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[Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, sdk - just waking up.

On Wednesday, 10 February 2016, Jose Garcia Muñoz <josemp10@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
> I think Rodolfo is referring to the SDK... Yes... with the form names and
> option names translated we are ok...
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Morton - thanks for the clarification. Now that we know that we have
>> what i think are the two critical translations in the API, how difficult
>> would it be to add the concept of multilingual to the APK ?
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, 10 February 2016, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Translated form names have been available under "displayFormName" for a
>>> long time, I have added code to 2.22 and trunk to also translate options
>>> when requesting a optionset (by id or collection). we can't do this for all
>>> objects, as its a quite heavy operation, normally we only translate a
>>> single object or a collection of objects
>>>
>>> --
>>> Morten
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It will be great if we can prioritise the metadata to be multilingual
>>>> in the API. We already know how to translate the Android UI, by generating
>>>> our own build.
>>>>
>>>> I'm copying Morton to see if he can give us an idea of when the API
>>>> would be able to return the Form Name and Options in multilingual format.
>>>> It is critical for many of the implementations that we have in the pipeline
>>>> in Asia - we need the analytics in English, but the data collection, using
>>>> android, in the local language.
>>>>
>>>> *Rodolfo Meliá*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9 February 2016 at 14:42, Araz Abishov <araz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately, translation of metadata/data is not completely
>>>>> supported in API due to some implementation complexities in the core, so we
>>>>> still don’t know when exactly we will be able to implement multilingual
>>>>> support for android apps.
>>>>>
>>>>> What we can do is additional setting for choosing language in
>>>>> application preferences (but it will work only for UI prompts). In feature,
>>>>> when API will be completely supporting translations, we will be able
>>>>> seamlessly integrate support for it in android apps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> Araz Abishov
>>>>>
>>>>> On February 9, 2016 at 3:21:00 PM, Jose Garcia Muñoz (
>>>>> josemp10@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Araz,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am talking about metadata (dataelements, optionsets, etc...). We
>>>>> don't have problems with the user interface...
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Araz
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Araz Abishov <araz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jose and David,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just have a few questions to understand problem better:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  - Are we talking about translation of application prompts or
>>>>>> translation of metadata/data?
>>>>>>  - Do you want user to be able to switch languages in user interface?
>>>>>> (a setting which allows to do that)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>> Araz Abishov
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On February 9, 2016 at 1:48:51 PM, David Hagan (
>>>>>> david.hagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Afternoon Jose,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I second the question!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Actually, I’ve had this conversation on another thread over the
>>>>>> new-year break as we have a similar requirement (English, Russian,
>>>>>> Ukrainian) … we’re making do with one language at the moment, but the next
>>>>>> iteration cycle of the App really needs the user to be able to switch
>>>>>> languages.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9 February 2016 at 13:32, Jose Garcia Muñoz <josemp10@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Simen, devs,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> some months ago we started a conversation with you to know if the
>>>>>>> DHIS2-SDK is supporting multilingual or not? The answer was:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "unfortunately there isn't very good support for multilingual in
>>>>>>> the SDK yet. It's actually not that much work we just haven't prioritized
>>>>>>> it yet so it could be made available without too much trouble... There
>>>>>>> is a bit of work that has do be done on the server side to update the web
>>>>>>> API. Unfortunately I would have to say that it likely would come in 2016,
>>>>>>> but when is unknown"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you have any updates? was the DHIS2 web API updated? If not, when
>>>>>>> can we expect that? 2.23?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is becaming some kind of urgent now because we plan to roll-out
>>>>>>> different android apps in different countries (speaking French, English,
>>>>>>> Spanish, Portuguese)..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please, let us know if you have some more information to share.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Jose
>>>>>>>
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