As many people don't know, the way to localize an application name on iOS and OSX is to add an InfoPlist.strings file to the bundle and localize that file. People mix this file with the Info.Plist file. Localization is not done into the Info.plist, is done in the InfoPlist.strings file.
Said that, I have created this file with two keys: CFBundleDisplayName and CFBundleName, as I always do. This works wonderfully and you can define different names for your app in different localizations. This file works seamlessly. You have to do nothing, just add the file to the project and localize it.
InfoPlist.strings is a strings file like this:
"CFBundleDisplayName" = "My Localized App Name";
"CFBundleName" = "My Localized App Name";
For this project in particular I have also to read the value of CFBundleDisplayName at run time.
I have tried to use this code:
NSString *appName = [[NSBundle mainBundle] localizedStringForKey:#"CFBundleDisplayName" value:nil table:#"InfoPlist"];
to read the CFBundleDisplayName key but the value I get back is CFBundleDisplayName. In other words, I provide the key and receive the key back, not the value. I should receive My Localized App Name.
What am I missing?
I did this exactly in Swift, and it works as expected.
let appname = NSBundle.mainBundle().localizedStringForKey("CFBundleDisplayName", value: nil, table: "InfoPlist")
but, if I delete de localisation string from the corresponding InfoPlist.strings file, it returns "CFBundleDisplayName".
So, check that you are not missing something in your .strings files
After trying several possibilities..
The BUG was "A second copy of InfoPlist.strings inside the project"
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I'm new to IOS and currently I'm working on Localization of Displaying Apps icon.
and I made InfoPlist.strings
and then I put the text for like this in my InfoPlist.strings(MyLanguage) file
"CFBundleDisplayName" = "sometext sometext andlasttext ";
and it literally shows every text, include   on iphone emulators home screen.
and of course either
"CFBundleDisplayName" = "sometext sometext andlasttext";
is also not working! could you help me?
This solution works for me before iOS11 consider space as double space.
But from iOS 11 Apple has stopped truncating for longer app names. I thing if app name count is greater then 12 to 14, the spaces will be removed. Otherwise, they'll still exist.
= 2 spaces
Localizing your app display name is actually a very simple task, so let’s just get right into it.
Set up Localization
First, make sure you set up localization for another language (Note, this is not all that is required to completely localize an app, just the display name). Select your project in the project navigator, go to Localizations, then select a language to localize your display name.
Create a Strings File
Next, you have to create a Strings file that will contain the localized name to be used in your project. Go to File > New > File, select your OS target, go to Resources, and select the Strings file template.
Select the template, enter InfoPlist into the name field, and create the file.
Adding Localized Strings
Once you have created your strings file, open it and select all of the languages you would like to localize for in the inspector. In your base language file, add the following:
/* Localized Bundle Display Name */
"CFBundleDisplayName" = "Your_Localized_Name_In_Native_Language";
Then, enter the same in every other language file, swapping in your translated name in the place of your native name as so:
/* Localized Bundle Display Name */
"CFBundleDisplayName" = "Localized_Name_In_Other_Language";
When you are done, each file should look like the following:
Add Localization Keys to Info.plist
The last thing you have to do is add the necessary keys to your Info.plist file to enable your app to read and swap in your localized display name when appropriate. The first key you will add is the “bundle display name” key, it will look like so:
Bundle display name = $(PRODUCT_NAME)
You also have to add the “application has localized display name” key and set it to yes, which will look like the following:
Application has localized display name = YES
These keys in Info.plist will look like the following:
Thats all there is to it! Your app name will now be displayed in all languages that you localize to.
I have my infoPlist.strings with my localizable strings. I want to add on my info.plist the resource I added. How do I accomplish that?
On Infoplist.strings:
"NSAppleMusicUsageDescription" = "My description";
On Info.plist:
NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription - $(NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription)
NSAppleMusicUsageDescription - $(NSAppleMusicUsageDescription)
Or changing $ for # is not working either...
Thank you
STEP-I : On Info.plist put the default value
STEP-II : Create Infoplist.strings file and localize it to all supported languages
STEP-III : On each Infoplist.strings file put localized values to every key you want to localize its messages
The application uses the Info.plist key-value as a default value if it didn't find a specific language file. so, you can put English value in the Info.plist file and translate other languages in specific localizable file
In my framework app, I have some localization files added and have a method to get
localised strings as follow
-(NSString *)getCurrentLocale{
return NSLocalizedString(#"mykey", nil);
}
and I have installed this pod into one demo app, and trying to get the locale but it always returns the key, (it returns 'mykey')
I have double checked the format and name (Localizable.strings) within the string files
all files has proper format
but I do have locale strings as values in my Localizable.strings
ex: "mykey" = "ar_SA";
any Idea where I am going wrong?
