LokaleNow

An android gradle plugin for automating localization. It will automatically generate all strings.xml files for your desired languages.

Implementation

Include the plugin in app level gradle

plugins {
  ...
  ...
  // for kotlin
  id("io.github.farimarwat.lokalenow") version "1.10"
  //for groovy
  id "io.github.farimarwat.lokalenow" version "1.10"
}

Also make sure that gradlePluginPortal() in included in settings.gradle.kts

pluginManagement {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        gradlePluginPortal()

    }
}

Now apply languages

Outside of the android{} block use this:

android{
  ...
  ...
}
// for kotlin
lokalenow{
     languages = listOf("fr","ru","ar") //target languages codes
     activate = true /// Enable automatic translation
}
// for groovy
lokalenow{
     languages = ["fr","ru","ar"] //target languages codes
     acivate = true // Enable automatic translation
}

Done.

When you will build, It will automatically generate strings.xml file according to requested languages.

Exclude strings

Use "translatable=false" for excluding any translation

<string name="details" translatable="false">This will not be translated</string>

Note:

This gradle plugin is developed based upon google translate api. It may some time not work due to frequent requests.

In case of any errors:

Kindly perform these steps:

1. Build>Clean Project
2. Build>Rebuild Project
3. Progress added

What Next:

There is need to handle symbols while translation. If you want to improve the conversion process then feel free to contribute.

Version History

1.10

1. Moved hash dir to root project to maintain hashes even after clean or rebuild project
2. Fixed delete whole language values dir.
3. Fixed <a href='https://github.com/farimarwat/LokaleNow/issues/12'>#12</a>

1.9

1. Fixed %s format, newline and tab tag issue
2. Bugs, after applying the plugin, red lines under each android{} configuration, fixed
3. Other minor changes

1.4

1. Fixed encoding issues
2. Old file delete issue

1.3 Modified by RufenKhokhar

1.2 Minor bugs fixed

1.1 strings.xml path issue fixed for mac

1.0 Initial commit

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