B4A Library AHLocale library

corwin42 · Jun 14, 2013

Firpas said:
AHTimeZone.AvailableIds returns a lot of zones, but ...
is posible to sort then by TimeOffset?

I think AHTimeZone.AvailableIds is s list, and then is posible to sort with sortType?

AHTimeZone.AvailableIds is just a wrapper to the TimeZone.getAvailableIDs() method. So there is no possibility to change the sort order in the library.

wimpie3 · Aug 28, 2013

Can you please modify the library to accept also ".properties" files as the source? I'm using a java properties editor which writes .properties files. They cannot be read by AHLocale because of the file extension used.

Informatix · Aug 28, 2013

And you cannot change the extension of your files?

wimpie3 · Aug 28, 2013

The files cannot be opened in my resource editor when they don't have a ".properties" extension. I know I can rename the files every time I want to modify them, but why make life harder when it's (probably) a simple modification in AHLOCALE?

corwin42 · Aug 29, 2013

I will see what I can do. I'm currently adding some minor features to the translation object.

wimpie3 · Oct 31, 2013

Any news on the ".properties" extension?

corwin42 · Nov 4, 2013

Updated the library to V1.16

AHDateTime - Methods for getting default date and time format strings
AHTranslation - Support for Countries
AHTranslation - Support for default language
AHTranslation - Support for different file extensions

For the default language and file extension just set AHTranslator.Extension or AHTranslator.DefaultLanguage prior to initialize the Translator object and it will be initialized with the given options.

With the DefaultLanguage option you can create translations with real placeholder for the strings. Create a translation file with all translations in your default language ("en" for example). This translation file is loaded prior to other translation files. So if english is your default language you should supply a translation file for english which includes ALL translated strings. If your app then runs in german but your german translation file does not contain all strings, the english translation will be used if no german translation exists.

I think support for Countries needs a bit more testing. Translation files can be named xxxx_en_us.lng for example

enrico · Jan 13, 2014

How to change Application Name for different languages ?

corwin42 · Jan 14, 2014

enrico said:
How to change Application Name for different languages ?

What do you want to do? The basename is a parameter to the initialize method.

enrico · Jan 14, 2014

Is it not possible that an app is installed with a different name if the device language is different ?

corwin42 · Jan 15, 2014

enrico said:
Is it not possible that an app is installed with a different name if the device language is different ?

If you want to translate your application name you have to use the "Android like" solution explained here

Richard Goh · Mar 2, 2014

how can i add a new language file into the program and where to set it? i had created a new language file with "localeexample_zh.lng" and added the file into b4a. it's doesn't set the label text set in the file when I run the sample program and select the language with zh. where it's go wrong?
attached is the lng file. but i renamed it to .txt due to not a valid upload file for ".lng". pls advice. thank you.

corwin42 · Mar 4, 2014

Your file is UTF16 with DOS CR/LF encoding. Use UTF8 with Unix CR/LF.
You have to use unicode notation if you want to use non ASCII characters.
A online converter can be found here.

leitor79 · Mar 13, 2014

Hi!

Could someone explain the file format? I have this, from the example:

Currency\:=valuta\:
First\ day\ of\ Week\:=Primo giorno della settimana\:
Current\ Language\:=Lingua attuale\:
Select\ Month=Selezionare mese
Select\ weekday=Selezionare giorno
Locale\ Example=Esempio Locale
Translation\ with\ variable\ values=Traduzione con variabli locali
You\ are\ in\ {1}\ and\ your\ Currency\ is\ {2}=Ti trovi in {1} e la tua valuta {2}

Although I could copy the format, I'd like to understand why the \ and the \:

Thank you!

corwin42 · Mar 13, 2014

leitor79 said:
Could someone explain the file format? I have this, from the example:

Although I could copy the format, I'd like to understand why the \ and the \:

It is a standard java properties file. See here for more information

Richard Goh · Mar 25, 2014

leitor79 said:
Hi!

Could someone explain the file format? I have this, from the example:

Although I could copy the format, I'd like to understand why the \ and the \:

Thank you!

