Working with cultures, resource files, and localization

Before we jump into the actual coding bits and look at how we can integrate localization in MVVM, let’s make sure we’re all on the same page about what we mean by culture in the .NET MAUI context. Culture, in this case, refers to the settings that determine the language to be used and the display format for items such as dates, times, currency, and so on.

Let’s start with how to retrieve the user’s culture in .NET MAUI.

Getting the user’s culture

The CultureInfo class is part of the System.Globalization namespace in .NET and serves as a central point for obtaining culture-specific information, such as language, country, date formats, number formats, and more. It also contains CurrentCulture and CurrentUICulture properties that can be used to get or set the user’s current culture and “UI culture.”

CurrentCulture versus CurrentUICulture

CurrentCulture defines...