LAND

Tool for generating localization files to be used in Dart applications.

• Supports complex ICU messages
• Works on non Flutter apps

Using instead of flutter gen-l10n

1. Update configuration

Instead of specifying the output localization file, only specify the folder

l10n.yaml

# remove
output-localization-file: l10n.dart
# add
output-directory: lib/.gen/l10n/

2. Rename the configuration file

l10n.yaml -> land.yaml

3. Remove generate flag

pubspec.yaml

# remove this inside flutter:
generate: true

4. Ignore the generated files

.gitignore

# Generated files
/lib/.gen/

5. Add land as dependency

pubspec.yaml

# add to dev_dependencies:
land: any

6. Generate the files

flutter pub run land

7. Profit 🚀

Configuration example:

1. Create configuration file

land.yaml

arb-dir: l10n
template-arb-file: l10n_en.arb
output-directory: lib/.gen/l10n/
output-class: L10N

2. Create localization files

Create a folder named l10n in the root of the application (outside lib) and add your languages files there, for example:

l10n/l10n_en.arb

{
    "helloWorld": "Hello World!",
    "@helloWorld": {}
}

l10n/l10n_pt.arb

{
    "helloWorld": "Olá mundo!"
}

3. Ignore the generated files

Update your .gitignore to ignore the generated files.

.gitignore

# Generated files
/lib/.gen/

4. Run land

After running land all the files should be generated to be used. If it is a Flutter project it will contain the glue to use in a Flutter application. More details about Flutter localization at: https://docs.flutter.dev/development/accessibility-and-localization/internationalization.

NOTE: I highly recommend downloading the tool, building it, making it available globally and use it this way instead of using flutter pub run.