iPhone owners rave ‘this is brilliant’ after Apple fan shares ‘fantastic’ food trick they ‘never thought was possible’

A CLEVER iPhone trick could change how you order food forever.

If you often find yourself having to tap out your food order requests, there’s a hack you’ll want to try.

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It was shared on Reddit and makes use of the often-overlooked Text Replacement feature.

This lets you create typed-out shortcuts that translate to longer words, phrases, or even large chunks of text.

For instance, you could set up a text replacement so that when you type @@, it inserts your email address.

But a Reddit user has assigned several shortcuts to various food orders.

For instance, typing “chipotleorder” would turn into an exact item request at the Mexican fast-food restaurant.

The user also had set up “daveschickenorder”, “innoutorder”, and “mcdonaldsorder”.

It’ll work inside any app that uses the standard iPhone keyboard.

One user replied “I love this feature”, while another added: “I’m so happy that this feature exists.”

Another said: “That’s a fantastic idea. I’ve been using text replacement for years but mostly to quickly type my mail, number, address etc.

“This is a wholly new way I never thought possible.”

One wrote: “I literally had no idea this existed and I’ve had an iPhone forever. I just set up so many daily things that will change my life. Not all heroes wear capes! Thank you.”

And another added: “This is brilliant.”

HOW TO USE TEXT REPLACEMENT ON IPHONE

Text replacement is handy for food orders, but also for other things too.

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First you’ll want to go into an app that supports text entry, like Apple’s Messages.

Then hold on the smiley face or globe in the corner, and tap on keyboard Settings > Text Replacement.

Then tap on the plus (+) icon in the top-right, type out a phrase and text shortcut, then save it.

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You can also do this by going into Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement and then follow the same steps.

Some sensible options include using @@ for your email, and aaa for a home address.

But you could also set up Text Replacements for your work address, phone number, or common email or text replies.

Just have a think about what sort of long, complicated, or annoying things you have to type out often – and see if you can make a handy Text Replacement instead.

This post first appeared on Thesun.co.uk