woodnathan / objc_strings

Helps in localizing Cocoa applications by showing unused/missing keys in Localizable.strings.

Goal

Helps Cocoa applications localization by detecting unused and missing keys in '.strings' files.

Input

Path of an Objective-C project.

Output

1. warnings for untranslated strings in *.m
2. warnings for unused keys in Localization.strings
3. errors for keys defined twice or more in the same .strings file

Typical usage

$ python objc_strings.py /path/to/obj_c/project
./MyProject/en.lproj/Localizable.strings:13: warning: unused key in en.lproj: "Misc"
./MyProject/ViewController.m:16: warning: missing key in fr.lproj: "World"

Xcode integration

1. make objc_strings.py executable

   $ chmod +x objc_strings.py

2. copy objc_strings.py to the root of your project

3. add a "Run Script" build phase to your target

4. move this build phase in second position

5. set the script path to "${SOURCE_ROOT}/objc_strings.py"