Add "newline" character in localizable.strings

Question

How to add a newline character in localizable.strings?

I tried putting \n, but no success.

score 29 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '13 at 12:20

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Using \n should just work. With this line in "Localizable.strings":

"abc" = "foo\nbar";

and this code:

NSString *s = NSLocalizedString(@"abc", NULL);
NSLog(@"%@", s);

I get the output

2013-05-02 14:14:45.931 test[4088:c07] foo
bar

answered May 02 '13 at 12:20

Martin R

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I agree. True: key shouldn't include `\n` - and why would anyone want it there... everything else (`\n` in localized strings) should work just fine. – Rok Jarc May 02 '13 at 12:23
Adding \n works if you display the text in the UITextView, or UILabel. – Bonnie May 02 '13 at 12:23
I had enables HTML therefore, \n wasn't working. anyways after putting html tags its working absolutely fine! any idea how to add links? – Burhanuddin Sunelwala May 03 '13 at 06:13

Bonnie · Answer 2 · 2013-05-02T12:37:48.363

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Just adding newlines in the .strings file also works

"str" = "Hi ,

this is .

in a new line,

";

edited May 02 '13 at 12:37

answered May 02 '13 at 12:27

Bonnie

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Am I missing something here? Xcode tells me that this is invalid. It only accepts the \n syntax.. – Johnson_145 Nov 27 '18 at 16:25
It is very ugly and hard to maintain\ – MeLean Oct 07 '21 at 11:57

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered May 02 '13 at 12:28

This works in an UILabel and UITextview as long as you set the appropriate line number:

testLabel.numberOfLines = 2;

You could also set this to 0 which is automatic line count, also you should ensure that your label is big enough to show multiple lines, or else it will be cut off.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 02 '13 at 12:14

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this will not work in localizable.strings you have to create two keys and then only you can manage \n between two localizable strings during the concatination of strings.

answered May 02 '13 at 12:14

Divyam shukla

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This one helped me.! By creating 2 keys. `"someLocalised1" = "Some Localised 1";` & `"someLocalised2" = "Some Localised 2";` I wonder for few other strings it is working with \n. God knows Apple is cooking inside Xcode. – Yash Bedi Nov 09 '20 at 14:32

Add "newline" character in localizable.strings

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