.Net Core MVC Localization cannot work on ubuntu16.0.4

[atpyk]

"zh-cn" cannot work when .net core mvc is deployed on ubuntu16.0.4.

I create Resource files follow the hierarchy of Views, and name them "en" and "zh-cn".
My local env. (win10) works fine, but it cannot work on ubuntu, it always show the "Keys" on page.

When I use "zh" instead, the issue fixed. So I guess the "-" is the key.

[mkArtakMSFT]

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[mkArtakMSFT]

@ryanbrandenburg , can you please look into this?

[ryanbrandenburg]

Hey @atpyk, this is actually specific to the set of Chinese cultures rather to whether the name has a "-" in it. As I pointed out here cultures can differ depending on which framework you use. It is also true that cultures differ across platforms. For example, on windows when I do System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultures I get the following cultures which start with zh:

zh
zh-CN
zh-Hans
zh-Hans-HK
zh-Hans-MO
zh-Hant
zh-HK
zh-MO
zh-SG
zh-TW

But if I run the same code on Ubuntu I get:

zh
zh-Hans
zh-Hans-CN
zh-Hans-HK
zh-Hans-MO
zh-Hans-SG
zh-Hant
zh-Hant-HK
zh-Hant-MO
zh-Hant-TW

As you can see, the culture zh-CN only exists on windows, but zh exists on both, which is why you saw the behavior you did.

As for solutions to this, I don't know the specifics of the difference between these languages, but are zh-CN and zh-Hans roughly equivalent since they exist on both platforms? If not the only current solution I can see would be to use zh instead of something more specific. Does that help your issue?

[ryanbrandenburg]

Closing this. If you're still having trouble let us know.