Support in Settings

Summary

Support (version, website, FAQ, feedback, rate, privacy, terms, credits; see Support and about) is reached from the sidebar’s ⋯ menu on iOS and the Library’s ⋮ menu on Android. Android also has a Support row at the bottom of Settings; iOS has none. The owner wants one way in, the same on both: the last row of Settings. The menu entry goes on both platforms (owner, 2026-10-20).

Behaviour

Where	Today	New
iOS sidebar ⋯ menu (iPhone, iPad)	Support, then Settings	gone: a Settings button (gear) in its place opens Settings directly
Android Library ⋮ menu (also the medium window’s rail header)	Support, then Settings	gone: a Settings icon button (gear) in its place opens Settings directly
iOS Settings	no Support row	a last section with one row, Support, which pushes the Support screen inside Settings
Android Settings	a last group with one row, Support	unchanged
Mac menu bar, Help › Support	opens Support	unchanged (the Mac’s place for it; the Mac sidebar has no ⋯ menu)

The iOS row:

• its own section after Advanced, without a header or footer, as Android’s group;
• the lifepreserver icon the menu entry used (Android: VultureIcons.Support), in the usual icon tile;
• title “Support” (settings.title.support, the screen’s own title, already in all 8 languages);
• a tap pushes the Support screen (MainSettingsScreen.support) on the Settings navigation stack, with a back button to Settings, as Android does. The Support screen itself does not change.

The Settings button (owner, 2026-10-20, decision 3):

• iOS: a bar button in the sidebar’s navigation bar, where the system drew the ⋯, with the gearshape symbol (.settingsSystemName) and the accessibility label “Settings” (sidebar.menu.settings). A tap does what the menu entry did (presentSettings). The Mac sidebar stays without it: Settings is in the app menu there (⌘,).
• Android: an IconButton with VultureIcons.Settings and the content description “Settings” (sidebar_menu_settings), in the Library’s top bar and in the medium window’s rail header where the ⋮ was. A tap opens the Settings tree as the menu entry did. No dropdown remains.

Data

None.

APIs

None.

Strings

None new. iOS reuses settings.title.support. sidebar.menu.support (iOS) and sidebar_menu_support (Android) are no longer used: remove them. The Mac’s Help › Support (AppCommand.support) has its own title, menu.button.help, and keeps working.

Decisions

#	Question	Decision	Date
1	Where is Support reached?	The last row of Settings, on both platforms; not from the sidebar or Library menu.	2026-10-20
2	The Mac’s Help › Support?	Kept: the Help menu is where a Mac app puts it, and the Mac has no ⋯ menu to lose it from.	2026-10-20
3	A menu with one item left?	No menu: a direct Settings button replaces the ⋯ / ⋮ on both platforms (this replaces the first answer, “keep the menu with Settings only”, the same day).	2026-10-20
4	A Support row in the Mac’s Settings window?	No: Help › Support is the Mac’s way in, and a Mac app’s settings hold no help (iOS implementation).	2026-10-20

Open questions

None.

Platforms

iOS

Code (vulture-ios)	Change
Modules/App/Sources/Shell/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift (supportMenu, settingsMenu, overflowItems, invalidateOverflowMenu, presentSupport)	Drop the overflow menu (supportMenu, settingsMenu, overflowItems); add a Settings bar button item (not on the Mac) calling presentSettings; drop presentSupport if nothing else calls it
Packages/SettingsScreens/Sources/SettingsScreens/Settings/Main/MainSettingsViewModel+Sections.swift (settingsSections)	A last section with the Support row; a new row action that pushes .support
Packages/SettingsScreens/Sources/SettingsScreens/Settings/Main/MainSettingsView.swift, MainSettingsModels.swift	Handle the push to the Support screen within the Settings stack
Modules/App/Sources/Application/AppDelegate+Menus.swift (Help › Support)	Unchanged

Tests: the settings sections end with the Support row; the sidebar has a Settings button and no overflow menu. Changelog (“Support moved to the bottom of Settings”).

Android

Code (vulture-android)	Change
feature/library/.../LibraryRows.kt (LibraryOverflowMenu)	Drop the Support entry and the onOpenSupport parameter (done); then replace the menu with a Settings IconButton (rename it, e.g. LibrarySettingsButton)
app/.../navigation/AppShell.kt (openSupport, the header and the two onOpenSupport = call sites)	Remove the Support plumbing
feature/settings/.../root/SettingsRootScreen.kt	Unchanged (the Support row is already last)

Tests and screenshots of the Library top bar and the rail header; changelog (“Support is in Settings, at the bottom”).

Web

No changes.

Tasks

• vulture-ios: the Support row at the bottom of Settings; the sidebar ⋯ menu replaced by a Settings button; tests; changelog (2026-10-20).
• vulture-android: Support out of the Library ⋮ menu; tests; changelog (2026-10-20).
• vulture-android: the ⋮ menu replaced by a Settings icon button, in the Library and the rail header; tests; changelog (2026-10-20).
• vulture-docs: update Support and about and Settings overview; set status: shipped.