How can I translate location purpose strings?

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Created Jul ’20

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How will I be able to translate location purpose strings? Will it use InfoPlist.strings, or Localizable.strings? I assume that the purpose key will not be shown to the user.

If I have my Info.plist set up as such:

Code Block <key>NSLocationTemporaryUsageDescriptionDictionary</key>
		<dict>
			<key>Purpose1</key>
			<string>Purpose1TranslatedPhrase</string>
			<key>Purpose2</key>
			<string>Purpose2TranslatedPhrase</string>
		</dict>

Should my InfoPlistStrings file look like?:

Code Block "Purpose1TranslatedPhrase" = "We use your location to do a thing";
"Purpose2TranslatedPhrase" = "We use your location to do something very different";

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kcaIntive OP

Jul ’20

It would be best if it could be done via InfoPlist.strings, similar to other permission strings, like this:

Code Block "NSLocationTemporaryUsageDescriptionDictionary.Purpose1" = "We use your location to do a thing";
"NSLocationTemporaryUsageDescriptionDictionary.Purpose2" = "We use your location to do something very different";

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Answer 2

kcaIntive OP

Jul ’20

I just noticed in the docs for requestTemporaryFullAccuracyAuthorizationwithPurposeKey:

To localize a usage description, add an entry to your InfoPlist.strings file with the same key you provide for this parameter.

So for following structure of the plist:

Code Block <key>NSLocationTemporaryUsageDescriptionDictionary</key>
	<dict>
		<key>TempLocationPurposeYetis</key>
			<string>We use your location to find Yetis nearby</string>
		<key>TempLocationPurposeHaunted</key>
			<string>We use the temporary location to display nearby haunted houses</string>
	</dict>

Your InfoPlist.strings should be:

Code Block "TempLocationPurposeYetis" = "We use your location to find Yetis nearby";
"TempLocationPurposeHaunted" = "We use the temporary location to display nearby haunted houses";

Tested on Xcode 12 beta 2 + iOS 14 beta 3

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Answer 3

yusuffromnull OP

Sep ’20

This doesn't seem to be working on Xcode 12 beta 6 and iOS 14 beta 6.
Does anybody know of an alternative method?

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Answer 4

andzk OP

Oct ’20

@yusuffromnull

It does work on Xcode 12.0.1.

Make sure you add the keys in InfoPlist.strings
Change device language for testing (not from Xcode).

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