Localization Explained - CocoaConf Chicago, March 2016

My updated localization/internationalization talk from CocoaConf Chicago 2016.

The code is on GitHub as both a playground and a project:
https://github.com/designatednerd/LocalizationExplained

The videos are available here:
Mail Composed Character Input: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGvDk0Od_E
Hum Broken in Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5CuuoVF5IY
Hum Fixed in Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvKP0bXIVhs

Transcript

1. Localization, Explained !"#$%&'()*+, CocoaConf Chicago | March 2016 by Ellen Shapiro | @designatednerd justhum.com | designatednerd.com
2. Internationalization, Explained !"#$%&'()*+, CocoaConf Chicago | March 2016 by Ellen Shapiro | @designatednerd justhum.com | designatednerd.com
3. 69% of ! revenue is from outside the U.S* *- as of WWDC 2015
4. 41% of iOS users are from China and Japan* *- as of WWDC 2015
5. Languages Names Dates, Times and Time Zones Numbers and Measurements
6. Languages
7. Languages are more complicated than you realize
8. http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tadpole.asp
9. How your app knows what language to use
11. How to tell the system what to translate
31. Language Tips!
32. Localized String Convenience Class / Enum
35. Twine
37. Don't forget to localize accessibility strings
38. Languages You Don't Understand Affect Your UI
39. Sometimes Things get Much Much Much Much Longer
40. ! German !
41. Privacy Policy Datenschutz-Bestimmugen
42. Privacy Policy Datenschutz-Bestimmugen
43. Sometimes Things get short
44. ! Japanese !
45. No Smoking ᐬ優
46. No Smoking ᐬ優
47. Pseudolanguages and Officially Supported Languages
51. Watch out for Composed characters
53. Bah, Hum Bug
58. Sometimes Things Go thgiR ot tfeL
59. Sometimes Things Go Right to Left
60. ! Hebrew & Arabic "
61. NEW iOS 9 Toy: Automatic RTL Support
64. Names
65. Names are more complicated than you realize
66. Order and Meaning differ across languages
67. NEW iOS 9 Toy: NSPersonNameComponentsFormatter
68. NEW in iOS 9: NS Person Name Components Formatter
71. Name Components Formatter Pitfalls
72. Legal name vs. Preferred name
73. Language vs. Locale
74. Dates, Times, and Timezones
76. Dates, Times, and Timezones are more complicated than you realize
79. NSDateFormatter
81. NSDateComponents let apple do the math for you
82. NSTimeZone because nobody likes daylight savings time
83. NSCalendar Who you callin' Gregorian?
85. Numbers and Measurements
86. Numbers and Measurements you know these are complicated
91. Obligatory Summary Slide » Supporting a new language and locale >>>> getting things translated » Be aware of how language and format changes affect your UI. » Think through everything that's different in the language and locale you're now supporting. » Finally...
92. Let Apple handle the hard stuff as much as possible
93. TEH Codez https://github.com/designatednerd/LocalizationExplained
94. Tools » Twine: https://www.mobiata.com/blog/2012/02/08/ twine-string-management-ios-mac-os-x » Genstrings across multiple directories: http:// stackoverflow.com/questions/2744401/how-to-use- genstrings-across-multiple-directories
95. Recommended Reading/Viewing: Not Apple » Laura Savino at AltConf: https://realm.io/news/ altconf-laura-savino-localization-because-n-est- pas-por-todo-el-mundo/ » Tom Scott: The Problem With Time And Timezones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY » Dave DeLong: Intercalcation: http:// davedelong.tumblr.com/post/140216824433/ intercalation
96. Recommended Reading: Apple » Internationalization and Localization Guide: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/ documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPInternational/ Introduction/Introduction.html » How iOS Determines the Language For Your App https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1828/ _index.html
97. Recommended Viewing: Apple WWDC 2015 » 222: New UIKit Support for International User Interfaces » 227: What's New In Internationalization WWDC 2014 » 201: Advanced Topics in Internationalization » 412: Localizing With Xcode 6
98. Photo Credits » Matthew McConaughey in True Detective © HBO, used for illustrative purposes only.