This is for an iPad and iPhone app.
Does localizing metadata and app name hurt app store SEO at all for an apps default localization? Or is it just the more keywords the better?
Can my app have different names but be the same app in different countries?
I just searched for my app in Spanish from my USA iPad and it came up even though the only Spanish meta data I have is in the Spanish localization. The name of my app came up in English though but in the Spanish localization I have a Spanish name (is there a way to check to see this as I have only been able to find my app with an English name).
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I have successfully released my app on the App Store but the language displayed in the App information is English despite the fact that I have selected French as the primary language for my app when I submitted it.
Any idea how to display French in the language section of the App Store ?
You have to provide French localization for your app to have French included as your app's languages. Open the project Info page in Xcode, and double check the Localization settings.
It should show something like: Base, English, French, etc... in the list. If French is not in there, add it, and write the text translations manually in .strings file for example.
The languages that you add (or set as primary) on App Store Connect while submitting the app for review is only usable for setting localized App Store app descriptions, promotional texts, tags, or screenshots for different languages. It's basically for advertising purposes only.
We are building an application on iOS and published it to the App Store half a year ago. In recent weeks our app page has been showing several additional languages which are not part of our Xcode project. Is there any other way the code base determines what is part of the App Store page? Would very much appreciate any thought on this.
Here you see the languages on the App Store:
And these are the languages we've created localized strings for on Xcode:
The languages your app is localised in, and the localised app store listings you have aren't connected.
For example, I could develop a non-localised app (English only), but localise my app store pages into French and German. So a French user would see an app store page in French, but the app would only show English (apart from system text, e.g. Done, Cancel buttons etc)
Or, I could localise my app into French and German, but not localise the app stores listing. A French user would see an English listing, but the app itself would contain French text.
I'm dealing with localization 🎉
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
We localized our app in Danish and Finnish, as well as description, screenshots, keywords and etc. BUT.
App Store still displays our app in English. Probably there exists some specific features when working with Danish and Finnish? All other languages are displayed correctly.
Thanks.
I know this is an already asked question, but no one of the answers helped me.
I'm writing an iOS app localized in italian and english.
I've already done two storyboards and two Localizable.strings file for the texts.
Now, if I set the english language on the phone, the app picks the english files, if I set the italian language on the phone the app picks the italian files.
But if I set french language(or spanish, or german), the app picks the italian files, which is wrong, how can I set english as the default language?
An iOS device keeps track of which languages you have set the locale to. If the currently selected locale is unsupported in an app, then the device will use the last user-selected language you used that is supported by the application.
So for example, imagine you had changed your device to English, then Italian, then Spanish. The app would first try and provide a Spanish localization. If one wasn't available, it would attempt Italian. If that wasn't available, then it would finally use English.
If you view the list of languages in the device's Settings, you'll see that they're ordered by 'last used'. I'm not aware of any way to alter this (seemingly intentional) feature.