[AC-1983] Android: App name localization error

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	n/a
Status	Closed
Resolution	Needs more info
Resolution Date	2013-04-04T20:34:36.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	n/a
Components	Titanium SDK & CLI
Labels	n/a
Reporter	Christoph Atteneder
Assignee	Mauro Parra-Miranda
Created	2012-12-27T07:20:57.000+0000
Updated	2016-03-08T07:40:55.000+0000

Description

*Problem description* I tried to get the app name localization working on Android and iOS and walked through the guide provided and cross-compared it with the example on github. I've re-checked the AndroidManifest XML file from the build folder and the android:label='@string/app_name' attributes are set as documented. When I deploy it on an Android device it takes the package string as app name (e.g. org.myapp.) and not the localized app string from the strings.xml in the platform folder. *platform/android/res/values-de/strings.xml*

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="app_name">Meine App</string>
</resources>

*platform/android/res/values-en/strings.xml*

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="app_name">My App</string>
</resources>
platform/android/AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" ?><manifest android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1" package="org.myapp.test" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8"/>
 
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera"/>
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.autofocus"/>
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.flash"/>
 
 
    <application android:debuggable="false" android:icon= "@drawable/appicon"  android:label= "@string/app_name"  android:name="MyAppMobileApplication">
 
        <!-- TI_APPLICATION -->
 
        <activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" android:label= "@string/app_name"  android:name=".MyAppMobileActivity" android:theme= "@style/Theme.Titanium" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
 
 
 
        <activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" android:name="org.appcelerator.titanium.TiActivity"/>
        <activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" android:name="org.appcelerator.titanium.TiTranslucentActivity" android:theme= "@android:style/Theme.Translucent" />
        <activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" android:name="org.appcelerator.titanium.TiModalActivity" android:theme= "@android:style/Theme.Translucent" />
        <activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" android:name="ti.modules.titanium.ui.TiTabActivity"/>
        <activity android:name="ti.modules.titanium.ui.android.TiPreferencesActivity"/>
 
        <service android:exported="false" android:name="org.appcelerator.titanium.analytics.TiAnalyticsService"/>
 
 
    </application>
 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
</manifest>

After a lot of testing I think I know what part breaks the localization. I'm able to reproduce it in the github Example from Appcelerator. Just do following: 1. Add support for German by adding a app name localization file (i18n/de/app.xml, platform/android/res/values-de/strings.xml). 2. After that app name localization works in German on iOS and Android. 3. Now add a strings.xml file to the i18n language folders for each language with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="testKey">Hallo Welt</string>
</resources>

Install the app again on an Android device and suddenly the app name that was e.g. 'Katze' in German before now displays e.g. org.myapp. If I switch the language on the Android phone it still works for English, but every other language fails.

Comments

Eduardo Gomez 2013-01-31

Work around
- File: i18n//strings.xml my App - File: androidmanifestfile.xml Use @string/android_app_name in application tag as cited below:

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[AC-1983] Android: App name localization error

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