Making the Note to self app Spanish, English, and German

First, we need to add some folders to our project – one for each new language. The text is classed as a resource, and, consequently, needs to go in the res folder. Follow these steps to add Spanish support to the project.

Note

While the source files for this project are provided in the Chapter18 folder, they are just for reference. You need to go through the processes described next to achieve multilingual functionality.

Adding Spanish support

Follow the next steps to add the Spanish language:

1. Right-click on the res folder, then select New | Android resource directory. In the Directory name field, type values-es.
2. Now we need to add a file in which we can place all our Spanish translations.
3. Right-click on res, then select New | Android resource file and type strings.xml in the File name field. Type values-es in the Directory name field.

We now have a strings.xml file that any device set to use the Spanish language will refer to. To...