Spotfire® Deployment Kit for Apple iOS

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.

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.

Before you begin

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 DeploymentKitApp > MyConfiguration, find the key labeled HelpURL.
    Key Type Value
    HelpURL String http://spotfi.re/iOS-users-guide
  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 is displayed as follows.
    <key>HelpURL</key>
    <string>http://myCustomHelp/configure</string>

Results

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