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gaussblurinc
gaussblurinc

Reputation: 3692

iOS Localization: Extract strings

I find this tool genstrings, but it fails on line: NSLocalizedString(key,comment);

-(NSString*)toLocalizableString:(NSString*)key
               withComment:(NSString*)comment{
    NSString* stringResult = nil;
    if (key){
        stringResult = NSLocalizedString(key, comment);
    }
    NSLog(@"(*) key: <%@> (&) value: <%@> (*)",key,comment);
    return stringResult;
}

Also, steps of localization:

  1. Find all strings and wrap them with NSLocalizedStringFromTable
  2. Extract strings with genstrings
  3. Put localizable files and find translations
  4. well done!

I stuck at first step. How find all strings, that are needed to have translations?

Or i'm wrong?

Thanks for explanation!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1041

Answers (2)

tilo
tilo

Reputation: 14169

This is not exactly what you are searching for, but for me it doesn't make sense to translate all strings, e.g. you likely do not want to translate strings (@"") from an NSPredicate.

If you moved all relevant strings to NSLocalizableString / NSLocalizableStringFromTable, then I can recommend Linguan. You just pass in your XCode project and you are ready to start translating.

Upvotes: 1

Simon
Simon

Reputation: 25993

I use Ltools to help with this. It's a two step process:

  1. Search for @" in your code, and wrap the appropriate strings in L()
  2. Run L.sh as part of your build process

This will make sure that every string that needs translating has a translation.

Upvotes: 1

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