I'd like to support multiple languages in one of my apps. I don't have a problem with the localization for the supported languages, but I'd also like to support Irish (Gaelic).
Is this a case of overriding NSLocalizedString, checking an app variable for the user's selected country, and calling localizedStringForKey, passing in the relevant strings file as the table?
Is there a better way? Are there significant issues with this approach?
Can someone point me in the right direction please?
Thanks
Jez
Select a file you would like to have an Irish version of...
If you go to the right-hand-side editor (xCode 4) and hit the page-looking tab...
Go down to "Localizations" and hit the + sign...
Keep going down to "Other"...
And find "Irish"...
It will create a second version of the file you had selected and you can change all of the NSStrings etc. to Irish.
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I have implemented Google-Cast in my iOS application. It already casts content just fine but the whole UI is in English, even when my device language is set to something else. The library is supposed to have support for lots of languages but I cannot seem to make it work. I cannot access any of the components to change its text value.
I have tried to access the components through UI inspector but I don't think that the library is prepared to be modified like this.
Also tried to change UserDefaults to change the value for key "AppleLanguages".
If there is anything else I could try or you come up with ideas/solutions, please, feel free to help me out since I have ran out of ideas.
This is a known issue and we are working towards fixing this. We are targeting to release a fix in v4.4.2 release. Right now we do not have an ETA.
You can follow this bug for more updates: https://issuetracker.google.com/132135605
Compared to Android iPhone does not support many languages, even though the MAC seems to do so ( simply because I learned that the possibility of adding these languages in xCode is for MAC Apps and not for iOS).
Now I added the Localizable.strings file for languages that are not available in the language list of the iPhone settings for languages.
Is there a way using the standard approach like:
[onOffSC setTitle:NSLocalizedString(#"On","Off") forSegmentAtIndex:0];
if I just put a selection menu in my app ?
Otherwise I would have to add a special logic - lets say MYNSLocalizedString, checking first if the user wants to select a non supported language, getting this some other way (probably putting these translations into a NSDictionary) and otherwise calling the standard NSLocalizedString.
I guess I would have to put a language selection menu in the app anyways - but can the calls to NSLocalizedString be used or do I have to add a meta-method MYNSLocalizedString like mentioned?
Or is there any other good solution for this ?
Many thanks!
I think better would be to use the language which is set in Settings, instead of user selecting from menu. Refer to this tutorial might help you understand How Localization is done.
http://www.raywenderlich.com/2876/how-to-localize-an-iphone-app-tutorial
For localization of your iPhone app:
Use the approach described here...
http://www.raywenderlich.com/2876/how-to-localize-an-iphone-app-tutorial
I need to make an application in which the user can toggle between two languages on triggering a click event on a button.
The problem here is that I have seen examples in which, if we want to load our localized nib file, then we need to change the language from the settings options and we can get the proper nib file loaded according to language selected.
I want to do this within my application, meaning I don't want to go to the settings menu and change the language and then reload the application.
I just want the above effect within my application (that is, through a button click event the app should be able to toggle between two languages).
Is it possible, and does Apple allow it?
Nobody here can tell you whether Apple will allow it, but if your app is well designed and there's a good reason for this departure from the usual way of doing things, you've probably got a good shot.
There's nothing to prevent you from loading a nib file localized for a different region. I'd probably avoid trying to use Apple's automatic mechanism, though. Just name your nib files using some pattern and load the appropriate one.
If you want your life to easy, you will take advantage of the Localization built into the operating system. Otherwise, you will have write your own methods to load localized strings or nib files.
There is no reason for Apple to reject an app that shows localized text based on an in-app setting. I work to help developers localize apps and, although I don't suggest this approach, they have done it and I've never heard of a rejection from Apple.
What you won't be able to do is use Apple's built-in tools, which rely on the system settings to determine a user's language and push the text from a Localizable.strings file. But it honestly won't take you too long to implement a similar system yourself using functions akin to gettext.
