[TIMOB-16815] iOS / Android: Internationalization Unicode Prefix Parity

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	Low
Status	Open
Resolution	Unresolved
Affected Version/s	Release 3.2.2
Fix Version/s	n/a
Components	iOS
Labels	android, i0S, internationalization, parity
Reporter	Paul Hamilton
Assignee	Unknown
Created	2014-03-27T19:58:57.000+0000
Updated	2018-09-20T19:35:14.000+0000

Description

When trying to display unicode characters in the i18n strings.xml file iOS requires a capital 'U', android requires a lowercase 'u'. If not provided the typed characters show up. example a non breaking space with code 00A0, \u00A0 - android \U00A0 - iOS no known workaround with internationalization, as it doesn't allow if/else code branches. Ideally, both would allow both.

Comments

Ritu Agrawal 2014-04-06

Moving this ticket to engineering as I can reproduce this issue with a simple test case. iOS and Android platforms expect a differ unicode prefix. Strings.xml file (i18n/en directory)

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <resources>
       <string name="u_str">Testing no-breaking space \u00A0</string>
       <string name="U_str">Testing no-breaking space \U00A0</string>
   </resources>

app.js file:

   var win = Titanium.UI.createWindow({
       backgroundColor : '#fff'
   });
    
   win.add(Titanium.UI.createLabel({
   	top: 100,
       color : '#333',
       text : L('u_str'),
   }));
   
   win.add(Titanium.UI.createLabel({
       top: 200,
       color : '#333',
       text : L('U_str'),
   }));
    
   win.open();

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