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7vikram7
7vikram7

Reputation: 2824

c# localisation with 'Resx' file, 'ResourceManger->GetString" function always considers 'English' Culture

I am localising a Xamarin Forms project.

I am using C#'s Resx file to achieve it.

Everything is working fine in the Sample project which I downloaded as well as the Demo project which I have created. But in the Actual project of mine, both AppResources.xyzKey and resourceManager.GetString(xyzKey, anyCulturePassed) returns a value from the English Resx file.

I have even tried sending hardcoded Spanish culture to the resourceManager.GetString() function.

const string ResourceId = "projectName.Resources.Resx.AppResources";

public static string Localize(string key, string comment)
{
    //var netLanguage = Locale ();

    // Platform-specific
    ResourceManager temp = new ResourceManager(ResourceId, typeof(L10n).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
    Debug.WriteLine("Localize " + key);


    string result = "";
    try
    {
        //Dynamically detecting culture is commented for testing.
        //CultureInfo ci = DependencyService.Get<ILocale>().GetCurrentCultureInfo();

        CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("es");

        result = temp.GetString(key, ci);

        if (result == null)
        {
            result = key; // HACK: return the key, which GETS displayed to the user
        }
        return result;
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        if (e != null)
        {

        }
    }
    return result;

}

In spite of this is always picks the Value from the English Resxfile.

These are my resource files:

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I have ensured that the respective resource files are loaded by printing them;

    var assembly = typeof(AppResources).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
        foreach (var res in assembly.GetManifestResourceNames()) 
        {
        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("found resource: " + res);
        }

This is the output:

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Surprisingly, on the same platform it works just fine in the Sample as well as the Demo project.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 620

Answers (2)

7vikram7
7vikram7

Reputation: 2824

Turns out only the English Resx file was set as Embedded Resource.

Hence, even on printing the GetManifestResourceNames(), it printed the name of the Resx file but it was only for the English version of the file.

To fix this, when you create a new XML file as Resx for a new language,

Right click on the file --> Build Action --> Set as Embedded Resource.

Upvotes: 1

ali
ali

Reputation: 1351

Resource files are influenced by the executing thread's culture. Did you try changing the running thread such as;

newCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("tr-TR");         
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = newCulture;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = newCulture;

Upvotes: 0

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