Localization doesn't work with Xcode 6 and dynamic library (jnilib)

Question

In my company, I need to localize our jni-library. Our main application is written in Java and over JNI we are working with CEF3

(I know, there is a JCEF, but I need to resolve problem with CEF3)

The jnilib handles main menu like in this picture chrome main menu

I need to localize this menu, english and german.

What I did:

Added Localizable.strings
Added Strings in info tab on project settings
Added Localizable.strings in copy bundle resources on target settings
Renamed Localizable.strings and tried NSLocalizedStringFromTable
Changed Localizable.strings encoding to UTF-16
And of course tried all other "solutions" posted on stackoverflow and other webpages
Tried this method: Localization of static lib

But every time I only get the key as value. If I print out BundlePath I get following path: (jdk home dir)

*/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin*

If I copy en.lproj and de.lproj to the bin dir (for test purposes), the localization is still not used.

I don't know what to do :/

I am working on MacOsX 10.10.3 with Xcode 6.3

Edit: Code snipped, that doesn't work, too.

    NSString *path = @"pathtobundle/JNILIB.bundle";
    bundle = [[NSBundle bundleWithPath:path] retain];

    NSString *tmp = NSLocalizedStringFromTableInBundle(key, nil, bundle, nil);

jnilib.bundle structure:

/JNILIB.bundle
   /en.lproj
      /Localized.strings
   /de.lproj
      /Localized.strings

dominic.e dominic.e · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-13T08:27:07

I was able to find a solution.

Here the link which helped me a lot: static library and internationalization

Here my code:

NSString *MyLocalizedString(NSString* key, NSString* comment)
{

static NSBundle* bundle = nil;
if (!bundle) {

    NSString *path_tmp = @"pathToBundle/JNILIB.bundle";

    NSBundle *libraryBundle = [NSBundle bundleWithPath:path_tmp];
    NSString *langID        = [[NSLocale preferredLanguages] objectAtIndex:0];

    NSLog(@"preferredLanguage: %@", langID);

    NSString *path          = [libraryBundle pathForResource:langID ofType:@"lproj"];

    NSLog(@"libraryBundle : %@", path);

    bundle                  = [[NSBundle bundleWithPath:path] retain];
}

return [bundle localizedStringForKey:key value:@"Can't be found!" table:@"Localized"];
}

Bundle structure:

foo.bundle/
   Contents/
      Resources/
         en.lproj/
            Localized.strings
         de.lproj/
            Localized.strings

Localization doesn't work with Xcode 6 and dynamic library (jnilib)

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