A command line tool that updates .strings of .xib and .storyboard using Localizable.strings.

$ brew install ataka/formulae/ls2xs

$ git pull https://github.com/ataka/ls2xs.git
$ cd ls2xs
$ PREFIX=/usr/local make prefix_install

• Enable base internationalization.
• Add Localizable.strings for each languages.
• Set keys of Localizable.strings to text values in .xib or .storyboard, as you set them to NSLocalizedString(_:comment:) in code.
• Add "New Run Script Phase" to "Build Phases" of your application target, and set contents:

/usr/local/bin/ls2xs $TARGET_PATH

ls2xs generates .strings for .xib and .storyboard using ibtool --generate-strings-file. Then, ls2xs replaces value of .strings with value of Localizable.strings if it matches key of Localizable.strings.

Suppose Base.lproj/Main.storyboard has UILabel (Object ID: 4gA-LI-pd8, text: "hello").

• en.lproj/Localizable.strings: "hello" = "Hello";
• ja.lproj/Localizable.strings: "hello" = "こんにちは";

• en.lproj/Main.strings: "4gA-LI-pd8.title" = "Hello";
• ja.lproj/Main.strings: "4gA-LI-pd8.title" = "こんにちは";

Please file issues or send pull requests for anything you notice.

• Prefer pull request over issue because you must be a Cocoa developer.
• Write tests to prevent making regression.
• Keep in mind we make no primises that your proposal will be accepted.

This tool is powered by:

• apple/swift-argument-parser

Copyright (c) 2015 Yosuke Ishikawa

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