Internationalization for Flutter apps
Blog post from LogRocket
Flutter 3 offers a versatile development experience by enabling a single codebase to function across various platforms, including iOS, Android, web, and desktop applications. This flexibility is further enhanced by localizing apps, making them accessible in different languages, which is crucial for global user engagement. The article outlines the process of localizing a Flutter app using the Flutter localizations package, which supports message translation, interpolation, and handling of singular and plural forms across different languages. It demonstrates these concepts through a counter app, highlighting the importance of adding dependencies in the pubspec.yaml file, creating ARB files for different locales, and utilizing AppLocalizations for efficient localization. The guide also emphasizes the integration of localization in iOS and the automatic generation of locale-specific Dart files, ensuring that the app's UI adapts dynamically to different languages.