APL Standard Commands

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The following table lists the standard Alexa Presentation Language (APL) commands. The "Reinflation support" column indicates whether the command takes time to run and therefore has a reinflation strategy. The "Widget support" column indicates whether you can use the command in a widget.

Command	Description	Reinflation strategy	Widget support
AnimateItem	Runs a fixed-duration animation sequence on one or more properties or bound values of a single component.	Yes	Yes
AutoPage	Progress through a series of pages displayed in a Pager component.	Yes	Yes
ClearFocus	Removes focus from the actionable component that is currently in focus.	No	Yes
ControlMedia	Controls a media player to play, pause, change tracks, or perform some other common action.	No	Not supported
Finish	Closes the current APL document and exits.	No	Yes
Idle	Do nothing. Use the Idle command as a placeholder or to insert a calculated delay in a longer series of commands.	No	Yes
InsertItem	Adds an item to an inflated document and adjusts the layout to reflect the change in structure.	No	Not supported
Log	Sends a log message to use in a debugging context, such as the authoring tool Live Preview Mode or other debugging tools.	No	Yes
OpenURL	Open a specified URL in a web browser or other application on the device.	No	Yes
Parallel	Run a series of commands in parallel.	No	Yes
PlayMedia	Plays media on a video player.	Yes	Not supported
Reinflate	Reinflates the current document with updated configuration properties. Alexa rebuilds the entire document, following the same process as when initially displaying the document on the screen.	No	Not supported
RemoveItem	Removes an item from an inflated document and adjusts the layout to reflect the change in structure.	No	Not supported
Scroll	Scrolls a ScrollView, Sequence, or GridSequence forward or backward by a set number of pages.	Yes	Yes
ScrollToComponent	Scroll forward or backward through a ScrollView, Sequence, or GridSequence to ensure that a particular component is in view.	Yes	Yes
ScrollToIndex	Scroll forward or backward through a ScrollView, Sequence, or GridSequence to ensure the child component with the specified index.	Yes	Yes
Select	Select a single command from an array of commands and data.	No	Yes
SendEvent	Send an Alexa.Presentation.APL.UserEvent request to your skill.	No	Yes
Sequential	Run a series of commands in order, waiting for the previous command to finish before starting the next.	Yes	Yes
SetFocus	Change the actionable component that is in focus. See focused for the actionable components that can receive and lose focus.	No	Yes
SetPage	Change the page displayed in a Pager component to a specified page.	Yes	Yes
SetValue	Change a dynamic property or bound value (bind) for a component.	No	Yes
SpeakItem	Read the speech content of a single component on the screen. The component scrolls or pages into view if it isn't already visible.	Yes	Not supported
SpeakList	Read the speech content for each item in a range of items inside a common container. Each item scrolls into view before Alexa reads the item.	Yes	Not supported

Related topics

• Commands Overview

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Last updated: Nov 28, 2023