Hi all, I'd like to develop a tool converting Android strings.xml files to XLIFF files (http://docs.oasis-open.org/xliff/xliff-core/xliff- core.html) for localization and vice versa.
Obviously strings processing is quite complicated on the Android platform. While experimenting I've found the following: - String can be quoted and unquoted - Besides XML escaping there is Java-style escaping (\n, \uxxxx, ...) - It seems as if there are reserved charaters like '@' or '?' (at least at the beginning of unquoted strings) - It seems as if whitespace is collapsed if a string is not quoted - By default strings are interpreted as formatted strings, so you have to be careful with '%' characters - The <string> element can have additional attributes like "formatted" - You can use HTML-markup in your strings - You can use elements of foreign namespaces inside strings To develop a working converter I need to know all the rules and conversions Android applies on strings. Unfortunately the developer guide seems to be incomplete with regards to string resources. Is there a formal strings.xml file specification available? I haven't found one so far. In case there is no specification available: Does somebody know which part of the Android code processes strings.xml files? Thanks and best regards, Stefan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
