Flutter App Localization Made Easy

Unlock the Power of Mobile App Localization

In today’s digital landscape, reaching a global audience is crucial for mobile app success. With over 90% of mobile app downloads coming from non-English speaking countries, adapting your app to cater to diverse locales is no longer a luxury, but a necessity.

Easy Localization: A Game-Changer for Flutter Apps

Enter easy_localization, a powerful package designed specifically for Flutter mobile apps. This innovative solution enables you to effortlessly engineer your app to reach a broader audience, supporting language translations, gender, text direction, pluralization, and more.

Getting Started with Easy Localization

To harness the full potential of easy_localization, follow these simple steps:

1. Install and Set Up: Add the package as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file and run flutter pub get.
2. Configure Your App: Create an assets folder, add translation files, and declare the assets folder in your pubspec.yaml file.
3. Generate Locale Keys: Run the command to generate a locale_keys.g.dart file, containing JSON keys from your translation files.

App Configuration and Localization

Next, configure your app to support localization by:

1. Creating a Supported Locales Class: Define each supported Locale using Flutter’s Locale class.
2. Updating Your Main Function: Initialize EasyLocalization and pass in supportedLocales, path, and fallbackLocale to your translation assets folder.

Usage and Interpolation

Now, it’s time to put easy_localization into action:

1. Access Localized Values: Use the LocaleKeys class to access translated values.
2. Display Localized Content: Update your layout widgets to display localized authors, and watch your app adapt to system language changes.

Want to retain certain words in their original language? Interpolation is the answer. Pass in arguments in the translate function, and use placeholders in your JSON translation files.

Linked Translation and Directionality

Take your localization to the next level with:

1. Linked Translation: Link to translated text using the @:key syntax, reducing costs and effort.
2. Directionality: Use locale-direction aware widgets to ensure correct layout updates based on the locale.

The Future of Mobile App Localization

With easy_localization, you’re just a few steps away from unlocking the full potential of your mobile app. By following this tutorial, you’ll be able to:

• Add and load translation files
• Use code generation for localization keys
• React and persist to system locale changes
• Use interpolation in translated texts
• Link translations
• Display text correctly based on locale directionality

Get started today and watch your app thrive in a global market!