Localization in .NET MAUI Date Time Picker (SfDateTimePicker)

21 Jan 20251 minute to read

Localization is the process of translating the application resources into different language for the specific cultures. The SfDateTimePicker can be localized by adding resource file. In SfDateTimePicker, provides the support to localize the below strings

• Day
• Month
• Year
• Hour
• Minute
• Second
• Meridien
• OK
• Cancel

Setting CurrentUICulture to the application

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

App.xaml.cs

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

namespace DateTimePicker;
public partial class App : Application
{
	public App()
	{
		InitializeComponent();
		CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");
      //// ResXPath => Full path of the resx file; For example : //SfPickerResources.ResourceManager = new ResourceManager
      // ("DateTimePicker.Resources.SfDateTimePicker", Application.Current.GetType().Assembly);

		SfPickerResources.ResourceManager = new ResourceManager("ResxPath", Application.Current.GetType().Assembly);
	   MainPage = new MainPage();
	}
}

NOTE

The required resx files with Build Action as EmbeddedResource (File name should contain culture code) into the Resources folder.

Localize application level

To localize the DateTimePicker based on CurrentUICulture using resource files, follow the below steps.

1. Create new folder, named as Resources in the application.

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

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

4. The culture name indicates the name of the language and country.

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

1. Add the Name/Value pair in Resource Designer of SfDateTimePicker.fr-FR.resx file and change its corresponding value to corresponding culture.