I am making a bilingual app thai is English and Korean language.
Now, I want my app to change its name whenever the user change the language setting of the device. It the language is set to English the app name is english, and if it in Korean the app name will change to korean.
i know it is possible, because i've seen some apps like that.
How will i able to do it?
Thanks!
Go to infoPlist.Strings File
Write
CFBundleDisplayName = "Your App Name In Particular Language";
Add the Localization of the file in property
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I have created an app for real estate.
My client is insisting on keeping the app name in both English and Arabic.
Is this possible in the App store?
The client is worrying that if the user searches app names in Arabic, they will not see the app as the name of the app is in English.
How can I solve this problem?
You can set a mixed English/Arabic name for the app in the Info.plist. The key you are looking for is “Bundle Display Name” (CFBundleDisplayName). By default that key value is ${PRODUCT_NAME}, but you can change it to any string you want (even with Arabic characters).
Mind that the space in the home screen is limited, and you cannot use long names under the icons. Your proposed name seems to be a little bit long and shows like “My…التطبيق” in my Simulator.
Just add the name in the display name in info.plist file
If I revoke the app's access permission to my photos, I get this, even if my device language isn't English:
Is there a way to localize this message?
I haven't found a suitable key to set in plist file.
The message is localized automatically by the system. There's no way for you to localize it.
Your app has to have a localization for the language you want for the message to be shown in that language.
If your app has a French localization, and your system setting is French, the message will appear in French. But if your app isn't localized for French, the message appears in the base language for the app (usually English), despite the system language being set to French.
this is os view and is dependent on ur device's selected language
I am implementing an app which is going to have localization.
But in this case I need to set base language as Portuguese and not English
While implementation my app is going to be in English and after that when i change settings to language Portuguese it will show in that language,
but
User is going to change the language from app itself and should be able to switch the language
In plist file set "Localization native development region " set "German".
u want to set German.
Must have German Localize string file.
What do you mean by "set the base language"?
The app will launch in whatever language the user has his device set to use. If I set the language on my phone to English the app will launch in English. If I set the language of my device to Portuguese the app will launch in Portuguese. If you don't want it to be able to launch in English, don't add localization support for English.
Edit
I see what your intention is now. Yes, you can use the "AppleLanguages" preference, like so:
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"en", #"pr", nil] forKey:#"AppleLanguages"];
This will make English the primary language of your app, and if an English translation is not available for a string then it will check the next language in the array for a translation.
I have a new iPhone app up on the App Store. This app has been fully localized into English and German. German is the native language of this app.
I added the English App Store description, added localized screenshots (and entered an English name for this app) in iTunes Connect ("Manage Localizations" - "Add Localization")
Unfortunately this translation does not appear on the App Store. Even in the UK and US App Store, there's always the German version of the app description.
This is not my first (localized) app which is available on the App Store ... but in this case, I have absolutely now idea what I'm doing (or what I did) wrong.
My app is called "ÖPNV-Navi" (the localized English title is "PT Guide"):
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/opnv-navi/id455704043?mt=8 (UK Store)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/opnv-navi/id455704043?mt=8 (US Store)
http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/opnv-navi/id455704043?mt=8 (German Store)
Any idea?
Because your default language is German (This setting in iTunesConnect can NOT be changed once you submitted an App), if the iTunes can't find the localized description for the user's system language, it will display your default language instead.
As I've mentioned before, the language is not depend on the country of App Store but the user's system language settings, in my Mac which use English as its system language, I can see your English description in US Store. But in UK Store, since I am not using UK English as my system language, I got your default language: German.
If you change your Mac's system language into English, you will see your English description in US Store.
In addition, the most weird thing is the localized descriptions are bound to the specific country of App Store.
What dose this mean?
It means even you've created an English description in iTunes Connect, and the user do have English as his/her system language, but if he/she is NOT watching the US App Store, he/she will NOT get the English description but your default language, German.
What a confusing situation, what a "great" system, right?
My problem was that I also did not see the localized description in the app store.
The solution was that both the system language (in iOS or OS X) AND the app store country should be according to the language you want.
Localize App Store information
After you add an app to your account, you can add languages and enter localized information about your app that appears on the App Store. For a list of the languages and locales you can localize app metadata for, see App Store localizations. For the properties you can localize, see Required, localizable, and editable properties.
For example, if the primary language is set as English, the information in all App Store territories appears in English. If you add French to your app and localize the text, keywords, and screenshots, users whose language setting is French, see the French localization. Users who are located in a territory that includes French, but not English, as a supported language, also see the French localization. Users can also search for your app in all French-language App Stores using the localized keywords. In other App Store territories, users see the information in the primary language (English in this example).
The user’s language setting on the device controls which localization appears on the App Store. If there’s no localization available that matches the language, the next closest localization is used. If you want locale-specific metadata to appear, add a language for a specific locale to your app—for example, add French (Canada). The Apple Store URL for your app is the same, regardless of the user’s device language settings.
The languages you add to an app in iTunes Connect are not the same as the languages you add to your app in Xcode. The languages that you add in Xcode appear under Languages on the App Store. To localize your app binary, read Internationalization and Localization Guide.
iTunes Connet help:
en: https://help.apple.com/itunes-connect/developer/?lang=en#/deve6f78a8e2
中文: https://help.apple.com/itunes-connect/developer/?lang=cn#/deve6f78a8e2
Which property should I change on Info.plist in order to configure the list of languages shown in itunes store under my submitted application?
EDIT: My application will be in Greek and I want to see Greek as the only language under Languages in the App Store. How do I do that?
It seems that the "Localization native development region" value on the .plist file is related to the languages that appear on the app store after Languages.
What you list in the plist does not affect what is shown in iTunes. When you submit to itunesconnect, you will be asked to enter languages that are supported. Of course , you will want to match these languages up with what your app really can support, but iTunes will not just show the supported languages by default.
EDIT:
It appears the OP is just asking how to localize within the app. See here