iOS Question Change the app to other language with google translate

[John Woodsmall]

Is there anyway to change the words in the app to a different language?

That is to change the app words like you can change the web page words into another language with google translate?

 

[Erel]

You can save all the strings in map files and then load the map file based on the device locale.

 

[John Woodsmall]

wanted to have a drop down box (like the web translate, which now works, thanks!) to select the language.
any tutorial on how to create a google maps file; and how to activate them to change the language?(from a string)?
Also the labels on my app are hard coded in the designer, is there a simple way to re-write them?

 

[Erel]

It will not happen automatically.

You can create text files for each language. Each text file should look like:
label1=Hello
label2=World

You can read such files with File.ReadMap. Now you need to add a Tag to each of the labels you like to translate and do something like:

Sub LoadStrings(FileName As String)
   Dim m As Map = File.ReadMap(File.DirAssets, FileName)
   For Each v As View In Page1.RootPanel.GetAllViewsRecursive
     If v Is Label And v.Tag <> Null And m.ContainsKey(v.Tag) Then
       Dim lbl As Label = v
       lbl.Text = m.Get(v.Tag)
     End If
   Next
End Sub

 

[John Woodsmall]

built map file (labels pairs)

Log("CellClick: " & Col & " , " & Row)
    rx = Row
    language_name = Table7.GetValue(0,Row)
    language_abv = Table7.GetValue(1,Row)
    'Msgbox ("Language=" & language_name & " " & language_abv," ")
    MapFileName = language_abv & ".map"
    Log ("Mapfile name=" & MapFileName)
   Dim m As Map = File.ReadMap(File.DirAssets, MapFileName)
   For Each v As View In Page1.RootPanel.GetAllViewsRecursive
      Log("--" & v & v.Tag)
     If v Is Label And v.Tag <> Null And m.ContainsKey(v.Tag) Then
       Dim lbl As Label = v
       lbl.Text = m.Get(v.Tag)
      Log(lbl.Text)
     End If
   Next
End Sub

----------------------
Log:
CellClick: 0 , 0
Mapfile name=en.map
--<B4IViewWrapper: <UIImageView: 0x15ede400; frame = (0 0; 320 1022.5); clipsToBounds = YES; opaque = NO; userInteractionEnabled = NO; layer = <CALayer: 0x15ede380>>>
(20 more lines...number of lines in map file):
...
this is en.map file
Button1="Clear"
Button12="OK - Birthday"
...(more lines)

not getting anything back, but this error message above?

 

[Erel]

Please do not make duplicate posts.