language_helper 0.2.7-rc.3

Make it easier for you to implement multiple languages into your app.

Language Helper

Make it easier for you to implement multiple languages into your app with minimal effort.

Features

• Easy to control the language translation in your application.

• Supports analyzing which text is missing in specific language.

• Supports extracting the text needed for translation from all the .dart files in your project with a single command flutter pub run language_helper:generate (still in the early stages).

Usage

Create the data:

LanguageData data = {
  LanguageCodes.en: {
    'Hello @{text}, @number': 'Hello @{text}, @number',
    'Change language': 'Change language',
  },
  LanguageCodes.vi: {
    'Hello @{text}, @number': 'Xin Chào @{text}, @number',
    'Change language': 'Thay đổi ngôn ngữ',
  }
};

Initialize the data:

final languageHelper = LanguageHelper.instance;

main() async {
  // LanguageHelper should be initialized before calling `runApp`.
  await languageHelper.initial(
      // This is [LanguageData] and it must be not empty.
      data: data,

      // [Optional] This is the list of all available keys that your project are using.
      //
      // You can maintain it by yourself or using command `flutter pub run language_helper:generate` 
      // to maintain it.
      analysisKeys: analysisLanguageData.keys, 

      // [Optional] Default is set to the device locale (if available) or the first language of [data]
      initialCode: LanguageCodes.en,

      // [Optional] Default is set to false (doesn't change the language if unavailable)
      useInitialCodeWhenUnavailable: false, 

      // [Optional] Rebuild all the widgets instead of only root widgets. It will decrease the app performances.
      forceRebuild: true, 

      // [Optional] Auto save and reload the changed language
      isAutoSave: true, 

      // [Optional] Call this function if the language is changed
      onChanged: (code) => print(code), 

      // [Optional] Print debug log. Default is set to false
      isDebug: true, 
  );

  runApp(const MyApp());
}

Get text:

final translated = languageHelper.translate(
    'Hello @{text}, @number', 
    toCode: LanguageCodes.en, // [Optional] Translate to specific language code
    params {'text' : 'World', 'number': '10'}, // [Optional] Translate with parameters
);
// Hello World, 10

Use extension:

final translated = 'Hello'.tr;
final translatedParam = 'Hello @{text}, @number'.trP({'text': 'World', 'number': '10'});
final translatedTo = 'Hello @{text}, @number'.trT(LanguageCodes.en);
final translatedFull = 'Hello @{text}, @number'.trF(toCode: LanguageCodes.en, params: {'text': 'World', 'number': '10'});

Note: The ${param} work in any case, the @param only work if the text ends with a white space, the end of a line, or the end of a new line.

Beside the onChanged method, you can listen for language change events by using stream:

final sub = languageHelper.stream.listen((code) => print(code));

Note: Remember to sub.cancel() when it's not in use to avoid memory leaks.

Use builder to rebuild the widgets automatically on change:

• For all widget in your app:

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return LanguageBuilder(builder: (context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: Text('Hello'.tr),
        ),
        body: Center(
          child: Column(
            children: [
              Text('Hello'.tr),
              ElevatedButton(
                onPressed: () {
                  languageHelper.change(LanguageCodes.vi);
                },
                child: Text('Change language'.tr),
              ),
            ],
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  });
}

• For specific widget:

LanguageBuilder(
    builder: (context) {
        return Text('Hello'.tr);
    },
),

• There is a short version of LanguageBuilder is Tr:

Tr((_) => Text('Hello'.tr)),

You can analyze the missing texts for all language with this function:

languageHelper.analyze();

This function will be automatically called in initial when the isDebug is true.

Here is the result from the Example:

flutter: [Language Helper]
flutter: [Language Helper] ==================================================
flutter: [Language Helper]
flutter: [Language Helper] Analyze all languages to find the missing texts...
flutter: [Language Helper] Results:
flutter: [Language Helper]   LanguageCodes.en:
flutter: [Language Helper]     This text is missing in `en`
flutter: [Language Helper]
flutter: [Language Helper]   LanguageCodes.vi:
flutter: [Language Helper]     This text is missing in `vi`
flutter: [Language Helper]
flutter: [Language Helper] ==================================================
flutter: [Language Helper]

Optional:

You can also create a base LanguageData by using command:

flutter pub run language_helper:generate

This runner will get all the texts that using language_helper extensions (.tr, .trP, .trT, .trF) and .translate method then creating a base structure for LanguageData. You can see the generated data in the example.

The data will be generated with this format:

|-- .lib
|   |--- resources
|   |    |--- language_helper
|   |    |    |--- _language_data_abstract.g.dart
|   |    |    |--- language_data.dart

• _language_data_abstract.g.dart: Contains your base language from your all .dart files. This file will be re-generated when you run the command.

• language_data.dart: Modifiable language data because it's only generated 1 time.

Additional Information

• The app will try to use the Devicelocale to set the initialCode if it is not set, if the Devicelocale is unavailable, it will use the first language in data insteads.

• No matter how many LanguageBuilder that you use, the plugin only rebuilds the outest (the root) widget of LanguageBuilder, so it improves a lot performance. And all LanguageBuilder widgets will be rebuilt at the same time. This setting can be changed with forceRebuild parameter in both initial for global setting and LanguageBuilder for local setting.

• The LanguageCodes contains all the languages with additional information like name in English (name) and name in native language (nativeName).

Contributions

As the project is currently in its early stages, it may contain bugs or other issues. Should you experience any problems, we kindly ask that you file an issue to let us know. Additionally, we welcome contributions in the form of pull requests (PRs) to help enhance the project.

Note

• The ${param} work in any case, the @param only work if the text ends with a white space, the end of a line, or the end of a new line.