How to add footer text for a group in settings.bundle

Adding settings for your iOS app so that they appear in the Settings app is simply done by creating a settings.bundle and defining the groups and settings controls in the Root.plist in the bundle. Sometimes it’s helpful to add hints and extra information by adding footer text to groups. Unfortunately it’s not clear how to add the footer text from the interface Xcode provides for the settings.bundle Root.plist.

Here’s how to add footer text to a group in a settings.bundle.

  1. Expand the dictionary item for the group the footer text will be displayed under. It should reveal items with the keys Title and Type.
  2. Add a new item by hovering over one of the items and clicking on the plus icon.
  3. Instead of selecting one of the key options in the drop down that appears for the new item, type in “FooterText”.
  4. Enter the footer text to be displayed in the value field.

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