How to localize the display name of an app for the Windows Store?

Question

I registered a German and an English name for my Windows 8 app in the Windows Store Dashboard.

Afterwards I created two files in my solution:

Strings/de/Resources.resw with name "AppName" and value "German Title"
Strings/en/Resources.resw with name "AppName" and value "English Title"

Then I clicked on Edit App Manifest. In the display name field I entered "ms-resource:/AppName" but when I want to build my app I get an error which says that "NamedResource" cannot be found.

What am I doing wrong?

The documentation only writes: "Display Name: Specifies the friendly name for the app that is displayed to users. This string is localizable". But I have only one field (called Display name) in my app manifest to indicate my app name.

Answer 1

Ok. I've found it! For the "Display name" in "Package.appxmanifest" I have to enter "ms-resource:AppName". One should also enter "ms-resource:AppName" for the "Package display name" field (in tab Packaging).

Answer 2

I'd like to add an addendum to Benny Neugebauer's answer. If your .resw file happens to be stored in another assembly (as mine was), you might have to give it the fully qualified path to your resource name.

For example, if your AppName string was in a project named OtherProject, and a file named AppResources, and had a key of AppName, you would use the following syntax:

ms-resource:OtherProject/AppResources/AppName