Chapter 24
Localizing Your App to Support Multiple Languages

Good code is its own best documentation. As you're about to add a comment, ask yourself, "How can I improve the code so that this comment isn't needed?" Improve the code and then document it to make it even clearer.

- Steve McConnell

In this chapter, let's talk about localization. The iOS devices including iPhone and iPad are available globally. The App Store is available in more than 150 countries around the world. Your users are from different countries and speak different languages. To deliver a great user experience and reach a global audience, you definitely want to make your app available in multiple languages. The process of adapting an app to support a particular language is usually known as localization.

Xcode has the built-in support for localization. It's fairly easy for developers to localize an app through the localization feature and a few API calls.

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