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iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:47 am
by jtkvpn
Is there any way to get iOS 12 shortcuts to enable or disable a VPN connection? I haven't found any way to do it via either the Settings app or the OpenVPN app, version 3.0.1

Re: iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:16 pm
by m_theredhead
This would be a great feature. I have a couple of apps that require VPN access and it would be great if I could start then via a shortcut and then start the app.

Re: iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:47 pm
by radiocolin
Adding another vote for this feature.

Re: iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 4:24 pm
by mrdindon
One vote here too :) That way way could enable it based on location . . .

Re: iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:27 pm
by ecrist
The OpenVPN does provide a pretty easy way to enable/disable a VPN with a simple toggle.
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Re: iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 9:17 am
by Pi-DD
I’ll add my vote to that request! The toggle is simple, but it would be nice to be able to automate doing it into a series of shortcut events that open one or more other apps.

Re: iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:54 pm
by ZetiX
ecrist wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:27 pm
The OpenVPN does provide a pretty easy way to enable/disable a VPN with a simple toggle.
While there is a easily way to enable/disable a VPN within the app, allowing this feature in the shortcuts app give users the ability to automate it.

I also hope that this feature gets implemented as it's really useful. Some examples are running the shortcut and checking if the IP is the IP of the VPN and running certain tasks if connected. If it isn't, then shortcuts will turn the VPN on.

Without this integration, you could only redirect users to the OpenVPN Connect app and have them manually toggle it on, then go back to the shortcut app to run it again. This has to be implemented by VPN app developers as Apple did not implement the ability to directly access the VPN toggle in settings.

Re: iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 11:54 pm
by SaturnusDJ
Kick.

A nice implementation would be to use iOS's 3D Touch functions, which on most devices will be the deep press and on some and all newer devices will be a long press.

Probably even better would be a button in the Control Centre, although I guess only Apple can do that. Then Apple should make a control for VPNs (that is any VPN). Or did they maybe do this in iOS 13? I don't have it yet.

Re: iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:02 pm
by Stach
And another vote here. It would be extremely helpful in Shortcuts workflows to initiate OpenVPN tunnels, perform other actions, and then close the tunnel. OpenVPN is fantastic, but this would only help make it much more powerful and desirable.

Re: iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:47 am
by Techie
Some VPN apps (TunnelBear and the Passepartout beta are the only ones I’ve used) have Siri shortcuts that you can control in the Shortcuts app for turning it on and off.

Re: iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:15 pm
by christophersw
+1 for this! A shortcut would allow me to automatically connect any time I leave the wifi range of my house!

Re: iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:20 pm
by kourosh_ag
jtkvpn wrote:
Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:47 am
Is there any way to get iOS 12 shortcuts to enable or disable a VPN connection? I haven't found any way to do it via either the Settings app or the OpenVPN app, version 3.0.1