Remove a string in all the languages Android

Question

I have an app with several translations, and I want to delete some strings.

How can I refactor and delete them only once for example in the default strings.xml file and automatically propagate the deletion to the other strings.xml file of other translations?

Answer 1

You can remove all translations by "Translations Editor" in Android Studio.

1. Select string's key
2. Click on "Remove key" button
3. Uncheck all checkboxes in "Delete" dialog
4. Click "OK" button in "Delete" dialog

Answer 2

1. CTRL-H
2. select tab File Search
3. check regular expression
4. input \R\s*<string name="string_name">(.|\R)*?</string> and don't forget replace string_name to actual string name.
5. file name patterns set *.xml
6. Press Replace...
7. Leave replace field empty.
8. Press Preview >
9. Check all replacement.
10. Apply changes by press `Ok'