Localization work has begun for Potch

Hi, here’s some news straight from behind the scenes of the Potch app.

In order to make the app available in other countries, localization work has begun. The mission: replace all interface texts so they dynamically adapt to the user’s device language!

This doesn’t happen automatically: it requires reviewing the entire app’s code to replace texts with a key (in the example below “add.title”: in French “Ajouter une victoire”) and then telling that key which sentence to display based on the set language. If the key detects that the iPhone is in English, it will display the translation I wrote for English (Add a victory), and likewise for French (Ajouter une victoire). Initially, the app was only intended for French-speaking countries.

This change will make it possible in the future to offer the app in more languages beyond English and French.

It allows adding comments and tracking the translation progress in real time.

The English translation will be available in version 1.4. Of course, French will still be available alongside English.