Compile iOS strings files from command line

Question

Compiled iOS apps have localized strings files compiled into binary PList files and they are converted by Xcode.

Is there any way to compile them from command line from the original strings files?

I am not sure what you are asking for. What do you have as input? What do you want as output? Please clarify! — Johan Karlsson
– Johan Karlsson, Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 7:15
the Build Rule that handles string files is "CopyStringsFile". looking at the build output, it calls an internal Xcode function called "builtin-copyStrings". as far as i know, this isn't available outside of xcode. you could experiment with the shell tool "plutil" which, amongst other things, can convert a .plist to a binary representation. — Mike K
– Mike K, Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 8:23

Dmitry · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-07 08:15:35Z

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I think I found what I was looking for:

plutil -convert binary1 Localizable.strings

answered Feb 7, 2012 at 8:15

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paiv · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-26 10:45:00Z

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plutil it is.

The build task is here /Developer/Library/Xcode/Plug-ins/CoreBuildTasks.xcplugin/Contents/Resources/CopyStringsFile.xcspec

It runs copystrings ruby script, which is based on iconv and plutil

answered Mar 26, 2012 at 10:45

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