So I had an idea when I had been having some issues of my own, combined with seeing people complain about the new iOS26 safari layout (you can put it back to the old layout if you want, just FYI). You could just make 2 shortcuts, one for double tap and one for triple tap, but assign different actions to each of them based on which app is currently open (or no app, see the end of this post).
The idea is that double tapping the back of your phone can take different actions based on what app is currently open. So this shortcut implements that functionality. You of course have to bind THIS shortcut to the double tap functionality, which you can do in Settings->Accessibility->Touch->Back Tap->Double Tap. And then selecting this shortcut (afte...
So I had an idea when I had been having some issues of my own, combined with seeing people complain about the new iOS26 safari layout (you can put it back to the old layout if you want, just FYI). You could just make 2 shortcuts, one for double tap and one for triple tap, but assign different actions to each of them based on which app is currently open (or no app, see the end of this post).
The idea is that double tapping the back of your phone can take different actions based on what app is currently open. So this shortcut implements that functionality. You of course have to bind THIS shortcut to the double tap functionality, which you can do in Settings->Accessibility->Touch->Back Tap->Double Tap. And then selecting this shortcut (after you have installed it, of course).
When you open the shortcut you will see a dictionary with the keys “Safari” (value “SafariDoubleTap”) and “Podcasts” (value “PodcastsDoubleTap”). Once you have completed the above setup steps, it is already working (technically), and the shortcut named “SafariDoubleTap” will be executed whenever you double tap while safari is open. Same for PodcastsDoubleTap when Podcasts is open. And of course you can just add any other items you want (select text item when adding a new one). The key is the exact name of the app, and the value is the exact name of the shortcut you want to run when you double tap with that app open. Make sure everything is spelled correctly.
And to be clear you could just duplicate this but give it a new name (like Triple Tap), and then bind it to Triple Tap in accessibility settings like I explained earlier but for double tap. This way you can have an essentially unlimited number of actions bound to double tap and triple tap, instead of only one.
Oh and one last thing. You can still have a default action (I probably should have done that before I posted the link) that runs when you use double/triple tap with no apps (or a PWA (Progressive Web App)) open. By just adding another entry to the dictionary but leaving the key completely blank. Just don’t enter anything in the key field, but still put the shortcut you want in the value field.
Anyway I know this is probably asking a lot of the user, I probably should have done a bit more setup myself. If anyone has questions I’ll do my best to answer. If this receives a decent amount of interest but people want it to be easier to use, I’ll work on a new post with an updated version in the next couple days.