Supporting multiple languages – localization

To support multiple languages, we can use the .NET built-in mechanism for localizing applications. In a XAML file, we can use the x:Static markup extension to use the string defined in resource files.

Creating a .resx file

Resource files are XML files with a .resx extension that are compiled into binary resource files during the build process. A resource file can be added by right-clicking the project node and selecting Add > New Item... > Resources File, as shown in Figure 3.7:

Figure 3.7: Creating a Resources File

We can create the Resources.resx resource file in the Properties folder.

To support different cultures, we can add additional resource files with cultural information as part of the resource file’s name:

• Resources.resx: The resource file for the default culture, which we will set to en-US (US English) later
• Resources.zh-Hans.resx: The resource file for the...