@skippay/capacitor-localization-settings

Capacitor module to expose per-app language preferences API on iOS and Android.

Capacitor v5

Install

npm install @skippay/capacitor-localization-settings
npx cap sync

API

• getLanguage()
• setLanguage(...)

getLanguage()

getLanguage() => Promise<{ value: string; }>

Returns: Promise<{ value: string; }>

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setLanguage(...)

setLanguage(options: { value: string; }) => Promise<{ value: string; }>

Param	Type
options	{ value: string; }

Returns: Promise<{ value: string; }>

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Define supported languages

To get started, you'll need to define the languages that your app supports.

iOS

Open your project in XCode, in Project Navigator select project, go to Info tab, and under Localizations section add languages you want to support.

Next, you need to create a Localization.strings file.

Select newly created file and on the right side of the screen, under Localizations selection press Localize. Confirm the popup.

Lastly, you need to select all elements in the section form previous step.

Android

Create new file in android/app/src/main/res/xml directory named locales_config.xml. and define supported languages:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<locale-config xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <locale android:name="en"/>
  <locale android:name="pl"/>
  <locale android:name="fr"/>
</locale-config>

Then, open android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml and add following line to the Application tag:

<application
        android:name=".MainApplication"
        android:localeConfig="@xml/locales_config" <!-- this line -->
>

Inspiration

This plugin is heavily inspired by react-native-localization-settings plugin.