Lokalise Companion for Android

11 things about Lokalise Companion

1. -> When you act as a translator and a tester of your app, the text strings are changed and synchronized between Lokalise Companion App with built-in Lokalise Live Edit Module on your phone, and Lokalise editor opened on your desktop.

2. Lokalise Companion App builds a project in Lokalise and showcases how text strings in any of your native apps are instantly updated when you change them on your desktop.

3. In other words, the text strings in any native app with built-in Lokalise Edit Module can be edited and translated from your desktop.

4. Such a native app must include Lokalise Live Edit Module (for the devices of your translators and testers, optional) and Lokalise over-the-air (OTA) SDK (for end-user devices, obligatory).

5. In turn, Lokalise OTA SDK updates the text strings in your production app on end-user devices.

6. You will navigate the app on your phone and see the correspondent text strings in Lokalise editor.

7. You can also change the language of Lokalise Companion App in Lokalise editor on your desktop.

8. When you are developing a mobile app, use Lokalise SDK to instantly update the text strings over the air.

9. Lokalise Live Edit Module is used in your TestFlight build for your testers and translators.

10. Follow the instruction in the app, and Lokalise Companion App on your phone will be mirrored in Lokalise web interface.

11. Once you save a text string, it is immediately shown both on the mirrored screen on your desktop and on your phone in the exact font and size it is designed to.