Different screen shots and description for different countries

Question

Is it possible to have different screen shots and a different description for different countries your app will be available in?  I would like to show the screens as they appear with the correct currency and date formats along with the correct language for months etc.  I don’t want to create a separate app for each country as I want the name to be the same across all regions.

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RBL3

Answer 1

It is not only possible, but it is actually required by the store policies to have screenshots and descriptions localized to all the languages the app is localized to.

See this sample for technical specifics on how to localize your app: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Application-resources-and-cd0c6eaa

Once your app is properly localized, all you need to do is install keyboard languages for supported locales of your app and cycle their order. You app will start localized in the language that is first in the list. You can take screenshots and post them to the store.

Answer 2

Can you explain how I go about posting the multilingual screen shots to the store?  I have my app ready to submit and I know how to get the screen shots from the simulator in all the languages but I can only see the default 8 screen shots on my app’s description page.  Where do I go to post the language specific ones?

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RBL3

Answer 3

Hello,

First, you need to ensure that the additional supported languages are in your appxmanifest.xml file under the Resources node.

e.g. If you support English (US) and French (France)

<Resources>
    <Resource Language="en-us" />

    <Resource Language="fr-fr" />

</Resources>

Second, once you have uploaded the package.  You will see multiple links on the Description page of the release workflow (one for each language which you support).  You will be able to add screenshots for each language which is listed in your appxmanifest file.

Hope this helps,

Ben Grover

Microsoft