Angular js support for localization
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I tried to find documentation in AngularJS for supporting multiple languages with no success. Is localization supported?
Angularjs Solutions
Solution 1 - Angularjs
Take a look at angular-translate: https://github.com/angular-translate/angular-translate
for all DIY folks:
You can find localized files for angular: here
These files will help you with the build-in angular filters: date, currency and number. Amazing... so far.
Now you want to use your own texts, than all you need is the power of angular.js dependency injection. Create a new file like: "myTexts_en_us.js" and use $provide.value like this:
$provide.value("myTexts", {firstText : "This is my localized text"});
For details:
http://jsfiddle.net/4tRBY/24/
For real-world-use, you should add a filter: http://jsfiddle.net/4tRBY/41/
Tips:
- Make sure to insert your new localization-file into your html by hand, JS or Server. (Server is the best choice here!)
- if you include one of the angular-local files, you do not need to set it up in your app module. (you will have $locale automatically - see the fiddle)
- add an id key to your $provide-value - and set the value to a language code you are using in your file - this will be come in handy for testing.
Solution 2 - Angularjs
What you're looking for is $locale.
There is actually an example about half way down the angularjs homepage as well.
A snippet from their example:
function BeerCounter($scope, $locale) {
$scope.beers = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
if ($locale.id == 'en-us') {
$scope.beerForms = {
0: 'no beers',
one: '{} beer',
other: '{} beers'
};
} else {
$scope.beerForms = {
0: 'žiadne pivo',
one: '{} pivo',
few: '{} pivá',
other: '{} pív'
};
}
}
I'm not sure if it's a "standard" per say... but it's a start. If you had a lot of localization to do, I think I would just create a service to inject in my controllers... something like this psuedo-code:
app.service('myLocalization', ['$locale', function($locale) {
var res = {
'help' : {
'en-us': 'help',
'es-mx': 'ayudame'
},
'beer' : {
'en-us': 'beer',
'es-mx': 'cerveza'
}
}
return {
getString: function(key) {
return res[key][$locale.id];
}
}
});
Solution 3 - Angularjs
I've created a module specifically for localization purposes - https://github.com/4vanger/angular-l10n It supports message localization, parameter substitutions, change locale on flight and provides number of handy ways to use it - filters, directives etc.
Solution 4 - Angularjs
Just for completeness of information - beginning somewhere within the AngularJS 1.4 stream - there will be another i18n implementation right out of the core. Please have a look at https://github.com/angular/i18n
Solution 5 - Angularjs
you can also check this out:
https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-utils/pull/173
the performance is better than any of the other i18n libraries available for angular at the moment.
Solution 6 - Angularjs
If your looking for i18n support then you can refer the below project which has the full multilingual capability and also easy to implement. Take a look at github project