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Localizable plugin for Phonegap
By Tue Topholm / Sugee
Uses the Localizable.strings on Iphone, so you can have localization of your phonegap app.
#Creating Localizable.strings ##
In a sample app, we are going to support two languages English and Italian. Create a new Phonegap project in Xcode. After you have created your project, open the project location in Finder and create two directories called en.lproj and a.lproj. These two directories become the language project for your application. All the English language resources will stored in the folder en.lproj and the Danish language resources will be stored in da.lproj folder. The resource files that contain the localizable string are called "strings" file and their default name is "Localizable.strings". So, we will create two new strings file in Xcode, select Resources and click on File -> New File -> Resource (under Mac OS X) -> Strings file and click on Next, name your file Localizable.strings and save it in en.lproj directory. Repeat the same process by saving it in da.lproj directory. Now you can see them in Xcode under Localizable.strings.
Here is how it could look like:
In the en file, you could write
"HelloKey" = "Hello";
In the da file, you could write
"HelloKey" = "Hallo";
Adding the Plugin to your project
Copy the .h and .m file to the Plugins directory in your project. Copy the .js file to your www directory and reference it from your html file(s). Remember to add it to the plugins in PhoneGap.plist
Using the plugin
The plugin creates the object window.plugins.localizable with one method get(name, success). name is the name of the key you want.
success is a callback function. Success is passed the settings value as a string.
A full get example could be:
window.plugins.localizable.get('username', function(result) {
alert("We got a setting: " + result);
});
BUGS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
The latest release version is available on GitHub If you have a patch, fork my repo and send me a pull request. Submit bug reports on GitHub, please.
Licence
The MIT License
Copyright (c) 2011 Tue Topholm / Sugee
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