Hello
I made something similar, but in stead of using DB I used good old
localizable folders:
sv.proj
--Localizable.strings
en.proj
--Localizable.strings
In the "swedish" Localizable.strings:
"Offers" = "Erbjudande";
"Barcode" = "Streckkod"
Display a label:
Locale.GetText ("Offers");
Switch Language, let say you have a settings view where you select a language:
Locale.ChangeCulture(MyApp.Instance.CurrentUser.Culture);
Don't forget to reload your view after the "switch". I did a flip
animation to spice it up...
Task.Factory.StartNew( () => ReloadView() );
private void ReloadView()
{
InvokeOnMainThread(delegate {
//Flip the view
UIView.BeginAnimations("Flipper");
UIView.SetAnimationDuration(1.25);
UIView.SetAnimationCurve(UIViewAnimationCurve.EaseInOut);
UIView.SetAnimationTransition
(UIViewAnimationTransition.FlipFromRight, _tabbarController.View ,
true);
_tabbarController.ViewWillDisappear(true);
_tabbarController.ViewWillAppear(true);
UIView.CommitAnimations();
});
}
The class:
public static class Locale
{
public static CultureInfo DefaultCultureInfo = new CultureInfo("sv-SE");
private static CultureInfo _currentCultureInfo = DefaultCultureInfo;
public static void ChangeCulture(string cultureInfo)
{
_currentCultureInfo = new CultureInfo(cultureInfo);
}
public static CultureInfo GetPhoneCultureInfo()
{
return new
CultureInfo(NSLocale.CurrentLocale.LocaleIdentifier.Replace("_","-"));
}
public static string GetText (string str)
{
string path = null;
path =
NSBundle.MainBundle.PathForResource(_currentCultureInfo.TwoLetterISOLanguageName.ToLower(),"lproj");
NSBundle languageBundle = NSBundle.FromPath(path);
return languageBundle.LocalizedString(str,string.Empty);
}
public static string Format (string fmt, params object [] args)
{
fmt = NSBundle.MainBundle.LocalizedString(fmt,"");
return String.Format (fmt, args);
}
public static CultureInfo GetCultureInfo(string countryCode)
{
CultureInfo currentCulture = null;
foreach (CultureInfo ci in
CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures))
{
if (ci.Name.ToLower().Contains(countryCode.ToLower()))
{
currentCulture = ci;
break;
}
}
return currentCulture;
}
}
That's it really...
(I must say that I just love the System.Threading.Task.Factory:
http://www.codethinked.com/net-40-and-systemthreadingtasks)
I hope it will help you.
Br
Göran
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