iOS Storyboard localizable strings do not work on UILabel subclasses

Question

I'm using the new iOS functionnality to translate the storyboards (http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#referencelibrary/GettingStarted/RoadMapiOS/chapters/InternationalizeYourApp/InternationalizeYourApp/InternationalizeYourApp.html)

The problem with this solution, it does not work with my UILabel subclasses.

Here are the codes for my UILabel subclasses :

.h:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
@interface LabelThinText : UILabel
- (void)awakeFromNib;
-(id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame;
@end

.m :

@implementation LabelThinText

- (void)awakeFromNib
{
    [super awakeFromNib];
    [self setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Raleway-Light" size:[[self font] pointSize]]];
}

-(id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    id result = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (result) {
        [self setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Raleway-Light" size:[[self font] pointSize]]];
    }
    return result;
}

@end

I guess i'm missing something to get the automatic translations from my Storyboard.strings file.

Anyone has an idea ?

Thanks !

You may download my test project : https://github.com/arn00s/iOS_BaseLocalization Just switch the device lang from EN to FR, and you'll see the differences. — Arnaud, Jun 05 '13 at 12:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '13 at 19:33

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I ran into the same problem, and for the same reason, setting a custom font in a label. My strategy was a little more general, though. My custom font is Helvetica-like, so I used Helvetica Neue in IB as a placeholder font. The UILabel subclass translated that to my custom font, preserving font size and weight, so I could control all that through IB.

That made my workaround for the translation bug (I assume it's a bug) easier. I traverse all my views recursively in viewDidLoad, and map all UILabel fonts if they match the placeholder font, and the same for UIButton in my case.

Have you filed a bug?

answered Jun 26 '13 at 19:33

JLundell

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I didn't filed a bug, but I requested a Technical Support from Apple. They told me they have to look in detail with an engineer (1 month ago). Still waiting for a reply... – Arnaud Jul 01 '13 at 13:37
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I'm having a similar issue. Please update when you hear from Apple. – Michael Mangold Aug 23 '13 at 22:41
Still broken. Curiously, it works in Xcode builds to attached devices, including the simulator. But distributed builds don't localize. – JLundell May 16 '14 at 01:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 11 '13 at 11:31

Encountered the same problem, here's how I got around it:

Drop your custom class, and create a category on UILabel, in your case UILabel+ThinText:

- (void) setThinText:(BOOL)thinText
{
    if (thinText) {
        [self setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Raleway-Light" size:[[self font] pointSize]]];
    }
}

In your storyboard, select your label, choose the Identity Inspector and add the following User Defined Runtime Attribute:

Keypath: thinText – Type: Boolean – Value: checked

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 28 '13 at 16:32

I got this issue too. I solve it setting the custom font in each ViewController. Let me show you an example:

 CustomViewController.h
@interface CustonViewController

@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel* someLabel;

@end

The in CustomViewController.m

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
  [self setUoFonts];
}

- (void)setUpFonts
{
    self.someLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"AmaticSC-Regular" size:self.someLabel.font.pointSize];  
}

And that's it!. You're going to have your translation and your custom font.

Remember to remove the custom class from StoryBoard.

iOS Storyboard localizable strings do not work on UILabel subclasses

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