Header: add a gear button that opens settings, on the settings pane

Settings were reachable only by tapping the "bitchat/" wordmark, which
reads as static text — new users have no way to find it. Add a gearshape
button at the right end of the header icon cluster that opens the App
Info sheet directly on its settings pane: the sheet's pane memory is
sticky and defaults to info, so a control labeled "settings" would
otherwise land first-time users on the info tab. The logo tap stays as
a shortcut and keeps the sticky last-used pane, and the deliberately
undiscoverable triple-tap panic wipe is unchanged.

The label/tooltip ships as a new content.header.settings key seeded
with copies of the catalog's existing "settings" translations, so it is
localized in all 30 supported languages from the start.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

bitchat/App/AppChromeModel.swift

@@ -80,7 +80,13 @@ final class AppChromeModel: ObservableObject {
         showingFingerprintFor = nil
     }
 
-    func presentAppInfo() {
+    /// Presents the App Info sheet. Pass a pane when the launching control
+    /// promises one (the header gear is labeled "settings"); nil keeps the
+    /// sheet's own sticky last-used pane.
+    func presentAppInfo(pane: AppInfoView.Pane? = nil) {
+        if let pane {
+            AppInfoView.setSelectedPane(pane)
+        }
         isAppInfoPresented = true
     }
 

bitchat/Localizable.xcstrings

@@ -56139,6 +56139,42 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "content.header.settings" : {
+      "comment" : "Accessibility label and tooltip for the header gear button that opens the settings/app info sheet",
+      "extractionState" : "manual",
+      "localizations" : {
+        "ar" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "الإعدادات" } },
+        "bn" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "সেটিংস" } },
+        "de" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "einstellungen" } },
+        "en" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "settings" } },
+        "es" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "ajustes" } },
+        "fa" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "تنظیمات" } },
+        "fil" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "settings" } },
+        "fr" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "réglages" } },
+        "he" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "הגדרות" } },
+        "hi" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "सेटिंग्स" } },
+        "id" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "pengaturan" } },
+        "it" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "impostazioni" } },
+        "ja" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "設定" } },
+        "ko" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "설정" } },
+        "ms" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "tetapan" } },
+        "ne" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "सेटिङ" } },
+        "nl" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "instellingen" } },
+        "pl" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "ustawienia" } },
+        "pt" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "definições" } },
+        "pt-BR" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "ajustes" } },
+        "ru" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "настройки" } },
+        "sv" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "inställningar" } },
+        "ta" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "அமைப்புகள்" } },
+        "th" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "ตั้งค่า" } },
+        "tr" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "ayarlar" } },
+        "uk" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "налаштування" } },
+        "ur" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "سیٹنگز" } },
+        "vi" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "cài đặt" } },
+        "zh-Hans" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "设置" } },
+        "zh-Hant" : { "stringUnit" : { "state" : "translated", "value" : "設定" } }
+      }
+    },
     "content.help.verification" : {
       "extractionState" : "manual",
       "localizations" : {

bitchat/Views/AppInfoView.swift

@@ -28,18 +28,28 @@ struct AppInfoView: View {
     @ObservedObject private var locationManager = LocationChannelManager.shared
     /// Sticky across opens: first-ever open lands on Info (the gentler
     /// introduction), and afterwards the sheet reopens wherever it was left.
-    @AppStorage("appInfo.selectedPane") private var selectedPane: Pane = .info
+    @AppStorage(AppInfoView.selectedPaneStorageKey) private var selectedPane: Pane = .info
     @State private var showPanicConfirmation = false
     @AppStorage(AppLanguageSettings.overrideKey) private var languageOverride = ""
     /// The override changed this session; localization resolves at process
     /// start, so surface the restart hint.
     @State private var showLanguageRestartNote = false
 
-    private enum Pane: String {
+    enum Pane: String {
         case settings
         case info
     }
 
+    private static let selectedPaneStorageKey = "appInfo.selectedPane"
+
+    /// Overwrites the remembered pane so the next presentation opens there.
+    /// `selectedPane` is sticky by design; a caller whose control names a
+    /// specific pane (the header gear says "settings") uses this so the
+    /// sheet doesn't land first-time users on the Info default instead.
+    static func setSelectedPane(_ pane: Pane) {
+        UserDefaults.standard.set(pane.rawValue, forKey: selectedPaneStorageKey)
+    }
+
     private var selectedTheme: AppTheme {
         AppTheme(rawValue: appThemeRawValue) ?? .matrix
     }

bitchat/Views/ContentHeaderView.swift

@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ struct ContentHeaderView: View {
                 // (next to the failed-wipe banner), not on this Text: a host
                 // that can be covered or removed could take the pending
                 // dialog down with it.
-                // This is the only entry point to App Info, but it reads as
-                // static text; surface the tap. (The triple-tap panic wipe
-                // stays undiscoverable on purpose — it's destructive.)
+                // The gear in the icon cluster is the discoverable entry
+                // point to App Info; the logo tap stays as a shortcut but
+                // reads as static text, so surface it. (The triple-tap panic
+                // wipe stays undiscoverable on purpose — it's destructive.)
                 .accessibilityAddTraits(.isButton)
                 .accessibilityHint(
                     String(localized: "content.accessibility.app_info_hint", comment: "Accessibility hint on the bitchat/ logo explaining a tap opens app info")
@@ -309,6 +310,26 @@ struct ContentHeaderView: View {
                         ? String(localized: "content.accessibility.peers_connected", comment: "Accessibility value when peers are reachable")
                         : String(localized: "content.accessibility.peers_none", comment: "Accessibility value when no peers are reachable"))
                 )
+
+                // Settings entry point new users can actually find; the
+                // logo tap remains as a shortcut for those who know it.
+                // Opens on the settings pane explicitly: the sheet's pane
+                // memory defaults to info, and a button labeled "settings"
+                // must not land there.
+                Button(action: { appChromeModel.presentAppInfo(pane: .settings) }) {
+                    Image(systemName: "gearshape")
+                        .font(.bitchatSystem(size: 12))
+                        .foregroundColor(palette.secondary.opacity(0.9))
+                        .headerTapTarget()
+                }
+                .buttonStyle(.plain)
+                .padding(.leading, 4)
+                .accessibilityLabel(
+                    String(localized: "content.header.settings", defaultValue: "settings", comment: "Accessibility label and tooltip for the header gear button that opens the settings/app info sheet")
+                )
+                .help(
+                    String(localized: "content.header.settings", defaultValue: "settings", comment: "Accessibility label and tooltip for the header gear button that opens the settings/app info sheet")
+                )
             }
             .layoutPriority(3)
             .sheet(isPresented: $showVerifySheet) {