The best way for localize an app with Xcode 9 and Swift 4?

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I used to localize my app using Localizable.string files and providing a key for every text on my project.

Currently I'm working on a project using Xcode 9 and Swift 4 and for the first time I'm using Storyboards (yes, it sounds weird but I always used SpriteKit without using Storyboards) and I'm a little bit confused how to handle the localization with that. Basically my question is:

Should I use Storyboard localizations for UILabel or should I implement everything in Localizable.string and give the label a value through code?

Any tips in order to understand which is the best way to localize it?

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3 Answers

I recommend you to use Localizable.string instead of Storyboard localizations, because ids of the labels in storyboard might change.

user_54479660

There isn't a better/worse solution. It depends on the purpose of your UILabel. If it's an element that doesn't change during lifecycle of the app, you may prefer using directly Storyboard localization. Instead, if the label could have different values, I recommend you to set programmatically your localized strings.

user_33623270

One of the most reliable solutions I found, This exactly works for me .

1st we need to use a storyboard and create localization string file. which will automatically create ID to all the objects. Follow this tutorial

Then we can use one library MCLocaliztion which will pick respective translation string based on ID. What we have to do, we need to prepare a proper json based on Objects ID.

Hope it helps.

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