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String localization extension.swift
extension String {
var localized: String {
return NSLocalizedString(self, comment: "")
}
}
// Which allows for:
"Hello world".localized
@josecostamartins
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Hi, can you tell me how did you generate the Localizable.strings file?
While using a similar extension I was not able to generate the file, a lot of the strings are missing inside the generated one (both the one by Xcode as the one generated by genstrings)

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[Apologies for the big delay... I don't check GitHub often anymore]

It's been a long time since I used this, but if I recall, I had to manually create them.

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Hey, thank you for the answer!
I'm not sure I follow, what do you mean by manually created them?

@swilliams
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My memory is really foggy on this, but I remember creating the localizable.strings files myself. I believe Xcode has the capabilities of doing that now. You'd still need to populate those files with strings though. This site has a little more info: https://medium.com/lean-localization/ios-localization-tutorial-938231f9f881

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Thank you very much for your time and your knowledge!

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