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iOS: How to localize bunch .xib files using localized strings files by one ibtool command


I have this folder pattern:

-Xib
--en.lproj 
--- 1.xib
--- 2.xib
--- 3.xib
--ar.lproj
--- 1.xib.strings
--- 2.xib.strings
--- 3.xib.strings

How to inject the localized strings files in ar.lprog into the english xib files in en.lprog IN ONE ibtool command (not typing 3 commands)?


Solution

  • I got the solution:

    1. Put all the english .xib files and the localized .strings files in one folder, note the naming of strings file: name.xib.strings
    2. Create an empty folder "result" in the same location.

    open terminal and type in this command:

    find . -name \*.xib | xargs -t -I '{}' ibtool --strings-file '{}'.strings --write result/'{}' '{}'