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Hug
Hug

Reputation: 597

Localized resource variable in gradle

I've the following problem.

I know we can create a resource in the gradle file like this:

resValue "string", "app_id", "hello_world"

But is there any possibility to localize this string in different languages from within the gradle file?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 763

Answers (3)

Hug
Hug

Reputation: 597

Finally I managed to do this just by creating different variables in gradle.properties and reference them in the strings.xml

Example:

Gradle.properties:

APP_NAME="HelloWorld" APP_NAME_ES="HolaMundo"

build.gradle

resValue 'string', 'APP_NAME', APP_NAME resValue 'string', 'APP_NAME_ES', APP_NAME_ES

strings.xml (english)

<string name="app_name">@string/APP_NAME</string>

strings_es.xml (english)

<string name="app_name">@string/APP_NAME_ES</string>

Upvotes: 1

Lukas K&#246;rfer
Lukas K&#246;rfer

Reputation: 14513

The Gradle Android plugin does not support the addition of localized resources. You can check the plugin documentation and its reference on the ProductFlavor class for more details and an overview of all methods.

However, you could edit your question to explain the scenario that would require such a feature. The resValue method is mainly used to add simple resources depending on the build, e.g. inserting the build number into the About section of the app.

Upvotes: 1

and_dev
and_dev

Reputation: 3861

This is not supported by default. Try to add your strings in localized folders or use flavors/dimensions.

Upvotes: 1

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