seanghay / locale-parser

Parse simple text as an Android XML Resource files powered by Vue.js, Vite.js and WindiCSS

Android Locale Parser

Parse simple text as an Android XML Resource files powered by Vue.js, Vite.js and WindiCSS

Basic Usage

This will generated each folder corresponding to the locale.

locale: Content
locale2: Content2
locale3: Content3

Output:

locale

<string name="">Content</string>

---

locale2

<string name="">Content2</string>

---

locale3

<string name="">Content3</string>

---

Headers

Keep our resource string tidy by specifying a header.

MainActivity

locale: Content
locale2: Content2
locale3: Content3

Output:

locale

<!-- [MainActivity] -->
<string name="">Content</string>

locale2

<!-- [MainActivity] -->
<string name="">Content2</string>

locale3

<!-- [MainActivity] -->
<string name="">Content3</string>

Resource Name

If you need to specify name for each item, you can use #hashtag. The hashtag can be placed anywhere in the header.

MainActivity #title_content_main

locale: Content
locale2: Content2
locale3: Content3

Output:

locale

<!-- [MainActivity] -->
<string name="title_content_main">Content</string>

locale2

<!-- [MainActivity] -->
<string name="title_content_main">Content2</string>

locale3

<!-- [MainActivity] -->
<string name="title_content_main">Content3</string>

---

Specify Output Files

In some cases, you might need to have different file name rather than strings.xml.

You can do that by using @file directive followed by the desired filename.

@file: my_file_name

en: English
km: ខ្មែរ

Result:

├── values
│   └── my_file_name.xml
└── values-km
    └── my_file_name.xml

2 directories, 2 files