Question

I am new to iOS and I have a .strings file in which I store a disclaimer that is viewed when my application is opened.

However, I am having trouble figuring out how to call the “disclaimer” string from the disclaimer.strings file.

Help would be appreciated. Also, links to relevant pages are appreciated!

Answer 1

Well, first, rather than using a .string file, if there’s only the disclaimer in it, then I would just use a txt file:

NSString * fName = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"disclaimer" ofType:@"txt"];
if (fName) {
    self.disclaimer = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile: fName];
}

On the other hand, if you want to do a localized version for each country, then just add it to your “Localizable.strings” file. Your code is just:

self.disclaimer = NSLocalizedString(@"disclaimer", @"Disclaimer text for each country");

Then either use genstrings to collect all your Localizable strings, or create “Localizable.strings” (File\New\New File\ioS\Resource\Strings File), and then you can edit/add in the text:

"disclaimer" = "This is the English version of our disclaimer..."; 

Then you create a new language version of Localizable.strings and edit it with that country’s disclaimer.