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Internationalization of string.xml issue

In my application I do have several different string resources each per locale like:

res/values/string.xml //default
res/values-en/string.xml //english
res/values-it/string.xml //italian

Now the problem - each of files contains hundreds of keys and from time to time I can't really define which language is lacking some keys. Say:

<string name="yes">Yes</string> <!-- Default -->
<string name="yes">Yes</string> <!-- English -->
<string name="yes">Si</string> <!-- Italian -->

And if in German string.xml there'll be no "yes" key corresponding value will be default "Yes" instead of German "Ja" - which is disaster.

Help me to find a way to define lacking string resource keys.

Solution

  • You can also try MOTODEV Studio. You can use it a standalone IDE (based on Eclipse) or as an Eclipse Plugin. What you would like is an editor, which includes, that makes really easy working with localizable strings. It will show you in a same view all the files as columns, so you will not need to do any merge or diff whatsoever.