How to suppress lint on specific line/string in resources xml files?

Question

On Android, I would like to suppress lint on a specific string value or specific line on a string.xml or other resources files.

<string name="suppress_lint_string">Suppress this String</string>

<string name="dont_suppress_lint_string">Don\'t Suppress this String</string>

I would like to perform specific lint suppressing on specific strings and specific parts of layouts for examples like missing translations for specific strings that doesn't really matter between languages.

Answer 1

If you want to suppress specific rules in specific strings without suppressing the whole file, you can use annotations.

strings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>    

    <!--suppress MissingTranslation -->
    <string name="suppress_lint_string">ignore my translation</string>
    ...

</resources>

You can substitute MissingTranslation with any other lint rule.

http://tools.android.com/tips/lint/suppressing-lint-warnings