> On May 27, 2020, at 2:37 PM, Martin Wierschin <mar...@nisus.com> wrote: > >> Auto layout (not auto-resizing) is independent of localization. You don’t >> need to switch to auto layout to support Base localization > > It's true that autolayout has many benefits aside from localization. But I'd > say it's only partially true that you can switch to Base.lproj for > localization without converting to autolayout. > > Without autolayout the translated text from your strings files probably won't > look very good injected into your Base UI. You might be able to finagle it if > you use certain control placements, or make your controls really wide so > longer translated text doesn't overlap adjacent controls and that kind of > thing, but it's going to be awkward and finicky. Autolayout is really the key > to making a single set of source xibs from Base.lproj work for all > localizations. True. I had forgotten about different length strings in different locs. I switched to auto layout & base loc years ago, so my memory is a little rusty on the conversion process.
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