Adding custom menu items to the sidebar

You can add custom menu items in the sidebar below the existing default Favorites view, Examples view, and Recently viewed items.

About this task

Perform this task in the copy of the DeploymentKitApp in Xcode on your computer. In Xcode Project navigator, browse to and open DeploymentKitApp > MyConfiguration.

Procedure

In DeploymentKitApp > MyConfiguration, find the key labeled CustomMenuItems.

The following example shows two custom menu items.


Key			Type	Value
CustomMenuItems			Array	(2 items)
	Item 0		Dictionary	(4 items)
		icon	String	`string: my_menuitem_icon1_filename`
		iconSelected	String	`string: my_menuitem_icon1selected_filename`
		title	String	`setting: my_test_menuitem1_title`
		url	String	`https://spotfi.re`
	Item 1		Dictionary	(4 items)
		icon	String	`test_menuitem_icon2.png`
		iconSelected	String	`test_menuitem_icon2_active.png`
		title	String	`My Test Menuitem 2`
		url	String	`http://www.google.com`

Note: In the Source Code view, this section is displayed as follows.

<dict>
   <key>icon</key>
   <string>string: my_menuitem_icon1_filename</string>
   <key>iconSelected</key>
   <string>string: my_menuitem_icon1selected_filename</string>
   <key>title</key>
   <string>setting: my_test_menuitem1_title</string>
   <key>url</key>
   <string>http://spotfi.re</string>
</dict>
<dict>
   <key>icon</key>
   <string>test_menuitem_icon2.png</string>
   <key>iconSelected</key>
   <string>test_menuitem_icon2_active.pn</string>
   <key>title</key>
   <string>My Test Menuitem 2</string>
   <key>url</key>
   <string>http://www.google.com</string>
</dict>

These entries specify the start of an array of custom menu items.

For each array, add custom menu item keys and values, as shown in the above sample.

Each Dictionary block defines a custom menu item. You can add more of these blocks, one for each of the menu items you want to add to the sidebar, under the array.

Results

Your custom menu items display a custom icon and title, and when they are selected by the user, they can load the specified URL, as shown in the example.