Making the Snake game Spanish, English, or German
First, we need to add some folders to our project—one for each new language. The text is classed as a resource and consequently needs to go in the res folder. We have already seen the res folder as it is this folder that also contains the drawable folder where we put all our graphics. Follow these steps to add Spanish support to the project.
Important note
While the source files for this project are provided in the Chapter 15 folder on the GitHub repo, they are just for reference. You need to go through the processes described next to achieve multilingual functionality.
Adding Spanish support
Follow these steps to add the Spanish language:
- Right-click on the res folder, and then select New | Android resource directory. In the Directory name field, type
values-es. - Left-click OK.
- Now we need to add a file in which we can place all our Spanish translations. Right-click on res, then select New | Android...