Python script to help with outputting Android strings.xml files in an organized format.

organize_android_strings_files.py

#!/bin/sh/env python
# organize the strings.xml files used for Android projects
# assumes I have some strings in the English one that don't need to be translated, so these
# are separated from the rest.  Also assumes I always keep up with the French translations.
#
# usage: just run it from the res/ folder
#

import sys, re, os
from xml.dom.minidom import parseString

reload(sys)
sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')

langs = ['en','fr','ja','de']
lookup = {}
for lang in langs:
	lookup[lang] = {}

for dirname in os.listdir('.'):
	for lang in langs:
		values = 'values-%s' % lang if lang != 'en' else 'values'
		if (dirname == values):
			stringsfile = open(dirname + '/strings.xml','r').read()
			dom = parseString(stringsfile)
			strings = dom.getElementsByTagName('string')
			for string in strings:
				lookup[lang][string.getAttribute('name')] = string.toxml()

# Assume that strings that exist in French but not in Japanese or German need to be translated.
# I'm pretty good about keeping up with the French translations


for (key,value) in list(lookup['fr'].items()):
	for lang in ['ja','de']:
		if key not in lookup[lang] or lookup[lang][key] == lookup['en'][key]:
			lookup[lang][key] = '<!-- TO TRANSLATE -->\n    ' + lookup['en'][key]

for lang in langs:
	values = 'values-%s' % lang if lang != 'en' else 'values'
	stringsfile = open('%s/strings.xml' % values,'w')
	stringsfile.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n<resources>\n')
	
	sortedItems = sorted(lookup[lang].items())
	
	# for English, do special logic to separate translateable from non-translateable strings
	if (lang == 'en'):
		firstSet = {}
		secondSet = {}
		for (key,value) in lookup[lang].items():
			if key not in lookup['fr']: # assume I translated everything that needed to be translated for French
				firstSet[key] = value
			else:
				secondSet[key] =value
		header1 = [('',''),('','<!-- non-translateable strings-->'),('','')]
		header2 = [('',''),('','<!-- translateable strings-->'),('','')]
		sortedItems = header1 + sorted(firstSet.items()) + header2 + sorted(secondSet.items())
	
	# assume I have a nice naming convention where the string names are prefixed with e.g. 'text_','title_'
	
	last_prefix = None
	for (name, xmlLine) in sortedItems:
		prefix = name.split('_')[0]
		if last_prefix != None and prefix != last_prefix:
			stringsfile.write('    \n')
		last_prefix = prefix
		stringsfile.write('    ' + xmlLine + '\n')
		
	stringsfile.write('</resources>')
	stringsfile.close()