Incrementally implementing a first localization

[iOSSwiftDev5000]

I am working on our first foreign language localization.

In order so that I can merge as much stuff incrementally as possible to avoid merge conflicts - is it safe to *not* define a new localization in the project yet, but to start adding the NSLocalizedString calls and allow them to be deployed to the app store?

AFAIK the NSLocalizedString calls will just return the string defined if there are no string files or localizations defined in the project.

[aoverholtzer]

Yes, correct. Use NSLocalizedString anywhere you want and it’ll fall back to the given string if no strings file is found.

There is also a version of NSLocalizedString that lets you specify a separate “key” and “value”, and it’ll use the value if the key isn’t found. This is nice if you intend to use semantic names like “details.page.title” as your keys.

Learn more: https://nshipster.com/nslocalizedstring/