Storyboard localization excludes a single file in iOS

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I am facing a very obscure issue.

I've got an app that needs to be localized in three Languages, English, French, German. There's multiple localization files as I've got multiple storyboards ( each storyboard has one for each language).

Everything works great and things translate properly except for ONE file in ONE storyboard in ONE language. So this specific storyboard I call "Authentication" works for all languages except for the German one.

I've checked. the file is:

  • included in all targets
  • is also found in Build Phases copy phase
  • has the correct name.
  • has the correct formatting (in fact i am not allowed to build at all if the formatting is not correct in this version of Xcode.)

I am out of ideas and resorting to asking here to see if theres anything i might be missing in my series of checks.

Thanks all

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1 Answers

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SOLVED.

The answer lies within my third point

  • has the correct formatting (in fact i am not allowed to build at all if the formatting is not correct in this version of Xcode.)

Beware everyone. This might seem like it is the case but it does not apply to everything. If there's a syntactic error in the Localizable.strings file, xcode will let you know and refuse to build.

HOWEVER if there's a syntax error in the YourStoryboard.strings file, the process of building will go on UNHINDERED.

Since an issue in syntax was halting everything for Localizable.strings i was wrongfully assuming that such a check would take place for all translation files. It doesnt!

Hope this saves someone in the future