Localizing array and other special values in the Settings bundle

2
votes

I'm looking for a way to localize different strings of the Settings.bundle in iOS. While localizing regular strings is straight-forward, I wonder if and how you would localize:

  1. Arrays. Consider the following plist entry:

    <dict>
  <key>DefaultValue</key>
  <string>Schedules</string>
  <key>Key</key>
  <string>defaultView</string>
  <key>Title</key>
  <string>Default View</string>
  <key>Titles</key>
  <array>
    <string>Schedules</string>
    <string>Tasks</string>
    <string>Patients</string>
    <string>Links</string>
  </array>
  <key>Type</key>
  <string>PSMultiValueSpecifier</string>
  <key>Values</key>
  <array>
    <string>Schedules</string>
    <string>Tasks</string>
    <string>Patients</string>
    <string>Links</string>
  </array>
</dict>

    To localize the title, I add

    "Default View" = "Translated Default View";

    to the Root.strings file. But how can I get the Titles of the PSMultiValueSpecifier translated?

  2. FooterText. Is it possible to translate the FooterText of the following entry?

    <dict>
  <key>Title</key>
  <string>Server Settings</string>
  <key>Type</key>
  <string>PSGroupSpecifier</string>
  <key>FooterText</key>
  <string>Can this text be translated?</string>
</dict>
1
ioslocalizationsettingsplistbundle
"Can this text be translated?" = "Est-ce que ce texte peut etre traduit?" should do the trick. - user529758
This indeed does the trick for the FooterText, thank you. Any update for the arrays? - amaechler

1 Answers

2
votes

In my app, I have simply added the Titles strings/translations to Root.strings:

"Schedules" = "Translated Schedules";
"Patients" = "Translated Patients";

and so on, works as expected.