TBMXibLocalizer helps you to localise your xib files and is compatible with genstrings.

Adding to your Project

If your are using Cocoapods simply add the following to your Podfile

pod 'TBMXibLocalizer'

else add all .h and .m files you find the Classes folder to your project.

Getting started

For each xib file that you want to localise you should create a class that inherties from TBMXibLocalizer. You should prefer a .m file without the correspondent .h because it makes everything much more clear.

@interface MainMenuLocalizer : TBMXibLocalizer

TBMXibDefineControl(aButton)

@end

@implementation MainMenuLocalizer

TBMXibLocalizeControl(aButton, NSLocalizedString(@"Hi I'm a button!", @""))

@end

TBMXibDefineControl defines a control or rather an IBOutlet. TBMXibLocalizeControl creates a method that calls -localizeControl:string:. The methods by defined by TBMXibLocalizeControl a prefixed and dynamically called using run time features in -awakeFromNib.

In your xib file you have to create an object with the appropriate sublass of TBMXibLocalizer and connect the IBOulets with the controls in the xib file.

Warning

• Make sure that genstrings is able to read your subclasses of TBMXibLocalizer.
• Make sure that all controls i.e. buttons are wide enough for all versions of the localized string.

Supported classes

• NSWindow
• NSButton
• NSTextField
• NSTabViewItem
• NSTableColumn
• NSMenuItem
• NSToolbarItem

To support TBMXibLocalizer the class simply has to implement the TBMLocalizableControl protocol.

Deployment

Supports 10.7+

License

MIT