Localizing the Strings

In this app, the GUI contains one TextView that displays a string and two content-description strings for the ImageViews. All of these strings were defined as string resources in the strings.xml file. You can now translate the strings in the new version of the strings.xml file. App-development companies often have translators on staff or hire other companies to perform translations. In fact, in the Google Play Developer Console—which you use to publish your apps in the Google Play store—you can find translation-services companies. For more information on the Google Play Developer Console, see Chapter 9 and

For this app, you’ll replace the strings

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