The Menu, the Info Page and Landscape¶
The menu¶
The app's logo at the top left of every tab is a button. Tap it for a menu with everything in one place:
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| New | Opens the camera to add an account, the same as the orange + |
| Recent, Tags | Switch to that tab |
| Manage Tags | Add, rename and delete tags, and choose each tag's accounts |
| Import | Bring accounts in from another app, a file or a backup |
| Export | Show your accounts as QR codes for another app to scan |
| Backup | Make an encrypted backup of everything |
| Help | The built-in Help & How-To pages |
| Info | The Info page below |
The Info page¶
The Info tab (the i at the bottom right) holds everything that isn't a code:
- About: the version you have, and links to the Pebble IT website and to this documentation. Links marked with a small arrow open in your browser.
- Privacy: a short statement of what the app does with your data. The full Privacy Policy is on this site.
- Settings: the app's settings, on their own page behind Face ID or Touch ID. See The Settings Page.
- Administration: the Disclaimer, and the Import, Export Accounts and Back Up Accounts actions, which are the same as the menu's.
- Help & How-To: the built-in help, ending with a link to this site.
- Delete All Data: removes every account, with or without your tags. Face ID or Touch ID is required, and it can't be undone.
[Screenshot: the Info page in portrait, showing the About, Privacy, Settings and Administration sections]
Turning the phone sideways¶
Private Authenticator works in landscape too, and uses the width:
- Recent and Tags sit side by side, with one menu button and one + above them.
- The Info page has no tab in landscape. Choose Info from the menu and it slides up over the two lists; choose Recent or Tags to put it away again.
- The code screen, the sync question, the welcome, Help and the other small screens appear as cards in the middle of the screen, over a blurred view of the app.
- Rotating the phone never closes what you had open: a code keeps counting down, a form keeps its text, and a backup carries on.
[Screenshot: the app in landscape with Recent and Tags side by side]
Continue to The Settings Page.