How to localise a string inside the iOS info plist file

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As you might know the iOS 8 requires NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription key for using user s location  I have added this key and some general information into my info plist      How can I use translation string inside the plist file    -- Update --  I already have a Localizable string  I m just wondering that can I use something like  NSLocalizedString MYSTRING nil  inside the plist string  I know that I can create multiple file of info plist for localisation but I was wondering there might be an easier way

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Remember that the iOS Simulator exploits by default your system language. Please change the language (and region) in the iOS Simulator Setting too in order to test your translations.

The localisation string (see Apple docs here) should be

NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription = "Description of this";

and not (with quote "...")

"NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription" = "Description of this";

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In my case everything was set up correctly but still the InfoPlist strings file was not found    The only thing that really worked was  to remove and add the InfoPlist strings files again to the project

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If something is not working make sure you added    Localized resources can be mixed    YES  into the info plist  In my case the InfoPlist strings files were just ignored

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In my case the localization not worked cause of  -  symbol in the name  Example   aero-Info plist  And localized files   aero-InfoPlist strings  and  aeroInfoPlist strings  did not work

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Step by step localize Info plist    Find in the Xcode the folder Resources  is placed in root  Select the folder Resources Then press the main menu File- New- File    Select in section  Resource  Strings File and press Next Then in Save As field write InfoPlist ONLY   I  capital and  P  capital  Then press Create Then select the file InfoPlist strings that created in Resources folder and press in the right menu the button  Localize  Then you Select the Project from the Project Navigator and select the The project from project list In the info tab at the bottom you can as many as language you want  There is in section Localizations  The language you can see in Resources Folder To localize the values   key   from info plist file you can open with a text editor and get all the keys you want to localize You write any key as the example in any InfoPlist strings like the above example    NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription   blabla     NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription   blabla2    That s all work and you have localize your info plist file

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All the above did not work for me  XCode 7 3  so I read Apple reference on how to do  and it is much simpler than described above  According to Apple      Localized values are not stored in the Info plist file itself    Instead  you store the values for a particular localization in a   strings file with the name InfoPlist strings  You place this file in   the same language-specific project directory that you use to store   other resources for the same localization    Accordingly  I created a string file named InfoPlist strings and placed it in the xx lproj folder of the  xx  language  and added it to the project using File- Add Files to       That s it  No need for the key   Localized resources can be mixed    YES  and no need for InfoPlist strings in base lproj or en lproj   The application uses the Info plist key-value as the default value if it can not find a key in the language specific file  Thus  I put my English value in the Info plist file and the translated one in the language specific file  tested and everything works   In particular  there is no need to localize the InfoPlist strings  which creates a version of the file in the base lproj  en lroj  and xx lproj   and in my case going that way did not work

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I would highly recommend reading Apple s guides  and viewing the WWDC resources listed here  Internationalization and Localization Topics  To specifically answer your question  when you add a new language to your project  you get an opportunity to choose what InfoPlist files to include  if you have multiple targets  you ll have multiple Info plist files   All you need to do to get the following screen is hit the   under Localizations and choose a new language to add support for    Once you ve added  it will create the necessary string files in the appropriate lproj directories for the given language   --EDIT--  Just to be clear  iOS will swap out the string for your Plist file based upon the user s currently selected language using the plist entry s key as the key in the localized strings file

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In addition to the accepted answer  the project is on Flutter but it s basically the same as native   I do have folders Base lproj  en lproj  xx kproj  etc  with InfoPlist strings in each  This file has lines like this  no quotes around the key and with a semicolon at the end   NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription    quot My explanation why I need this quot   Check that you have your languages in your YourProject  gt  Info   Also  check the project pbxproj file  it is in XXX xcodeproj project pbxproj  it should have all your languages in codes  en  fr  etc    But even then it didn t work  Finally  I noticed the CFBundleLocalizations key in the Info plist file   to open it as raw key-values in XCode - right mouse button on the Info plist file - gt  Open As - gt  Source Code  Make sure that the values in array are codes rather than complete words  for example fr instead of French etc   lt key gt CFBundleLocalizations lt  key gt   lt array gt       lt string gt en lt  string gt       lt string gt ru lt  string gt       lt string gt lv lt  string gt   lt  array gt   And double-check that your device is set to the language you re testing  Cheers P S   quot Development Language quot  doesn t affect your issue  don t bother changing it

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When using InfoPlist strings file  in XCode it should be placed next to Info plist file - real file location can be anywhere within the project probably      be careful to use the key s short name for the translation   I was trying to use Privacy - Camera Usage Description  but the working key is NSCameraUsageDescription

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As RGML say  you can create an InfoPlist strings  localize it then add your key and the value like this   NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription     Help To locate me     It will add the key to your info plist for the specified language

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For anyone experiencing the problem of the info plist not being included when trying to add localizations  like in Xcode 9   You need make the info plist localiazble by going into it and clicking on the localize button in the file inspector  as shown below   The info plist will then be included in the file resources for when you go to add new Localizations

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You should use InfoPlist strings file to localize values of Info plist  To do this  go to File- gt New- gt File  choose Strings File under Resource tab of iOS  name it InfoPlist  and create  Open and insert the Info plist values you want to localize like  NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription    quot Description of this quot    Now you can localize InfoPlist strings file with translations  Select the localization options  or enable localization if needed   You should be able to see the file also on the left side editor   Here is the official documentation for Info plist keys localization  Credits to Marco  thanks for including the pics in this answer

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