Localization , How to change language in Flutter 3 using Getx

08-Nov-2023

Hello developers in this tutorial we will discuss about how to change language of all screens in flutter by using Getx package

S.no	Contents-topics
1	Import packages
2	Configure main.dart
3	Creating messages translation file
4	Controller for toggle languages
5	Run the code

1:Import packages

In pubspec.yaml we need to import some packages (version of packages may differ so import latest pacakges from Pub Dev)
get:^4.6.5 - For using Getx packages (obx,updateLocale(),GetxController)
shared_preferences: ^2.0.15 - For saving data into local storage of device
localize_and_translate: ^4.1.1 - For translating all strings into the app
Dependecies code Copy

get: ^4.6.5

shared_preferences: ^2.0.15

localize_and_translate: ^4.1.1

2:Configure main.dart

In main.dart we import or all packages and define our controller and translation
main.dart code Copy

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

import 'package:get/get.dart';

import 'localization/change_language_controller.dart';

import 'localization/messages.dart';

void main() {

runApp(MyApp());

}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {

@override

Widget build(BuildContext context) {

return GetMaterialApp(

translations: Messages(),

home: HomePage(),

);

}

class HomePage extends StatelessWidget {

@override

var controller = Get.put(ChangeLanguageController());

Widget build(BuildContext context) {

double screenWidth = MediaQuery.of(context).size.width;

double screenheight = MediaQuery.of(context).size.height;

return Scaffold(

appBar: AppBar(

title: Text('Localization with Getx'),

body: Container(

color: Colors.purple[300],

child: Center(

child: Column(

mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,

children: [

Text('welcome_msg'.tr,

style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 20, color: Colors.white)),

SizedBox(

height: 50,

Text('local'.tr,

style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 20, color: Colors.white)),

SizedBox(

height: 50,

Text('thankyou'.tr,

style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 20, color: Colors.white)),

SizedBox(

height: 50,

Obx(() => SizedBox(

height: 50,

width: screenWidth - 10,

child: ElevatedButton(

style: ElevatedButton.styleFrom(

backgroundColor: Colors.purple,

onPressed: () {

if (controller.language.value == "en") {

controller.SaveStringToSF("en", "US");

controller.changeLanguage("en", "US");

controller.language.value = 'hi';

} else {

controller.SaveStringToSF("hi", "IN");

controller.changeLanguage("hi", "IN");

controller.language.value = 'en';

}

child: controller.language.value == 'hi'

? Text(

'Click to change'.tr,

style: const TextStyle(

fontSize: 20,

)

: Text(

'Click to change'.tr,

style: const TextStyle(

fontSize: 20,

))))

));

}

3:Creating messages translation file

Under the lib folder create a folder name localization and inside localization create two files messages.dart , change_language_controller.dart , in message.dart we difine our all strings we want to toggle or show in different language as shown we are using "en_US" , "hi_IN" "en_US"-> English , "hi_IN"->Hindi
code for message.dart: Copy

import 'package:get/get.dart';

class Messages extends Translations {

@override

// TODO: implement keys

Map<String, Map<String, String>> get keys => {

'en_US': {

"welcome_msg": "Welcome to DeveloperCodez.com",

"local": "This is feature post for localization in flutter",

"thankyou": "Thankyou for watching this post",

"change": "Click to change"

'hi_IN': {

"welcome_msg": "DeveloperCodez.com में आपका स्वागत है",

"local": "यह Flutter में स्थानीयकरण के लिए फीचर पोस्ट है",

"thankyou": "इस पोस्ट को देखने के लिए धन्यवाद",

"change": "बदलने के लिए क्लिक करें"

};

}

Also read:DECORATE TEXTFIELD IN FLUTTER 3 , INPUTTEXTFIELD DECORATION IN FLUTTER 3

4: Controller for toggle languages

In lib/localization/change_language_controller.dart we define our function
checkLocaleLanguage() => For checking if user has already setup language before from shared prefrences
changeLanguage() => To change the language of App and also save in local storage
code for ControllerrCopy

import 'package:get/get.dart';

import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class ChangeLanguageController extends GetxController {

var language = ''.obs;

@override

void onInit() {

// language Prefernce

// CheckUserConnection();

checkLocaleLanguage();

super.onInit();

}

void checkLocaleLanguage() async {

var pref = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();

language.value = pref.getString('language').toString();

if (language.value != '') {

if (language.value == 'hi') {

changeLanguage('hi', 'IN');

} else {

changeLanguage('en', 'US');

}

} else {

changeLanguage('en', 'US');

}

// check Connection

}

void changeLanguage(var languageCode, var CountryCode) async {

// print('language--$CountryCode');

print('language--$language');

var locale = Locale(languageCode, CountryCode);

await Get.updateLocale(locale);

}

SaveStringToSF(var key, var value) async {

var pref = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();

pref.setString(key, value).toString();

return true;

}

Also read: BOX DECORATION IN FLUTTER 3 , DECORATE CONTAINER IN FLUTTER 3

5: Run the Code

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