Flutter rich content localization

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The package intl exists to localize the flutter application but the Intl.message only returns String

How can I have a rich content localization?

  1. Hello $name! , and make only $name bold, Consider that the order of hello and $name can be different in different languages
  2. I read terms of services and accepted it , and link only terms of services part
  3. in [TEXT_INPUT] days , the [TEXT_INPUT] has a text after and a text before, but in some languages there is no 2 text, just one text after or before, or days is before and in is after [TEXT_INPUT]
dart flutter internationalization
2 Answers

Here is an example of how you can inject variables into your translation.

"hello_name": "Hello {name}",
"@hello_name": {
        "placeholders": {
            "name": {
                "type": "String"
            }
        }
    },

This will generate a function hello_name for you to pass name

There is no styling support but if you need it then just don't use placeholders like in the above example and have your text be separate and style it using RichText where you specify what parts of your text need to have what styling. You don't need to worry about directionality as it will be handled for you depending on your local.

user_143149330

Have a look at the styled_text package. You get to specify the text (content) separately from the formatting, witch allows you to use standard i18n approaches.

Text format is specified as tags wich you can define globally (e.g. in a resource class) and then use everywhere. Sounds like a good solution to me.

Example (from the Readme):

StyledText(
  text: 'Test: <bold>bold</bold> text.',
  tags: {
    'bold': const StyledTextTag(style: const TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold)),
  },
)

will display like:

Test: bold text.

If you use the i18n package and a resource class instance R for the tags, this might look like:

StyledText(
  text: S.testBoldText,
  tags: R.styledTextTags,
);

Just keep in mind that the tags need to be preserved in translation.

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