Getting a localized string from each ("any") locale

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Hi.

So, I’d like to list the languages available, each with its own (localized) name, for selection. A simple way to do this seems to be to create an entry named something like “languageName” which is localized. I know I can iterate over the available languages by using LocalizationSettings.AvailableLocales, but how do I retrieve a localized string for a specific (not the current) locale?

(Or is there a better way of doing this?)

Thanks!

Philip

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One of the samples shows how to display the English name combined with the localized name for that Locale. Is that what you want or do you want a localized name for the currently selected Locale?
For that you would need to have a table with an entry for each Locale and then do a lookup.
You can get a localized string for a specific Locale by either settings the LocaleOverride when using a LocalizedString or by passing in a Locale into GetLocalizedString.

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Yeah, I want to have localizers define the localized name and then do a lookup. I was looking exactly for the GetLocalizedString method that you mentioned. So, that solves the problem, thank you! (I somehow expected that there’d be a constructor for LocalizedString which takes a locale, but that might not be the best of ideas).

Thanks also for reminding me about the samples, I completely forgot that they exist. May I humbly suggest to add a top-level entry to the localization documentation on About Localization | Localization | 1.0.5 about these samples? I for one would benefit from that reminder in the future…

Philip

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