How to localize iOS, MacOS, TVOS & WatchOS apps in XCode and Swift

The following article walks you through how to create a language coordinator, for Spanish and English, that enables localized (multilingual) Swift applications that displays different strings depending on the iPhone's system language.

Under the Models folder, create a LanguageContent folder. Within this folder, create two folders Strings & Content.

Select the Strings folder and press command + N to create a new file.

This will select the Swift, iOS file type. Press Next.

After that enter the name of your JSON files - en.json and es.json respectively - and press Create for each case.

Press Use .json.

Replace the code in the created file with { }.

Select the Content folder and press Command + N.

This will select the Swift, iOS file type. Press Next.

After that enter the name of your UIContent file - UIContent.swift - and press Create.

Copy the code below to create your UIContent struct as well as the first content.

This will create a Sample codable, which includes one string sampleString.

The constant below is what allows your content struct to make a sample constant available to your LanguageCoordinator, via LanguageCoordinator.shared.currentContent?.sample.

The images above shows you how to create strings for the content structs that you create in Spanish and English. Code provided below.

As you can see it associates different language strings to sampleString which can be accessed via LanguageCoordinator.shared.currentContent?.sample.sampleString.

If the content isn't created for both languages using this pattern - the LanguageCoordinator will fail - making your application unable to render strings.

Select the Content folder and press Command + N.

This will select the Swift, iOS file type. Press Next.

After that enter the name of your Language file - Language.swift - and press Create.

Paste the code below to create two languages for your app - English and Spanish.

For more languages or different languages, add or change the available cases.

Create your Language Coordinator folder & file. A step by step tutorial on how to do so is available in the link below.

Select the LanguageCoordinator folder and press Command + N.

This will select the Swift, iOS file type. Press Next.

After that enter the name of your extensions - LanguageCoordinator+Generate.swift & LanguageCoordinator+SetCurrentLanguage respectively - and press Create for each case.

Copy the code below to complete your LanguageCoordinator.

Please note that you may get the error above - please note that the DebuggingIdentifiers were created as part of the following tutorial.

Copy the code below to complete your LanguageCoordinator generate functionality.

Copy the code below to complete your LanguageCoordinator set current language functionality.

Add the listener to your ViewController.

Start your app with Spanish and English as your primary language to confirm that it works. If you change language, your app will reset - triggering this process a new.

To use the LanguageCoordinator content, use a guard to make sure that it works and then access it via a notation similar to that shown in the verification step (Step Sixteen) on the debugPrint found on line 62. An example is available in the tutorial below.

Follow our guide linked below to get the LanguageCoordinator working with Swift Testing.

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