Localization in .NET MAUI Chat (SfChat)

13 Jul 20262 minutes to read

Localization is the process of translating the application resources into different languages for specific cultures. The SfChat can be localized by adding a resource file.

Setting the application’s CurrentUICulture

Application culture can be changed by setting the CurrentUICulture in the App.xaml.cs file.

App.xaml.cs

using Syncfusion.Maui.Chat;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Resources;

namespace MauiChat
{
   public partial class App : Application
   {
      public App()
      {
            InitializeComponent();             
            CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");   
            SfChatResources.ResourceManager = new ResourceManager("MauiChat.Resources.SfChat", typeof(App).Assembly);
            MainPage = new MainPage();
      }
   }
}

NOTE

Add the required .resx files with Build Action set to EmbeddedResource to the Resources folder. The file name must contain the culture code (for example, SfChat.fr-FR.resx).

Localize application level

To localize the Chat based on the CurrentUICulture using the resource files, follow these steps.

1. Create a new folder named Resources in the application.

2. Right-click on the Resources folder, select Add, then click on NewItem.

3. In the Add New Item wizard, select the Resource File option and name the file as SfChat.<culture code>.resx. For example, give the name as SfChat.fr-FR.resx for French culture.

4. The culture code follows the BCP-47 format <language>-<region> (for example, fr-FR for French (France) or en-US for English (United States)).

1. Now, select Add option to add the resource file in the Resources folder.

1. Add the Name/Value pairs in the Resource Designer of SfChat.fr-FR.resx file and change each value to the corresponding culture.

Samples

The following sample demonstrates how to localize SfChat strings into the French (fr-FR) culture by adding a resource file and setting CurrentUICulture at application startup:

• Localization for .NET MAUI Chat (SfChat) - GitHub sample