Mobile app Messages - design for right-to-left languages
How we localized our app for Arabic languages: (Messages - Text Message App: Supports RTL Languages) Messages - Text SMS Download Now! Being an international app with goal M+ users around the world has its challenges. One of the biggest challenges is language — and how language affects interface design. If you’re not familiar with the terms “LTR languages” and “RTL languages”, here’s a quick recap for you: The main difference between left-to-right (LTR) and right-to-left (RTL) language scripts is the direction in which content is displayed. LTR languages display content from left to right and RTL languages (like Arabic, Hebrew) are mirrored, so content is displayed from right to left. The point is — Arabic and Hebrew are written from the right side of the page to the left. And that means the entire design also needs to be flipped or mirrored. The navigation goes right-to-left, which means the header controls are mirrored, the back button goes forwards, and even slide controls go ...