Localization Generator

Do you use Microsoft.Extensions.Localization? It provides a great set of abstractions, but it removes the IDE tooling that provided strong typing of the available keys. This library looks to solve that by generating a class around a IStringLocalizer class.

GitHub Repository

Usage

Given this directory structure:

MyViewModel.cs
MyViewModel.resx
MyViewModel.fr-ca.rex
Folder1\FolderViewModel.cs
Folder1\FolderViewModel.resx
Folder1\FolderViewModel.fr-ca.resx

We will generate these:

MyViewModelLocalized.g.cs (RootNamespace.MyViewModelLocalized)
Folder1.FolderViewModelLocalized.g.cs (RootNamespace.Folder1.FolderViewModelLocalized)
ServiceCollections.g.cs

Setup

Install
Install

In your MauiProgram.cs, do the following

builder.Services.AddStronglyTypedLocalizations(); // this will also add the AddLocalization() call

Now add an .resx file to your project that matches the name of class (ie. ViewModel, Controller, Service, etc).

Now inject the strongly typed classes

public class MyViewModel
{
    public MyViewModel(MyViewModelLocalized localizer) // same namespace and class name with "Localized" suffix
        => this.Localizer = localizer;

    public MyViewModelLocalized Localizer { get; }
}

Now bind (xaml intellisense will pick it up)

<Label Text="{Binding Localizer.MyKey}" />

If the “class” beside the resource does not exist, a compile error will occur with the generated code

Generate Classes with Internal Accessor

<PropertyGroup>
    <GenerateLocalizersInternal>True</GenerateLocalizersInternal>
</PropertyGroup>