You essentially need to implement the same basic logic as any localization system:
1) Surround your in-app texts in a function that will display the proper language based on the user's chosen settings
2) Export your source texts (probably English into file
3) Translate the English strings into each language in a separate file
The function you write can follow the lines of gettext, which has examples in many programming languages. If the settings is "French" grab the equivalent string from the French file. If the setting is English, just print the English.
You won't be able to use Apple's tools, but you CAN do it on your own and Apple won't really care as far as I know. However, if you choose to localize into an Apple-supported language, follow this app localization tutorial for iOS using the standard Localizable.strings method.
I need help from you, I need to display all the text, labels , strings and what ever text is showing to user in the iphone application with respective selected language in settings of iphone.
for example user selects German or French in settings of iPhone language, then my application should provide or view the details in that language.
I need sample code for localization, Is there any simple way to follow the standard steps to translate the code to different languages in iphone sdk.
please healp me, I hope that I can get efficient solution on this from you.
Thank you,
Madan Mohan.
See here: http://www.icanlocalize.com/site/tutorials/iphone-applications-localization-guide/
I think the previous link gives a pretty good idea of how to do I18N on the iPhone, but if you feel you need more info, you can try this article http://blog.federicomestrone.com/2010/05/18/internationalise-your-iphone-apps-with-xcode/ which is just slightly more code-orientated.
The point though is always the same - you have to separate code from text resources and load all your text (strings) with the NSLocalizedString macro, or a variant thereof.
I am working on an application which I am planning to release both in English and Spanish languages. With this I mean, I would like it to have two separate apps in the App Store, one being displayed with English title, and the other one with Spanish title (and each with contents in their respective language).
This means that the language in the app would be static, that is, that actually the app would not be internationalized, in the sense that the app would not display the language according to the user's locale settings, but according to either English or Spanish depending on the app bought.
I initially thought of using a constants file with constants strings of all the labels, button titles, etc. and having an identical separate project for each language, and changing this constants file on each project, but of course, this involves some hassle regarding maintenance.
The other approach I am thinking of, is actually performing the whole internationalization process (NSLocale, localization files, etc), and somewhat at the app startup skip the user's locale, and set either language programmatically (here, I would only need to know is how to skip such default i18n process to set a specific language. In this case, I would see the advantage of having only one local project, and the possibilty of setting the language on each build, for a different language app.
Could you please provide advice regarding which approach or best practice to follow?? Does this make sense, or is there another approach that I should follow instead in order to have the two separate, fixed language apps?
Thank you very much in advance!
Best regards
Duplicate: Best way to make an iPhone application multi-lingual
Short version: include a language file for each language. Apple'll take care of the rest - when the user changes their iPhone's language, your app will switch too (assuming a translation is available).
if you really want to have two separate apps in the App Store, you could do something like
Making multiple versions of an iPhone application
to have them both be built from a single Xcode project and make maintenance as easy as possible.
why not just have a single app version that includes both languages and automatically chooses the user's preferred language? if your goal is that bilingual people should pay you separately for two copies, then you'll need two separate apps like you suggest, I guess.
Localize your application for English and Spanish and put the following lines of code in main.m before the call to UIApplicationMain:
NSArray *languages = [NSArray arrayWithObject:#"es"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:languages forKey:#"AppleLanguages"];
[languages release];
where the language code is either "es" or en".
This will put the preferred language (es or en in your case) in the application's preferences (in the property list file ../your app's UUID/Library/Preferences/yourcompany's Internetadress.your app's name.plist) and override the language set in Settings.
This makes the app use the localized strings and use the localized XIBs. However, for some reason it does not work for localizing the app's icon and bundle display name. Adding a line for setting the locale (the key seems to be "AppleLocale") does not help. The current locale remains the one set in Settings, not the one set programmatically.
The line
[languages release];
shouldn't be there.
Localizing the strings and the XIBs suffices. Duplicate the target following http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development/8036-lite-game-duplicate-xcode-project.html and set Icon file and Bundle display name in the copy's plist file.