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Laurens V
Laurens V

Reputation: 551

Multi Language iOS App

How can I make a string for multi languages?

I want this rule for more languages.

localNotification.alertBody = "You have received \(Int(msg)) new messages"

I want this:

U_Have = "You have receive"; (English)

U_Have = "U heeft"; (Dutch)

New_msg = "new messages"; (English)

New_msg = "nieuwe berichten"; (Dutch)

I think it will looks lik this:

localNotification.alertBody = "U_Have \(Int(msg)) New_msg"

But how can I make this possible with Swift for iOS?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3549

Answers (2)

Godlike
Godlike

Reputation: 1928

Try sth like this:

func getSystemLanguage() -> String{
        var Language: String = "en"

        if let preferredLanguage = NSLocale.preferredLanguages()[0] as String? {
            Language = preferredLanguage
            if(Language.rangeOfString("en") == nil && Language.rangeOfString("da") == nil){
                Language = "en";
            }

            if Language.rangeOfString("en") != nil {
                Language = "en";
            }

            if(Language.rangeOfString("da") != nil){
                Language = "da"
            }
        }
        return Language
    }

And then:

if(getSystemLanguage == "da"){
U_Have = "U heeft"; (Dutch)
} else {
U_Have = "You have receive"; (English)
}

I highly recommend you to put all strings in one file and do sth like this because if u don't you'll have much work if u add a new language:

class LocalizedStrings {
class func getVariable(Variable: String) -> String{

            var Key: String = "Key"
            switch (Variable) {
            case "Test":
                if(Logic.getSystemLanguage() == "da"){
                   Key = "Dutch"
                    return Key
                } else {
                    Key = "English"
                    return Key
                }
        default:
        return "NotFound"
            }
          }
       }

And then: 

LocalizedString.getVariable("Test")

If you just want to localize strings you set in the storyboard it is much easier:

Upvotes: 1

Tobi Nary
Tobi Nary

Reputation: 4596

What you are trying to do -- translating words, not whole phrases -- goes badly wrong in some languages.

There is a lot of literature on locatization and best practices. Go, have a read, maybe start here.

Upvotes: 2

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