Are there any tools to convert an Iphone localized string file to a string resources file that can be used in Android? [closed]

Question

I have the localized strings file that is used in the Iphone app that I work on to port to Android. Are there any tools that go through the file taken from the xcode project and build the xml needed to use the strings in android?

As the apple file is a simple key value file is there a tool that converts string in this format

"key"="value"

to this:

<string name="key"> value </string>

This tool should be easy to build but I appreciate any pointers to already working tools.

Answer 1

I think you might like this tool :

http://members.home.nl/bas.de.reuver/files/stringsconvert.html

Also this one, but it lacks some features (like converting whitespace in name) :

http://localise.biz/free/converter/ios-to-android

It is free, no need of registration, and you won't need to build your own script!

Answer 2

This is one of the areas where the Unix mindset and toolset comes in handy. I don't know what the iPhone format is like, but if it's what you say, with each value one per line, a simple sed call could do this:

$ cat infile
"key"="value"
"key2"="value2"
$ sed 's/ *"\([^"]*\)" *= *"\([^"]*\)"/<string name="\1">\2<\/string>/' infile
<string name="key">value</string>
<string name="key2">value2</string>
$

I expect sed is available on your OSX install.