Cross-platform Localization for Native Mobile Apps with by Christopher Miller

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By Christopher Miller

This ebook walks the developer throughout the technique of tailoring their apps as a way to attract an international marketplace. Microsoft MVP Chris Miller steps you thru the method of allowing a number of language aid, whereas utilizing a unmarried shared set of language assets utilizing the .NET Framework. .NET makes it effortless to help a number of languages and cultures.
Starting with an easy cellular software, the writer demonstrates find out how to adapt it for the Android, iOS, and home windows systems, displaying the way to deal with the localization with source documents and the way to deal with internationalization on every one platform.
Readers will try out the applying for the localization aid and the way to prevent universal pitfalls. utilizing Xamarin.Forms and visible Studio, the app may be carried out for Android, iOS, and home windows 10 UWP and ninety nine% of the code can be shared around the platforms.

What you'll Learn:

  • Localization and Internationalization and why they matter
  • How a number of languages are supported on every one platform
  • How cultural changes like dates and currencies are handled
  • How to take advantage of instruments like Microsoft’s Multilingual App Toolkit to regulate language resources
  • How to create an localized, cross-platform app with Android Studio, Xcode, Xamarin and visible Studio tools
  • How to get aid translating the textual content from the application

Who This publication Is For:
Mobile app builders presently writing local apps for home windows mobile, Android, and iOS. The Android and iOS local apps could be written utilizing Xamarin and in addition with the local software kits, the home windows apps with the inventory visible Studio tools.

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2. In the panel on the left side of the dialog, click Online. You see a list all available extensions that can be installed. 3. In the search box located in the upper-right corner of the dialog, type multilingual. This process filters the list of extensions and should show Multilingual App Toolkit at the top of the list (see Figure 3-1). At the time of this writing, version 4 is the latest edition. Figure 3-1. Selecting the Multilingual App Toolkit from the Extensions and Updates dialog 4. Select the Multilingual App Toolkit, making sure to get the latest version.

Resx provides the value of the string resource named Welcome. NET Framework tries to match the CurrentUICulture to the right resource file. resx. If it can’t find that file, the default of MainPageText. resx is used. NET Framework tries to find a match based on language and culture. If a match is not found, it tries to match by just the language. If that match fails, the default resource file is used. This search is done for each of the individual string resources, not the entire resource file.

3. In the search box located in the upper-right corner of the dialog, type multilingual. This process filters the list of extensions and should show Multilingual App Toolkit at the top of the list (see Figure 3-1). At the time of this writing, version 4 is the latest edition. Figure 3-1. Selecting the Multilingual App Toolkit from the Extensions and Updates dialog 4. Select the Multilingual App Toolkit, making sure to get the latest version. A download button lights up. 5. Press the download button and follow the prompts to download and install the MAT.

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