Identifiers are changed after export happens

[flodaniel]

So we store our localization strings in a javascript file, which looks like this:

module.exports = {
    "yes": "Yes",
    "no": "No",
    "type-a-message": "Type a message",
}

In the strings.xml and Localizable.strings however the entries look like this:

Android:

  <string name="no">"No"</string>
  <string name="yes">"Yes"</string>
  <string name="_type_a_message_Z13yvex">"Type a message"</string>

iOS:

"no" = "Nein";
"yes" = "Ja";
"_type_a_message_Z13yvex" = "Nachricht schreiben";

As we use firebase cloud messaging and want to generate localized push notifications with titleLocKey and bodyLocKey (see FCM Documentation for details) it is extremely annoying that "type-a-message" is converted to "_type_a_message_Z13yvex".

Is this a bug? Is this expected behaviour because we use "-" in the identifiers?

It is definitely strange that any identifier would change like this.

[felixkrautschuk]

I'm experiencing the same thing when using a - within the key name. The other plugin nativescript-i18n does not allow using a - within keys at all, as the build fails on Android saying Error: '-' is not a valid resource name character.

So I think it is generally a better idea to prevent using '-' within key names