Asked 1 month ago by NebularAstronaut912
Extending SpellOut NumberFormatter to Additional Languages in iOS
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The documentation of spellOut states that
This style is supported for most user locales. If this style doesn't support the number formatter locale, the en_US locale is used as a fallback.
I want to use spellOut for languages that aren't natively supported by Apple. Is there a recommended approach to extend the spellOut functionality to these additional languages?
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TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago
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Currently, there isn’t a recommended or supported way to extend the SpellOut style to additional languages beyond what Apple provides. The behavior you see—falling back to en_US if the formatter’s locale isn’t supported—is by design.
If you need spell-out functionality for a locale that isn’t supported, you would have to implement a custom solution. This might involve:
- Creating your own mapping of numbers to words for the unsupported language.
- Using third-party libraries (if available) that offer extended localization support.
- Leveraging localized resources to handle number-word conversion.
However, none of these approaches are provided or endorsed by the Apple frameworks, so any custom implementation will require extra effort and maintenance.
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