Localization with String interpolation in SwiftUI

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Apparently, a LocalizedStringKey will automatically generate the localization key depending on the type of the values interpolated. For example, if you have the following Texts

Text("title key")
Text("name key \("Club")")
Text("count key \(8)")
Text("price key \(6.25)")

Your Localizable.strings file should look like

"title key" = "Sandwiches";
"name key %@" = "Name: %@";
"count key %lld" = "%lld sandwiches";

// You can change the format specifier in the value, but not in the key.
"price key %lf" = "Price: %.2lf";

Be careful if you want to support 32-bit systems (iPhone 5 or earlier). In a 32-bit system, Int is Int32, the key of "int32 key \(Int32(8))" is "int32 key %d". You can always convert an integer to Int64 like in "count key \(Int64(8))" to enforce consistent keys across different systems.

Remark 1: For people who want to know how it works. When you use a string literal or an interpolated string such as "count key \(8)" in Text, the compiler will consider the string as a LocalizedStringKey, because Text has an initializer

init(_ key: LocalizedStringKey, tableName: String? = nil, bundle: Bundle? = nil, comment: StaticString? = nil),

and LocalizedStringKey conforms to ExpressibleByStringLiteral and ExpressibleByStringInterpolation and thus can be implicitly initialized from a string literal or a string interpolation.

Remark 2: If you’re not sure what the key is, you can get the answer yourself by po a LocalizedStringKey in the debugger like this:

po LocalizedStringKey("count key \(8)")

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