Android App Localization & strings.xml Management Tool

Designed Specifically for the Android Resource System

Android localization requires adhering to strict XML syntax, resource qualifiers, and formatting tokens. AppText manages all of it natively.

XML

Automated Directory Structure

Exports ready-to-use zip bundles organized into standard res/values-es/, res/values-ar/, and res/values-ja/ folders.

%s

Formatted Strings & Tokens

Safeguards variables like %1$s, %2$d, and HTML entities so your Android builds never crash from XML parsing errors.

RTL

Full Arabic & Hebrew RTL Support

Full bidirectional and Right-to-Left (RTL) editing interface for Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian, ensuring proper layout mirroring and punctuation handling.

Automated Pipeline

One-Command Gradle Sync for Android Studio

Add this simple task to your Android app's app/build.gradle. Run it directly or inside your CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions, Bitrise, GitLab) to pull fresh translations automatically.

app/build.gradle Groovy / Kotlin DSL compatible

task updateTranslations {
    description = "Downloads and extracts latest strings.xml bundles from AppText"
    doLast {
        def projectId = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID" // Find your project ID on AppText
        def url = "https://apptext.site/public/export/android/${projectId}"
        def zipFile = file("${buildDir}/translations.zip")
        def outputDir = file("${buildDir}/tmp-translations")
        outputDir.mkdirs()

        println "Downloading latest translations from AppText..."
        new URL(url).withInputStream { i -> zipFile.withOutputStream { it << i } }
        ant.unzip(src: zipFile, dest: outputDir)

        def resDir = file("src/main/res")
        outputDir.eachDir { langDir ->
            def targetDir = new File(resDir, langDir.name)
            targetDir.mkdirs()
            new File(langDir, "strings.xml").withInputStream { i ->
                new File(targetDir, "strings.xml").withOutputStream { it << i }
            }
            println "Updated: ${targetDir}/strings.xml"
        }
        println "✓ Translations updated successfully!"
    }
}

Run command: ./gradlew :app:updateTranslations • No additional plugins or dependencies required

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