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Mahe
Mahe

Reputation: 2737

How to generate Localizable.strings file from strings.xml in Android

I want the strings in strings.xml to be converted to ios Localizable.strings format

Format:

"String"="String"

I have used few online tools in web which converts xml to localible.strings, but the format I have seen is : 

 "Key"="Value"

But I need in this format: 

 "value"="value"

example:
if this is the Strings.xml file,

    <resources>
    <String name="addtocart">Please add to cart</string>
    </resources>

The localizable.strings format should be in :

   "Please add to cart"="Please add to cart" (I need this)

and not

   "addtocart"="Please add to cart" (Format resulted from conversion tools in web)

Is there any plugin or built in functionality in eclipse. I am new to android and this localization process.

Can one help me out in achieving this please...

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1534

Answers (1)

songchenwen
songchenwen

Reputation: 1362

A pretty simple awk bash script can do your job.

awk '
BEGIN{
    FS = "^ *<string *| *>|<\/string> *$|^ *<!-- *| *--> *$";
}
{
    if (/<string.*name\=\".*\".*>.*<\/string> *$/){
        print "\""$3 "\" \= \"" $3 "\";"
    }
    else if(/<!--.*-->/)
        print "// "$2;
    else if(/^ *$/)
        print ""
}'

Save the above to android2ios.sh. This script will read from the standard input stream.

For example your Android strings content like <string name="addtocart">Please add to cart</string> is copied to your clipboard, and you're using OS X as your operating system.

 pbpaste | sh  android2ios.sh

This will print

"Please add to cart" = "Please add to cart";

You can do the redirect and pipe thing in your own way. The script only does the converting.

Comments like <!--comment--> and multiline content are also handled well by this script.

BTW, I like the "addtocart"="Please add to cart" way better, because "value" = "value" may result in duplicated keys.

Upvotes: 3

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