iphone - how to add normal text to settings bundle

Question

I've 3 groups created in iphone settings bundle Root.plist file. Its showing fine.

But for every group, i want to add some description. It will be something like follows:

GroupName Description Settings in that group.

Is it possible. How to add description? If the description color is different to identify from group name and settings in that group, it will be good.

Answer 1

everything you will ever need for setings.bundle is here ->

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/PreferenceSettings/Conceptual/SettingsApplicationSchemaReference/Introduction/Introduction.html

however, choosing colors etc isn't going to happen. sorry.

Answer 2

You can add text at the bottom of your Groups, that is commonly used as a hint about the preferences in that group.

1. Add a new item to a Group (Yes!, additionally to the default Title and Type Keys).
2. Replace the text under the Key column that reads "New Item" for FooterText.
3. Under the Type column set the type for you new Key as String.
4. Write whatever you want on the field under the Value column for the new Key.

And... voilà!

Next time you build and launch the App go to Settings and to your App's preferences to see the text under the Group you placed it.

Answer 3

If you want the font to be bold just paste a formatted text into the Title property of the group.

Answer 4

Theres a type called PSChildPaneSpecifier which shows a new page of string content. So update your Root.plist like this:

    <dict>
        <key>Type</key>
        <string>PSChildPaneSpecifier</string>
        <key>Title</key>
        <string>LicenseAgreementTitle</string>
        <key>File</key>
        <string>License</string>
    </dict>

And create a License.strings file in your locale folder inside the Settings.bundle:

"Part1": "First paragraph"
"Part2": "Second paragraph"

And you need a License.plist next to Root.plist too to list your parts:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>StringsTable</key>
        <string>License</string>
        <key>PreferenceSpecifiers</key>
        <array>
            <dict>
                <key>Type</key>
                <string>PSGroupSpecifier</string>
                <key>FooterText</key>
                <string>Part1</string>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>Type</key>
                <string>PSGroupSpecifier</string>
                <key>FooterText</key>
                <string>Part2</string>
            </dict>
        </array>
    </dict>
</plist>

I found this in the Apple Remote application by extracting the ipa file.