I'm a bit confused on how to set up my Brazillian Portuguese meta data localization in iTunes Connect. First off, in xCode when I add the localization I have the option of Portuguese or Portuguese (Portugal) from which I obviously choose Portuguese. Then, in iTunes Connect when I want to add a new meta data localization, my choices are Brazillian Portuguese and Portuguese. My ultimate goal is so that my Brazillian Portuguese translation is shown to users in Portugal and Brazil, so should I simply choose "Portuguese" ?
If you have not further defined two set of translations for Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese, you should place the same Portuguese translations to both languages.
I believe iTunes connect does not have any language fallback betweem these 2 languages, as they are regarded them as 2 separated languages.
For more information, you can have a look at this article for useful tips about iTunes connect localization.
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I have an app localized for 3 variants of German:
German de-DE
German (Switzerland) de-CH
German (Austria) de-AT
In the project navigator I'm able to see all the three variants, also the app successfully switches the language to any of those and runs the appropriate version.
However, I'm unable to post release notes and see only the "German" option.
Is it an intentional behavior of App Store Connect or the service doesn't recognize the languages enabled for the app and doesn't show them for release notes?
The localisation options shown for the App Store meta data is a fixed list. They are not determined by the localisations in your app.
Where their aren't country specific options then I assume that the language that is shown to the user accessing the App Store is determined by the language setting on their device.
Someone with de-CH will see German while someone with fr-CH will see French.
Interestingly there are options for French (France) and French (Canada) as well as English (UK), English (USA) and English (Australia).
I guess you would need to ask Apple why they don't provide variations for Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
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The main langauge for my app is english, but it has been localized to spanish as well. When a user uses Catalan langauge, my app needs to fall back to spanish instead english. Is this possible without supplying the catalan localization?
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I found this apple reference saying:
You can choose from more than 100 different languages and dialects
designated by regions to localize your app. However, the more general
you make your localized resources, the more regions you can support
with a single set of resources. This can save a lot of space in your
app bundle and help reduce localization costs.
iPhone users can choose their language preferences.
As a catalan, i have my iPhone in Catalan, and second in spanish. So when an app is only translated to spanish, NSLocalizedString search for catalan first, if the app doesn't support catalan, it search for spanish and last for english.
So it's not your job to translate for all possible languages! ;)
It's iphone users job to put the correct language preferences
My App has been localised for English (primary) plus Italian, Dutch and Spanish, but when I come to provide metadata for each in iTunes Connect the only options listed are as per the screen shot. According to the Apple there are 28 supported languages. How do I access them?
This might sound like a silly answer, but you need to scroll down. It is actually a longer list of languages, but this is not made clear in the UI. I have made this error myself.
You will find Italian and other languages after the Finnish language.
I'm trying to add a German and French localization to the iTunes Connect Meta data. The app is in an editable state and I can choose from some given languages.
Also the docs mention French at the beginning of the article, but then there are the same language choices.
The App is localized and has the "Localization" key in the info.plist.
I'm not seeing anything I can do about that (already tried to change my system language as well)
If you scroll over that language page, can see French is waiting for you. That language pop-up is scrollable.
I've successfully translated my App to Spanish and Catalan. Both versions (in addition to the english one) work very ok. I'm preparing the submission and, when I'm to add the new Catalan version, to my surprise I cannot choose this language from the scroll down menu, although I was able to select it on Xcode when working on the translation.
So, how am I supposed to release the catalan version?. I know I could select spanish and fill the field with the catalan version, but then I cannot fill in the spanish one.
Anyone here with experience on the matter?
Thanks in advance!
By "versions" here, I assume you're just talking about localizations within one single application.
If so, the user would simply need to purchase your application from the App Store, run it on their device, and if they have Catalan as a primary language, your Catalan localization would be used.
iTunes Connect does not support Catalan as a store language yet, which is why you can't post a Catalan translation of the store listing, but it still should display in the proper language on the user's device. According to the iTunes Connect Developer Guide, the following languages are currently supported for localization of the application description:
English
Spanish
German
UK English
Canadian English
French Canadian
Brazilian Portuguese
Australian English
French
Mexican Spanish
Portuguese
Dutch
Italian
Japanese
Simplified Chinese
Russian
Swedish
Korean
If you wish for Catalan to be added as an additional language option in the App Store, please file an enhancement request at http://bugreport.apple.com .
The only way you can localize your app in a language that is not available in iTunes, is to create a separate app just for this country and enter the info in the language. Not ideal, because now you have 2 apps to take care of: one for all available language and one just for this language.