MVC 5 localization working on localhost but not server

Question

i try to create a multi language mvc website based on resource files. I found on youtube this video, which explains the concept and gives some example code: https://youtu.be/oGeAYd3idBc

The problem now is. It works localhost but if i upload it on my server, it doesn't works.

On this point i started a lot of research. I could not found much, everything i found and tried, didn't worked.

Many solution proposals suggested to try set globalization culture/uiCulture in web.config to auto. This also didn't worked.

On my index page i output the current culture (CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name). On localhost it changed if the user set his language. But on my server its always english.

So i hope you understand my problem.

Now my code:

web.config

<system.web>
<globalization culture="auto" uiCulture="auto"></globalization>  
</system.web>

index.cshtml

@using System.Globalization

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}

<div class="pushContent"></div>
<div class="container">
    <div class="row">
        <ul>
            <li>@Html.ActionLink("English", "Change", "Language", new { LanguageAbbrevation = "en" }, null)</li>
            <li>@Html.ActionLink("German", "Change", "Language", new { LanguageAbbrevation = "de-DE" }, null)</li>
        </ul>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <p>
            CurrentCulture is now @CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name
        </p>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="pushFooter"></div>

LanguageController

public ActionResult Change(string LanguageAbbrevation)
        {
            if (LanguageAbbrevation != null)
            {
                CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.ClearCachedData();
                CultureInfo culture;
                culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(LanguageAbbrevation);

                CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentCulture = culture;
                CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = culture;
            }

            HttpCookie cookie = new HttpCookie("Language");
            cookie.Value = LanguageAbbrevation;
            cookie.Expires = DateTime.MaxValue;
            Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);

            return View("Index");
        }

Global.asax.cs

protected void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            HttpCookie cookie = HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies["Language"];

            if(cookie != null && cookie.Value != null)
            {
                CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.ClearCachedData();
                CultureInfo culture;
                culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(cookie.Value);

                CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentCulture = culture;
                CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = culture;
            }
            else
            {
                CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.ClearCachedData();
                CultureInfo culture;
                culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en");

                CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentCulture = culture;
                CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = culture;
            }
        }

Some screenshots which maybe helps.

The code you have is going to set the default culture for the entire application, not the user's culture, so you probably don't want this code to work anyway. — stephen.vakil, Oct 04 '17 at 16:19
See [ASP.NET MVC 5 culture in route and url](https://stackoverflow.com/a/32839796). There is no reason at all to use cookies for localization, and using them is also bad for SEO. — NightOwl888, Oct 04 '17 at 18:34
Yup, go with @NightOwl888's approach :-) I'll remove my "answer" — DiskJunky, Oct 04 '17 at 21:08
If i remove the whole cookie stuff it's still not working. I uploaded the project (i changed nothing) to a azure test web app and it just works. I don't get it... — egolive, Oct 05 '17 at 13:34

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '17 at 13:41

I found the "solution"... I know its silly, but i don't know this.

Seemingly if you use resources for localization it will create a extra YOURPROJECT.resources.dll which be located at /bin/de-DE/ (in my case).

You also have to upload this folder/.dll

MVC 5 localization working on localhost but not server

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