Making the Note to Self app accessible for Spanish and German speakers
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. Follow these steps to add Spanish and German support to the project.
Important Note
While the source files for this project are provided in the Chapter 18 folder, they are just for reference. You need to go through the processes described next to achieve multilingual functionality.
Adding Spanish language support
Follow the next steps to add Spanish language support:
- 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, and then select New | Android resource file and type
strings.xmlin the File name field. Typevalues-esin the Directory...