Multiple Localized .strings Files in iOS App Bundle

Question

I have a fairly complicated project, consisting of several large localized sub-projects.

Most of my sub-projects are localized through a single Localizable.s

Answer 1

I now have a hacky solution to this, but would appreciate if someone has a better answer (or explanation for why the above doesn't work).

I expanded my NSBundle category to include a preferred language resource:

Header

@interface NSBundle (MyBundle)

+ (NSBundle*) myResourcesBundle;
+ (NSBundle*) myPreferredLanguageResourcesBundle;

@end

Implementation

@implementation NSBundle (MyBundle)

+ (NSBundle*) myResourcesBundle
{
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    static NSBundle *myLibraryResourcesBundle = nil;

    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^
    {
        myLibraryResourcesBundle = [NSBundle bundleWithURL:[[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"MyResources" withExtension:@"bundle"]];
    });

    return myLibraryResourcesBundle;
}

+ (NSBundle*) myPreferredLanguageResourcesBundle
{
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    static NSBundle *myLanguageResourcesBundle = nil;

    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^
                  {
                      NSString *language = [[[NSBundle myResourcesBundle] preferredLocalizations] firstObject];
                      myLanguageResourcesBundle = [NSBundle bundleWithPath:[[NSBundle myResourcesBundle] pathForResource:language ofType:@"lproj"]];

                      if( myLanguageResourcesBundle == nil )
                      {
                          myLanguageResourcesBundle = [NSBundle myResourcesBundle];
                      }                
                  });

    return myLanguageResourcesBundle;
}

@end

I then have a simple macro for getting my localized strings:

#define MyLocalizedDocumentation(key, comment, chapter) \
  NSLocalizedStringFromTableInBundle((key),(chapter),[NSBundle myPreferredLanguageResourcesBundle],(comment))

This solution simply gets the preferred language code from NSLocale and then checks to see if a bundle exists for that language. If not, it falls back to the main resource bundle (perhaps it should iterate through the NSLocale preferredLanguage indices to check if a bundle exists? Does anyone know?)