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Kalpit
Kalpit

Reputation: 279

How to localize launch screen

I have localized LaunchScreen.xib, through which the LaunchScreen is divided in two parts.

i.e. LaunchScreen.xib(English) and LaunchScreen.xib(Portugese), but when I change device language to Portuguese then LaunchScreen.xib(English) is also loaded.

Upvotes: 27

Views: 14024

Answers (4)

keshav
keshav

Reputation: 178

As per Apple we can't localise splash screen here is the link:-

https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/patterns/launching#launch-screens/ enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

JaredH
JaredH

Reputation: 2398

As user: Samewize pointed out, the User Interface Guidelines advise against localizing text on the Launch Screen.

Avoid including text on your launch screen. Because launch screens are static, any displayed text won’t be localized.

To add to that, as of September 2019, even with localization of asset catalogs (WWDC 2019 Video), I've been unable to localize images that appear on the Launch screen. I'm assuming the Launch screen is statically generated and does not take Localization into account.

Upvotes: 8

Venu Gopal Tewari
Venu Gopal Tewari

Reputation: 5876

  1. Add multiple "LaunchScreen.storyboard" for each language from "Add New File" menu in project. (Lets say for spanish - Launch Screen_sp)

  2. Localize your "Info.plist" from identity inspector menu as InfoPlist.strings (Base) , InfoPlist.strings(Spanish) for each language you want to use.

  3. Now as example: in InfoPlist.strings (spanish) add following key :

    "UILaunchStoryboardName" = "LaunchScreen_sp";

and you are done. Do not forget to set "LaunchScreen" as your Launch Screen File in "General" settings of your project.

Upvotes: 48

samwize
samwize

Reputation: 27363

The answer is: you cannot localize launch screen

In the Human Interface Guideline, they pointed out:

Avoid including text on your launch screen. Because launch screens are static, any displayed text won’t be localized.

Text cannot be localized.

What about images?

I have tried localising, and as of April 2017, I concluded that localization doesn't work. The localized storyboard will be ignored.

Upvotes: 31

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