Learn Cocoa Touch for iOS

Chapter    ¹²

Localization and Internationalizion

As we near the end of this book, it’s only appropriate that we discuss the process of internationalizing and localizing your app. As you develop the app, you’re more than likely developing it in your native tongue. You may already have been thinking about supporting multiple languages in your apps, but in truth that’s only part of the story. These processes include thinking about your users’ desired language, currency, number formats, date formats, and culture when developing your app. In this chapter, we’ll cover the different ways you can localize and internationalize your app, as well as some key considerations to make when doing so. First, though, let’s talk about a more important question: ...