Usually, this happens when you don't have the Localizable.strings file in the appropriate language folder (e.g. de.lproj). Also, ensure you haven't put your Localizable.strings file in the Base.lproj folder, as the same problem will occur.
To summarize, make sure your project Localizations have their Localizable.strings files in their respective language folders to provide the correct translations.
Finally, if the above are true (and this may be obvious), the device must have its locale set to actually pull strings from a given language.
Reference: Internationalization and Localization Guide
I have an application and I want to add a mix of static and dynamic app shortcut items. Localizing for dynamic items is pretty straightforward, using NSLocalizedString, but not so much with the items in your info.plist. I already have an InfoPlist.strings file for localizing the name of my application, but I am less sure about how static UIApplicationShortcutItems would work since these items do not have a unique key.
How do you localize static UIApplicationShortcutItems?
Turns out that the app will search the InfoPlist.strings file for a corresponding key matching the value in the Info.plist. That might sound a little confusing, so here's an example:
For the UIApplicationShortcutItemTitle key in the info.plist, add a value of, say, ADD_ITEM_SHORTCUT_TITLE:
<key>UIApplicationShortcutItemTitle</key>
<string>ADD_ITEM_SHORTCUT_TITLE</string>
This value will then need a corresponding entry in your InfoPlist.strings file:
ADD_ITEM_SHORTCUT_TITLE = "Add Item";
Add one new string file and save it with name "InfoPlist.strings"
Enable Localization for this file, and add string with title like below explanation.
Now Open your info.plist file and add title like below.
I create tow Localizable.strings files one for english and the second for arabic :
/* The number 1 */
"LABEL_ONE" = "label number one";
I am using this code to get the string value:
[self.Lable1 setText:NSLocalizedString(#"LABEL_ONE", #"The number 1")];
but the app show "LABEL_ONE" instead of "label number one" ?
What's the problem ?
Thanks
Your string files name have to be Localizable.strings.
In addition to the top answer, the localization file has to be named Localizable.strings and not anything else.
Your code is correct, so the problem is elsewhere.
Here are some possibilities:
The Localized.strings file is not copied into the application bundle. To verify this focus on the Localized.strings file using the 'Project Navigator' and make sure your target is checked on the right pane under 'Target Membership'
There is some syntax issues within the Localized.strings file, i.e. missing ;
The code you quoted does not get executed. To verify put a breakpoint and see if it's reached or use some debug logs...
The string appears in the Localized.strings for Arabic but is missing for English.
Your problem is very simple:
The app doesn't find the file with translations.
So you must be sure that you create the localizable files with the correct name (for example en for english) and also that in your device (or simulator) you have set 1 of the languages prepared from you in these files.
Otherwise, the file is not found and is returned the key instead of the value.
try this answer it is work for me
I was having problems with this on the iOS Simulator. I ended up deleting the Localization.strings file in the simulator directory
( /Users/(me)/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.0/Applications/(etc)/(project)/(application.app)
copied from here
https://stackoverflow.com/a/11657945
In my case cleaning the project after initially introducing i18n to it solved it.
Check whether you added any text/character by mistake after the ; in Localizable.strings file.
It doesn't show the error while running the app but XCode ignore all the key-value pair after this character, which leads to returning the key instead of values.
I put a + by mistake in string file and wasted 2 hours for this.
Make sure that the Target Membership is set to include your App and any other places you may need it. In my case, the membership was only set to the test folder
[Answer from August, 2017. Compiler may have changed]
Search for a syntax error in your .strings File
I had the following line:
"Changed your mind?" = "¿Cambiaste de opinión?";,
And somehow that made the compilation succeed, even the command plutil -lint Localizable.strings said it was okay. After I took the same comma down from each file in that line, now the compiler is able to detect there are errors.
The problem before was the compilation succeeded, but because of the comma the .strings file was actually wrong so nothing after the comma was read. I don't know if the comma has any use in .strings files.
Note:
plutil -lint Localizable.strings is used on the Terminal tu debug .strings files as Xcode cannot tell where the .strings compilation wen wrong.