# Settings Feature Module

## Overview
The Settings feature module provides functionality for configuring application preferences, user settings, and system options in the Effective Office tablet application. It allows users to customize their experience, manage account details, and configure application behavior.

## Features
- User preference management
- Application theme selection
- Notification settings
- Language and localization options
- Account management
- Privacy and security settings
- Display and accessibility options
- System information and diagnostics

## Architecture
The module follows a feature-based architecture:

```
settings/
├── components/      # Feature-specific UI components
├── Intent.kt        # User actions/intents
├── SettingsComponent.kt # Component implementation
├── SettingsScreen.kt # Main settings screen
└── State.kt         # UI state definitions
```

## Key Components

### Main Components
- **SettingsScreen**: Main UI screen for settings
- **SettingsComponent**: Implementation of the settings component following MVI architecture

### State Management
- **Intent**: Defines user actions and events that can occur in the settings screen
- **State**: Defines the UI state for the settings screen

### UI Components
- **Components**: Reusable UI components for settings screens, including:
  - Settings items
  - Category headers
  - Toggle switches
  - Selection controls

## Integration
The Settings module integrates with:
- Core domain module for business logic
- Core data module for data operations
- Core UI module for shared UI components
- Main module for navigation

## User Flows

### Changing Theme
1. User navigates to the appearance settings screen
2. User selects a theme option (light, dark, system)
3. System applies the selected theme immediately
4. Settings are persisted for future app launches

### Managing Notifications
1. User navigates to the notification settings screen
2. User toggles notification categories on/off
3. User configures notification delivery preferences
4. Settings are saved and applied to the notification system

## Data Persistence
The Settings module persists user preferences using:
- Encrypted shared preferences for sensitive data
- Standard preferences for general settings
- Account-linked settings stored on the backend

## Development
### Adding a New Setting
To add a new application setting:
1. Define the setting in the appropriate settings model
2. Add UI components to the relevant settings screen
3. Implement the logic to handle setting changes
4. Ensure the setting is properly persisted
5. Update any affected systems to respect the new setting
