ManagerI18n

You can access this manager through the Homey instance as this.homey.i18n

Table of Contents

Methods

__(key, tags) → {string}

Translate a string, as defined in the app's /locales/<language>.json file. This method is also available at @{link Homey#__}

Parameters:
Name Type Description
key string
tags object

An object of tags to replace. For example, in your json define Hello, __name__!. The property name would contain a string, e.g. Dave.
Returns:
Type:
string

The translated string

Examples

/locales/en.json

{ "welcome": "Welcome, __name__!" }

/app.js

let welcomeMessage = this.homey.__('welcome', { name: 'Dave' });
console.log( welcomeMessage ); // "Welcome, Dave!"

getLanguage() → {string}

Get Homey's current language

Returns:
Type:
string

The language as a 2-character string (e.g. en)

getUnits() → {string}

Get Homey's current units

Returns:
Type:
string

metric or imperial