Question

In some of my screens in my program the localized strings work and in some it doesn’t.
(Xcode 4.2)

What I’ve done:

1. Added a Localizable.strings in the folder “Resources”

2. in my .h file, inside the @interface ClassViewController : UIViewController {} I added:

   IBOutlet UILable *labelName;
   

3. Also in the .h file, I added

   property (nonatomic, assign) IBOutlet UILabel *labelName;
   

4. In the .m file, I added :

   @synthetize labelName;
   

5. Still in the .m file, I added inside “-(foid)dealloc” :

   [labelName release];
   

6. In -(void)viewDidLoad I added :

   self.labelName.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"KEY"];
   

7. Finally, in the xib file (with the Interface manager), I linked the label object with the variable.

So, as I said, this method works in some screen and not in others. Any idea?

Solution:

That what a stupid mistake. the line to enter the text should be:

NSLocalizedString(@"KEY", nil);

Answer 1

Use instead:

self.labelName.text = NSLocalizedString(@"KEY", "");

From the Documentation:

• Name: NSLocalizedString
• Description: NSString *NSLocalizedString(NSString *key, NSString *comment)
• Availability: iOS (2.0 and later)
• Abstract: Returns a localized version of a string.