Parse Android xml file instead of iOS.strings

Question

As mobile developers, every time we translate one of our applications, we must translate both Android and iOS files. These files contain 90% of the same lines as a file in a different format.

Does anyone know if there is an NSLocalizedString override to read from Android.xml compatible files? or if possible?

Alternatively, is there a command line tool for converting between two formats?

Answer 1

This does what you need, but not from the command line.
http://localise.biz/free/converter/ios-to-android

The full system has an API. If you sign up, you can translate your translations into .strings or Android XML files from the command line or programmatically using a simple script.

Answer 2

So, it turns out that there is no such tool. I created a toolchain and posted it here .

If there is activity, I will develop it further.

Answer 3

For a recent project that already had 19 translations, I was also looking for a script to convert the XCode Localizable.strings files to Android Eclipse format.

I found convertLocalizable.rb, but I can’t work with ruby, so I created Javascript on it, see the link below. You have to cut and paste each file, but it works great.

Javascript Xcode Localizable.strings and Android strings.xml converter

Answer 4

Here is a simple script that will generate iOS Localizable.strings from Android strings.xml files.

Answer 5

Try Twine , a reliable resource conversion project.