Yes it seems like this (sadly) is not possible.

Sounds like I have to do copy-pasting for now :(

Best Regards,
plusminus

On 27 Jan., 12:50, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> So you're saying that you moved the string resources out of your project,
> and now other resources that are referencing those strings are now failing?
> If so, that is what I would expect. :}
>
> The new aapt in Cupcake allows you to specify multiple paths to search for
> resource definitions; you could trying using that, and changing it to point
> to both your app's resources and your external string resources.  That would
> of course require having your own build ant script or whatever.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:11 AM, plusminus <stoeps...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > Hi Peli,
>
> > the 'i18n-string'-project just contains a couple of res-folders:
>
> > /res
> >   /strings/
> >   /strings-de/
> >   /strings-fr/
>
> > The original project (which now lacks all String-resources) completely
> > fails to compile.
>
> > I'm doing this, because I want to host the 'i18n-string'-project on a
> > separate svn-location with public access, so people can easily
> > contribute new translations.
>
> > Copying in and out the res folder would lead to confusion and very
> > probably copy-paste errors. =(
>
> > Best Regards,
> > Nicolas
>
> > On 27 Jan., 10:46, Peli <peli0...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > I don't fully understand how your jar file is organized.
>
> > > Does it contain the res/values/strings.xml files for various
> > > languages? (.../values-de/..., etc.?)
>
> > > Does packaging into a apk file work properly with your structure?
>
> > > Why not keep everything in the structure, but copy the language-
> > > specific directories in and out of the build path (through a (ant)
> > > script) just as desired?
>
> > > Peli
>
> > > On 27 Jan., 16:08, plusminus <stoeps...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > > > Anyone? =(
>
> > > > On Jan 27, 12:55 am, plusminus <stoeps...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi all,
>
> > > > > I'm just about to start externalizing all my String-resources to a
> > new
> > > > > project and then bring them back by including the exported jar-file
> > of
> > > > > this 'i18n'-project.
> > > > > Doing soi18nfor different languages becomes easier (I could simply
> > > > > export just a handful of languages to the jar).
>
> > > > > I can successfully change the java-references to the outsourced
> > > > > foo.bar.i18n.R.java
>
> > > > > BUT, all references of the xml-layouts fail :(
>
> > > > > Sample:
> > > > > ############
> > > > > ... android:label="@string/app_name">
> > > > > ############
> > > > > where: "@string/app_name" is now unknown =/
>
> > > > > I'm asking myself whether this is possible and how to resolve my
> > > > > issue / properlyreferencethe externalized string-resources.
>
> > > > > Any help appreciated. =)
>
> > > > > Best Regards,
> > > > > Nicolas
>
> --
> Dianne Hackborn
> Android framework engineer
> hack...@android.com
>
> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
> provide private support.  All such questions should be posted on public
> forums, where I and others can see and answer them.
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