iOS Localization: Extract strings

Question

I find this tool genstrings, but it fails on line: NSLocalizedString(key,comment);

-(NSString*)toLocalizableString:(NSString*)key
               withComment:(NSString*)comment{
    NSString* stringResult = nil;
    if (key){
        stringResult = NSLocalizedString(key, comment);
    }
    NSLog(@"(*) key: <%@> (&) value: <%@> (*)",key,comment);
    return stringResult;
}

Also, steps of localization:

Find all strings and wrap them with NSLocalizedStringFromTable
Extract strings with genstrings
Put localizable files and find translations
well done!

I stuck at first step. How find all strings, that are needed to have translations?

Or i'm wrong?

Thanks for explanation!

do you read my question? i write steps of localization, really. but my trouble is to find all strings and wrap them with NSLocalized... I search for tool, that can automate some work for me — gaussblurinc

Simon Simon · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-16T14:22:02

I use Ltools to help with this. It's a two step process:

Search for @" in your code, and wrap the appropriate strings in L()
Run L.sh as part of your build process

This will make sure that every string that needs translating has a translation.

iOS Localization: Extract strings

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