Chapter 18: Localization

This chapter is quick and simple and what we will learn to do here can make your app accessible to millions more potential users. We will see how to add additional languages. We will also see how adding text the correct way via string resources benefits us when it comes to adding multiple languages.

In this chapter, we will cover the following:

  • Making the Note to Self app multilingual by adding the Spanish and German languages
  • Learning how to use string resources more fully

Let's get started.

Technical requirements

You can find the code files present in this chapter on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Android-Programming-for-Beginners-Third-Edition/tree/main/chapter%2018.

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