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Hey guys,
I am trying to write a script that will activate the screen mirror shortcut on my iphone, for my Apple tv. I want to be able to "flick" my phone and have it start screen mirroring from that, instead of swiping down and hitting the screen mirroring button, and selecting from the options.

What I have learned so far: I can write the motion control, "flick" part of the script using , motion.get_user_acceleration(), and motion.get_attitude(). However, I can't find a way to activate the screen mirror shortcut. Any ideas or help would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time and help.
Steve

@smiddleton, you can create a second window for your Pythonista app, and get that window up on your Apple TV. You can then put your own app content in that window. Let me know if this option in any way helps you, and I can dig for some sample code.

You cannot turn on the general iPhone mirroring to Apple TV with Pythonista, but you might be able to call a Apple Shortcuts action to do that -- but no, at least based on a quick check I could not find an AirPlay mirroring action there.

@smiddleton don't ask me more than that, but try

from objc_util import *
import ui

class MyView (ui.View):
    @on_main_thread
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        ui.View.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
        frame = CGRect(CGPoint(0, 0), CGSize(self.width, self.height))
        AVRoutePickerView = ObjCClass('AVRoutePickerView').alloc().initWithFrame_(frame)
        self_objc = ObjCInstance(self)
        self_objc.addSubview_(AVRoutePickerView)

def main():
    # create main view
    mv = ui.View()
    mv.name = 'Test AVRoutePickerView for @smiddleton'
    mv.background_color = 'white'
    mv.present('fullscreen')
    w,h = ui.get_screen_size()
    # Create and present a MapView:
    v = MyView(frame=(10,10,100,100))
    mv.add_subview(v)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

tap on button, then you get

@smiddleton but what do you want to see on your AppleTV? Your Pythonista screen?

Thanks for the code sample! It worked perfectly for opening airplay. Is that the same thing as screen mirror?

@smiddleton yes and no. It is for mirroring a player, like a music player or a video player, but, I think (not sure) that it is not for IPhone screen mirroring. But you could test by tapping Apple TV and see what occurs on your tv.

But I don't know anything about that. I just have found the objectiveC class used in my little script.

@smiddleton But if is to mirror your Pythonista screen, it is possible via a secondary screen, your AppleTV, like @mikael said.

That makes sense. Would it work to use something like IFTTT to trigger the screen mirror shortcut? I read that pythonista and IFTTT can work together.

@smiddleton said:

IFTTT to trigger the screen mirror

Not sure that any app could access to this feature..

You can run a pythonista script from ifft, shortcuts, or a home screen icon. But turning screen mirroring on requires user action.

@JonB said:

You can run a pythonista script from

and from
iPhone flicking (settings/accessibility/touch/..)
widget
notification

Even MPAudioVideoRoutingPopoverController (Belongs to private API, not public, don't use it) does not support any more mirroring

The app was terminated due to an Objective-C exception. Details below:

2021-05-19 15:54:01.491399
Mirroring is no longer supported by MPAudioVideoRoutingPopoverController

Well, the airdop script worked great, just for sound though. It showed my apple TV, but only for speaker use. I looked for screen mirroring in accessibility, and couldn't find a shortcut there.

@smiddleton I think you can forget it. No way for an app to set screen mirroring for all apps. Security...

Thanks for the help everyone. I did learn a lot, and that is a win!

@smiddleton but it is so sad to terminate on a "no way"...
I guess you know that your "flick" can open the control center without any swipe, but you should still to have to tap on screen mirroring and on AppleTV.