Lint complains about not translated gcm_defaultSenderId string

Question

I've followed the tutorial https://developers.google.com/cloud-messaging/android/client. It works - I'm able to send and receive notifications.

But when I try to build release app, Android Lint complains:

Error: "gcm_defaultSenderId" is not translated in ...

So I can disable build failing when Lint complains with this in build.gradle:

lintOptions{
    abortOnError false
}

But obviously this is not a solution. Hardcoding senderId in my app is also not good idea (we have valid gcm_defaultSenderId anyway in the google-services.json so doubling it is asking for problems in the future).

Is there any way around this obvious oversight from Google Play Services developers?

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EDIT 02 December 2015 OMG! Today google actuallt started doing something on this issue, see here.

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Disclaimer: this is not a duplicate of Can't generate APK Release because of GCM SenderId Android - the accepted answer is not acceptable for me.

Answer 1

I think this question actually is duplicate of Can't generate APK Release because of GCM SenderId Android even if I agree with your opinion about the accepted answer.

The solution is much simpler, you just need to update Google Services dependency version, take a look at the answer I gave there for details.

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EDIT The solution I gave is not sufficient to solve the issue. I thought it was OK because I'm working on a multiflavor app and, for reasons I'm still investigating, the Google Services gradle plugin generates only the gcm_defaultSenderId string in flavors other than the main one.

According to this link,

This issue should be fixed with 8.3.0 Google Play Services and 1.5.0-beta2 dependency.

But actually, while the gcm_defaultSenderId string is now generated correctly (with translatable="false" attribute), google_app_id and ga_trackingID strings are not.

TL;DR I came to the conclusion that we have to wait for Google guys to fix this issue and ignore the error in the meantime by adding to the app level build.gradle file

...
android {
    lintOptions {
        abortOnError false
    }
}
...