String Catalogs

[mickeyl]

It would be nice to have support for the new string catalogues. They are a good addition, but fail to add typesafe enums like we do.

Introduction

[mickeyl]

Here's a format example:

{
  "sourceLanguage" : "en",
  "strings" : {
    "Choose date" : {
      "localizations" : {
        "de" : {
          "stringUnit" : {
            "state" : "translated",
            "value" : "Datum aussuchen"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "Completed %lld%%" : {
      "localizations" : {
        "de" : {
          "stringUnit" : {
            "state" : "translated",
            "value" : "Komplettiert %lld"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "Done!" : {
      "localizations" : {
        "de" : {
          "stringUnit" : {
            "state" : "needs_review",
            "value" : "Fertig!"
          }
        },
        "en" : {
          "stringUnit" : {
            "state" : "translated",
            "value" : "Ready!"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "Pick another date" : {

    }
  },
  "version" : "1.0"
}

[mickeyl]

So this works now in principle, but I'm not sure whether it really is worth it. The new String Catalogue feature doesn't seem to be really cutting it. For me, it doesn't auto remove unused strings, the file only gets bigger. Manually removing a key isn't working either, you have to resort to edit the underlying .xcstrings file.

What are your experiences with this?