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What is the purpose of using translatable in Android strings?

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What does the translatable attribute, like translatable="false", mean?

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Yousuf Avatar asked Oct 13 '10 15:10

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What is translatable in Android?

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Translation strings in a resource are identified by two elements: the key and the context. The key is the actual identifier for a translation. Each file format has its own way to specify keys. For instance, for PO files the key is the msgid attribute for each entry.

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This attribute points out that this attribute will be the same for all locales. Why is it useful?

  1. The localization files are more readable for human and saves time.
  2. It tells the Lint tool that everything is fine and that Android does not need to look for this resource translation.

Full explanation: http://tools.android.com/recent/non-translatablestrings

So, generally, this means if don't put this attribute, you should always localize this resource, otherwise tell people and compiler that this is unique for all locales by specifying this attribute.

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Taras Leskiv Avatar answered Oct 15 '22 02:10

Taras Leskiv

If you are supporting multiple languages, and there are some strings which should not be translated (that means same across all languages) then you can use translatable="false"

For ex: Numbers<string name="account_setup_imap" translatable="false">IMAP</string>

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