Setting Up Localization for the Add/View Car Scene

The existing InfoPlist.strings string table is for localizing items from CarValet-Info.plist, such as the application name. You need a different string table to localize the interface.

The first step is to add the calls to read localized strings. You call NSLocalizedString with a key to the string table and an argument documenting the meaning of the UI element. Make the following changes in ViewController.m:

1. In displayCurrentCarInfo, change the withBaseString: argument in the call to the updateLabel:withBaseString:andCount: method:

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withBaseString:NSLocalizedString(     @"Car Number",     @"Label for the index number of the current car")

2. Similarly, change the ...

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