ios – How can I begin recording a video with as few actions as potential on my iPhone?

Whereas which may sound like a simple query to reply, sadly it is not.

I’ve an iPhone 6s operating iOS 15.8.2. The obvious factor to do is with the display locked, swipe left and begin recording. Solely drawback: digicam app has a nasty behavior of remembering the final choice and that doesn’t assist to rapidly begin recording. And no, the setting to not keep in mind the final motion is ineffective. Sadly.

Subsequent factor I attempted was to voice activate it. However that was too far fetched, the microphone was at all times on, it was draining the battery and I wasn’t even near attaining what I wished so I gave up.

Then I got here to the closest resolution potential: shortcuts. I created a shortcut that begins precisely that motion (take video with again digicam, start recording instantly) after which saves the video to the gallery. “Superior!” I assumed. Now I solely need to discover a option to activate it from the lock display. That was easy, I added it to the widgets so now I would like 3 strikes after the lock display seems: swipe left, faucet on the shortcut and unlock the cellphone. Solely to my nice disappointment I spotted that this is not flawless: if I faucet on the shortcut and I am not fast sufficient to put my finger on the fingerprint sensor earlier than the contact id immediate seems, then the motion is canceled fairly rapidly. That is by some means quirky.

My query is that if there’s a extra simple option to begin recording a video with as few actions as potential or if the present resolution may very well be streamlined.