I am working on Localization of my App to support English and Spanish language.I have created the string files for both english and spanish.All the strings in my app are managed by
`NSLocalizedString(#"key", nil);`
and give the expected result.I have given an option for changing the language inside my app in a tableview.
NSUserDefaults *nsdefault=[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
nsdefault setObject:[NSArray arrayWithObject:#"en"] forKey:#"AppleLanguages"];
nsdefault synchronize];
1) I need to change the app name and icon depending on the selection of language in tableview.For app name i used "CFBundleDisplayName" = "Librairie";
so that the next time i launch the app the app name and icon should change.
2)for app name
`"CFBundleDisplayName" = "Librairie";`
.It works only if i go to iPhone's setting and change the language manually.Through code it doesn't work.
Please suggest me the approach i can follow so that when i choose spanish language from my tableview the name and icon gets replaced.
can i localize the app icon image also like we do for any image used in UIView ?
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
You can't change neither the app icon, neither the display name. Both of those are read only once the app is installed, and even if you could, those would create a really bad user experience.
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I want to change the language of my app. At the moment I am doing it at the following way.
I have two buttons which are change the languages in NSUserDefaults. But before this affects my app I need to restart it.
Here is my code.
- (IBAction)changeDutch:(id)sender {
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"nl", #"en", nil] forKey:#"AppleLanguages"];
}
- (IBAction)changeEnglish:(id)sender {
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"en", #"nl", nil] forKey:#"AppleLanguages"];
}
This works fine. But I don't want every time to restart my app. Can anyone tell me how to do that?
Kind regards!
Check out HMLocalization: https://github.com/HeshamMegid/HMLocalization
It's a replacement for the default localisation framework. It has a demo showing how to change language without having to restart the app.
There is a method to change app language without restart mentioned this tutorial post I've tried it in an app and it works mostly but still if you are using system items like More tab in tabbar, Edit button on MoreNavigationController and Cancel button on UISearchBar and so on, there text can't be changed for selected language without restarting app. If there is no such item that is controlled by iOS instead of your app, this is a perfect solution for you.
If your data is in UITableView then you could use [tableView reloadData];.
You can even set the app languages in appDelegate, defined in Constants, keys, then on the IBAction call those keys then be stored in NSUserDefaults.
which way you're using for localization, I mean to ask is that native in which we just only maintain the folder structure or taken from Db.
Anyways, If you're using native part, then look at following link which may assist you as I think we can replace the language option there:
"http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3910244/getting-current-device-language-in-ios"
(Frankly speaking, I've no idea)
But if you are using the db part, then in that case you just use some enum based tact and according to which just fetch your data, that approach is simple as I've already applied in so many apps.
In any concern, just back to me. :)
I've been doing some research and so far I've been unable to find out how to display a Settings.bundle inside an application. The guides that I found are:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/iphone/conceptual/iphoneosprogrammingguide/Preferences/Preferences.html
http://blog.webscale.co.in/?p=274
http://knol.google.com/k/iphone-sdk-application-preferences#
These all seem to skip a step: How to display the plist from a view in your application. I've got my view set up and my plist file set up, but I have no idea how to display the preferences plist from the view. Do I manually load everything and put them into labels, switches and whatnot?
This may seem like a stupid question but I honestly don't know. Would anyone be able to explain this to me?
Thanks in advance
EDIT: To clarify; I've found out that this allows me to access the preferences through the settings app. However I want to access these through a tab in the app itself.
http://knol.google.com/k/iphone-sdk-application-preferences#Step_4(3A)_Retrieving_Values_of_Settings appears to describe exactly how to access these...
It's a one-liner so i'll paste it here:
NSString* settingValue = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] stringForKey:#"<Setting Key>"]
There's no magical setting key that you have to use. Use whatever you like, and it'll be there the next time the application loads.
I got the same problem; I have an application with a tabBarController as the RootController of my application and, separately, I have a settings menu (loaded from plist) available through the applications preferences of the device.
I do want to include this settings menu into my app as an other view for my tabBarController in order to avoid to have to exit my application to change the settings.
Finally, I have the plist file ready, I just want to know a way to do something like
[C#]
settingsController.View = UIView.LoadFromPList("settings.plist");
tabBarController.addController(settingsController);
... anybody knows ?
I'm writing an iOS app, where I want the user to be able to change the UI language independent of the iPhone's or iPad's language. The question is, how do I reload the appropriate NIB file for the currently displayed view when the language changes and how do I load the appropriate .strings file so that NSLocalizedString works appropriately?
This should do the trick, assuming that de is the new language selected by the user. Also assure that you are reinitiating the current view.
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"de", nil]
forKey:#"AppleLanguages"];
Personally, I don't like the idea of giving NIB files to translators. Instead, I design the NIBs so there is enough space for non-English languages (typically they will require 50% more room for text), and then I store all text resources in Localizable.strings files.
Then, in my code I set the text for each UI control.
[_myButton setTitle:NSLocalizedString(#"My button title",
#"My description for translation file, e.g. including chars limit")
forState:UIControlStateNormal];
I find this makes the translation process easier to manage.
To answer your original question, you would put this code in the viewWillAppear function of your UIView to ensure it is reloaded each time the UI reappears.
Can an iphone app change its home screen icon and name after installation?
What i want to do is make a generic application for several of our clients, that upon installation and login by users it detects which of our client it applies to and changes its icon and name to reflect the appropriate branding.
Is this going to be possible? Or are we simply going to have to make (and submit for approval...) one app per client?
Thanks
Updated: since iOS 10 it's possible to change the application icon from the list of pre-defined ones in the Info.plist. However display name still stays the constant.
Outdated: Since app's name is in Info.plist which resides with app's icon in app's bundle (which is readonly) - it cannot. You can only change your app's name and icon after releasing an update into the appstore. You may though change application icon's badge value. But as I see in your scenario - it won't fit your needs at all.
In my app I use the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController to present an address book to the user so they can select a contact from their contacts.
I want my app to support multiple localizations (English, French) and I was expecting the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController to display the correct localised strings when I changed the phone's locale. However, this does not happen - no matter what language I change the iPhone to, the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController always displays English strings. This is strange as the Contacts application on the iPhone does change its text depending on the locale.
Does anyone know how to instruct the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController to display the correct text for the current locale?
Is your app already localized or are you just planning to add localization later? AFAIK, the built-in controls only display localized texts in those languages that your app supports.
fileName : InfoPlist.strings
view -> Utilities -> show file inspector
-> Localization "+" button click >> add language