multi-language-mobile

This is a node app for generating iOS/Android localization files from local CSV or Google Doc. You can consider this as a solution for maintainning multiple languages in iOS/Android platform btween developers and whoever updates the wordings.

Install

Local(recommended): yarn add multi-language-mobile --dev Global: yarn global add multi-language-mobile or npm install multi-language-mobile --global

Usage

multi-language --output-dir './outputs' --input-path './resources/test.csv'

Or, add multi-language in your package.json and run multi-language at your root folder

"multi-language": {
    "googleCredential": "./google-credential.json",
    "googleFileId": "13PRkyoSfdpRJhTlY8xtyX8jrXuhzAZmS1iPL2c9L8Ek",
    "outputDir": "./PATH_TO_YOUR_DEST",
    "platforms": ["ios", "android"]
  },

The output looks like

List of options:

--output-dir <string>      | default: ./output
--platforms <string>       | default: ['ios', 'android']
--input-path <file>        | path to local csv
--google-file-id <string>  | google file id, should be sheet file
--google-credential <file> | path to google credentials.json

The tool currently onlys supports en and zh-Hans. Will support more in later phase. Please make sure you have the same column title as below for the sheet.

Example

Let's say your wordings are kept at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ik0mRByqVFldbAjDvrwGFx_CrM6-fsEKN0IzZnAr7rI/edit?usp=sharing

You need to enable your google drive api at https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/quickstart/nodejs, make sure you enabled read access for the project you created on Google console. Download the credentials and rename it as google-credential.json

iOS

After install at your project root folder, add following section to your package.json

"multi-language": {
    "googleCredential": "./google-credential.json",
    "googleFileId": "1Ik0mRByqVFldbAjDvrwGFx_CrM6-fsEKN0IzZnAr7rI",
    "outputDir": "./PATH_TO_YOUR_DEST",
    "platforms": ["ios"]
  },

And run multi-language at your project root folder. You can add the localization files from Xcode now.

What's More For iOS?

You can combine it with R.swift, then use R.string.localizable.alert_ok() for localized string.

Wait... R.swift currently doesn't support in-app language switch well, but with this extension https://gist.github.com/jhonny-me/dd2edb43fb167d1f55f79021718507b7

you can do: R.string.localizable.alert_ok.localized()

What about params? I got you covered: R.string.localizable.count_number.localized().withInputs(2, 'piggets')

When you want to change language simply call StringResource.language = "zh-Hans"

Android

After install at your project root folder, add following section to your package.json

"multi-language": {
    "googleCredential": "./google-credential.json",
    "googleFileId": "1Ik0mRByqVFldbAjDvrwGFx_CrM6-fsEKN0IzZnAr7rI",
    "outputDir": "./PATH_TO_YOUR_DEST",
    "platforms": ["android"]
  },

And run multi-language at your project root folder. You can add the localization files from your IDE now.