frequently used actions while boosting surface exposure across Siri suggestions and system discoverability surfaces.

You can start with one API, but the full 6-step strategy coordinates all four for maximum discoverability. Core Spotlight and NSUserActivity together cover indexing and context; App Intents and Shortcuts add automation and predictive surfacing.

Predictive surfacing uses NSUserActivity attributes and system learning to surface frequently accessed actions. By exposing your app's top actions through App Intents and indexing with Core Spotlight, the system learns what users engage with and surfaces those actions proactively.