This script is for refactoring Xcode localizable strings (after refactoring storyboards).
- Rename the .strings of your previous storyboard to somethings else (we will call this the base file from now on)
- In Xcode, open each storyboard and enable localization so that xcode will generate new .strings
- For your previous storyboards, uncheck and recheck the box for localized language so new .strings is generated with necessary items only
- Run the script:
python3 refactor_localizable_strings.py /path/to/project/target_lang.lproj/ base_file.strings(notice the space!) - Voila! The script searches for matching object ids in base file and pastes the translation to new files. Original files are backed up with extension .orig