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iphoneiosxcodelocalizationlocalizable.strings

iOS - Could I change the localizable.strings content during runtime?

I am loading the translation through a JSON file every time I launch the application. Could I parse that JSON, clean it up and place it in the localizable.strings file?

If not, will I be able to load localization from localizable file created in the Documents directory?

Solution

  • no the first as you can't edit app resources after deployment

    you can however tell NSBundle to use a different localizeFile.. or rather download the json and put it in a NSBundle

    put the localizable into:

    <APP/DOCUMENTS>/<APPNAME>.bundle/<LANGUAGE_CODE>.lproj/Localizable.strings

    init a new cocoa bundle

    NSBundle *b = [NSBundle bundleWithPath:@"<APP/DOCUMENTS>/<APPNAME>.bundle/"];

    then just use this on the bundle:

     - (NSString *)localizedStringForKey:(NSString *)key value:(NSString *)value table:(NSString *)tableName

    e.g.

    [b localizedStringForKey:@"HIHO" value:nil table:nil];