I think it's an escape code used for space and some special characters... it's will not work without "\" is placed in.

Richard Goh · Mar 25, 2014

I managed to translate the file to the language I required. Just for a reference to those like me facing the same problem.
Below is the steps I do for my translation. I did it in windows.
1. create or copy the sample file from the sample program and name the file to your language with the language code.
eg. Language_zh.lng (chinese)

2. add in the word or sentense to translate.
eg. Login\ Password=

3. translate the words to the language you required. (I used google translator)
eg. Login\ Password=登录密码

4. translate the language to java unicode by using the link provide by corwin42 (http://itpro.cz/juniconv/) and replace with the unicode.
eg. Login\ Password=\u767B\u5F55\u5BC6\u7801

5. then convert your language file to unix format using dos2unix programs. Can be found at http://dos2unix.sourceforge.net/

6. then add the tranlate function into the program. Please refer to the sample program.
trans.Initialize2(File.DirAssets, "Language", locale.Language)
passwordLabel.Text = trans.GetText("Login Password")
Note:
Remember to use "\" for space between the search words.
It's a case sensitive so the words must be match exactly.
This is what I had discover during this task. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Thank you.

Informatix · Apr 8, 2014

There's an issue with the map returned by AHTranslator. The order of keys is random compared to the original file because you use ReadMap (which mixes them for an obscure reason). It's a real problem when you want to display a menu or a list. You cannot use the order returned by your lib and have to sort the map yourself (which is not quick and easy because there's no sort function for maps and, in some cases, you don't want to sort, just to display things in a certain order). I'm currently in a case where I have to keep a pair of lines together, which is impossible, so it would be nice to change the way you convert files into maps. I can write the Java function if you wish.

corwin42 · Apr 9, 2014

Informatix said:
There's an issue with the map returned by AHTranslator. The order of keys is random compared to the original file because you use ReadMap (which mixes them for an obscure reason). It's a real problem when you want to display a menu or a list. You cannot use the order returned by your lib and have to sort the map yourself (which is not quick and easy because there's no sort function for maps and, in some cases, you don't want to sort, just to display things in a certain order). I'm currently in a case where I have to keep a pair of lines together, which is impossible, so it would be nice to change the way you convert files into maps. I can write the Java function if you wish.

I don't really understand why you need the entries in a sorted order. You normally should get the strings with the GetText methods. I never use the translationmaps in my apps directly. They are intended for creating a translation file in development time.

But if you really need them in sorted order just write the Java function and I will add it.

Informatix · Apr 9, 2014

corwin42 said:
I don't really understand why you need the entries in a sorted order. You normally should get the strings with the GetText methods. I never use the translationmaps in my apps directly. They are intended for creating a translation file in development time.

But if you really need them in sorted order just write the Java function and I will add it.

Suppose that you have a variable menu depending on the state of the app or the user profile (e.g. in some cases, you read menu1_fr.lng, in other cases, you read menu2_fr.lng or menu3_fr.lng for a given menu). You want to display the menu in the exact order of the entries. You have to get the map values by index, not by key. In my particular case, the file content can change during the application life so I have no idea of the number of lines and keys that it contains when I want to display the menu.
That being said, I finally solved my problem by writing my own routine in Basic4Android:

B4X:

Private Sub DecoderFichierTexte(Fichier As String, CodeLangue As String, TradMap As Map)
    Fichier = "trad/" & Fichier.ToLowerCase & "_" & CodeLangue.ToLowerCase & ".lng"
    Dim Reader As TextReader
    Reader.Initialize2(File.OpenInput(File.DirAssets, Fichier), "ISO-8859-1")
    TradMap.Initialize
    Dim S As String, PosEgal As Int
    S = Reader.ReadLine
    Do While S <> Null
        PosEgal = S.IndexOf("=")
        If PosEgal = -1 Then Continue
        TradMap.Put(S.SubString2(0, PosEgal), S.SubString(PosEgal + 1))
        S = Reader.ReadLine
    Loop
    Reader.Close
End Sub

Another problem (that I solved in the above code) is the encoding. ReadMap does not seem to support UTF-8.

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