Providing custom app help

You can provide custom help content for the customized Spotfire app. By default, the URL is set to open content provided on docs.tibco.com for the Spotfire app.

Perform this task by editing the file MyConfiguration.plist in the copy of the DeploymentKitApp in Xcode on your computer.

Prerequisites

You must have a URL for the custom help content that you want to display when the app user taps the Help link in the sidebar.
Note: You can hide the help by setting the value for HideHelp to True. See Hiding the app help for more information.

Procedure

  1. In the file MyConfiguration.plist, in the Property List view, find the key labelled HelpURL.
    Key Type Value
    HelpURL String http://spotfi.re/iOS-users-guide-2-8
  2. Edit the entry, providing the URL to the custom help.
    Key Type Value
    HelpURL String http://myCustomHelp/configure
    Note: In the Source Code view, this section appears as follows. 
    <key>HelpURL</key>
<string>http://myCustomHelp/configure</string>

Result

When the user taps Help in the sidebar, a browser opens and displays the page specified by the URL you provide.
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