I want to find all hard-coded strings in my code to move them into strings.xml file for future localization. Such as :
Toast.makeText(context,"Hardcoded text",LENGTH_SHORT).show();
I using Android Studio.
Go to Analyze > Run Inspection By Name... (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I)
and type:
Hardcoded Text to find the hardcoded strings in
the .xml files;
Hardcoded Strings to find the hardcoded strings in the .java files.
Run it against the whole project, and you should get an inspection results panel that will show the hardcoded text instances.
This answer hasn't getting to me any result.
Nonetheless, for future searches :
In Android Studio 1.2.2 added new Option Hardcoded strings(not a Hardcoded text) and this getting to me perfect searches result.
After android studio 1.2.2 It seems pretty easy way to do it,
Go to Analyze
Run Inspection by name
Type : HardCoded Text
And then by selecting appropriate module's option you can get all hard coded Strings in your whole project.
Tip : Short key : Ctrl + Alt + Shift + I
It seems it has been already answered here, isn't it relevant for your problem ?
Edit : just don't forget to check "File mask(s)" box in the window after having typed "Hardcoded text", and select *.java, if you want to search in Java files.
And after you found all your hardcoded strings, this may help you to transfer them to XML.
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I am working in a multi language project so want to find out where exactly the strings are used from the value name in the string file programatically so once I get the Ids of the widgets (i.e textview or spinner or any widgets) where the strings are used so I can set them at once.
We are actually giving an interface for the user to change the content (label) of the textview field of android in our website so wanna set them to the received from json at all the places in android application.
Please help!!! Tysm in advance!
I want to find out where the string values are used which is declared
in the string file in android.
Steps.
1) Go to your res folder > Values > strings.xml
2) Select the String which you need to look up in project.
3) right click > find usages ( Alt + F7)
4) In bottom find tab will appear with all the string usages through out the project and it will show the usage in Java and XML resources as well.
For your reference added the screenshot
For replacing the text you can look into the #Anurag Pandit answer
I assume you are using Android Studio. In that case you can right click the key of the string in the strings.xml file and select Find usages. This will show you a list of where the selected key is used.
Simply use Command + Shift + r
A popUp will appear, place your required search string in "Text to find:"
and in Scope select Whole project .
You can see all the places where the string is used in Preview window before replacing it.
Here you could find a bunch of shortcuts for Mac/Windows/Ubuntu for faster development.
I have a class which contains alot of string resources. I would like to search (Ctrl + F) particular string preview. For example
getString(R.string.transfer_label);
which is shown in intellij IDEA as string resources value
"TRANSFER"
So when i press CTRL+F and type "TRANSFER" naturally nothing happens. Is there any other shortcut that allows it? or any existing plugin?
Edit: I am looking for solution which works like CTRL+F one. I mean you type in something and it instantly moves you to place in code where its used. Making it very quick.
I normally go in my strings.xml and use "Find usage" (Alt + F7) on a string resource. This is the only way I know.
If your key Map is Default- cntrl+shift+F
If you want change the keys and key maps go here
Android Studio -> File ->Settings > KeyMap
Please find the below image for reference :
You can search in search bar what you are looking for
I know that this is possible in eclipse by following the advice here: Android: resource String automatic generation
But I can't seem to find if this is possible in android studio yet. Anybody know how to do this?
Basically I would like to take a hardcoded string and auto create a #string reference in my main values.xml or strings.xml.
Alt+Enter, Extract String Resource while the caret is inside the hardcoded string:
The same should work in XML files as well, and it does work in IntelliJ IDEA, but seems to be broken in the current version of the Android Studio:
Android Studio 0.1.3 shows the folded text in XML layouts that it extracts from the string resources, but it fails to navigate back to the resource and doesn't offer to extract resources from the hardcoded strings inside XML. It appears to be a bug.
What seems to be missing from the above answers is that, in Android Studio, you must place the cursor in the string, click the mouse, and press Alt + Enter to bring up the Extract String Resource dialog
alt+Enter work when your setting string resource is on,
how to on string resource extractor
Goto Android studio 'Help' -> Find action -> type "extract string resource"
You will find a ON / OFF button. Switch on the option.
I'm new to Android. When I add a button/views in Graphical layout it adds the label text this way- android:text="Button" . Why doesnt it add "android:text="#string/my_label" and add a string resource in string.xml file. Can't it be done automatically in eclipse?
I have searched a lot but I have not get any automated way to add a string to the resource file But This will save your time a lot IMHO.
Select a String, click Refactor --> Android --> Extract Android String.
Thanks to Brent Hronik. CTRL-1 on Windows works fine.
Because you don't have to use the #string resource. The purpose of the #strings resource is to make it easier to change elements about your code. For example, if you are using your application title in mutliple places, let's say in every dialog box, then if you change the title you would have to change it in all the instances that the app title is being display. So in this instance the #string/App_Title could be set to "My Program" and all of the dialog boxes can reference that. If you change the title to "Hello World" then all of these are changed. The #strings resource, while eclipse tries, doesn't have to be used for every string. Not using it is the equivalent to hard coding the value. There are plenty of reasons for and against using #string for everything.
I am not sure if there is a setting in eclipse that will automatically add a string to the resource file when the control is added.
(EDIT: Based on other users CTRL+1 is the short cut to do this.)
You can add the string to the strings.xml by clicking command and 1(on a mac, assume it would be control 1 on a Windows or Linux box) simultaneously. This will add the resource to strings.xml and then open that up in the editor.
Thanks Siddiq Abu Bakkar! I didn't think it would be there.
On Eclipse (and Windows) the shortcut is:
Alt+Shift+A (release all and then press) S
When you use Eclipse for first time it's not easy understand how to use these kind of "complex" shortcuts.
I can't vote and i can't comment answers yet (missing reputation as i'm a new user)
But i confirm :
1) hard type the string in your code like
mydlg.setTitle("hello guys");
2) select your string (e.g : "hello guys")
3) press Alt + Shift + A then press S
a dialog will appear to let you add a new string into resources. Everything should be already filled into that dialog box.
I wrote a big app with thousands of string in the code.... very bad idea, because now I want to translate each string.... big problem.
Copying all strings to the strings.xml takes a long time.
Eclipse has an option to take all selected strings and put them into messages.properties.
Does this work similiar like strings.xml? When, why all people use strings.xml.
Or should is use eclipse to seperate each string and than I should copy them to string.xml?
All people are using strings.xml because this is the normal way to do it on Android. You don't have to manage the load of the strings, to call any locale function in your script.
You can see the documentation here : http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/index.html
BTW, you can easily transform your eclipse generated file to an strings.xml file after the extraction.
In Eclipse you can use the shortcut keys Alt + Shift A, S to extract an inline string in to the strings.xml file via a popup dialog - might be a bit easier than doing it by hand. And as the others say, yes you should ALWAYS use the strings.xml file so that you only have to look in one place when you want to change a string, instead of having to search through all your code.