Hello,
I'm working on adding Hebrew UI for android.
I have the strings.xml(s) of all the translated files and now i'm tring to add them back to the APK files.
this is what i've done so far (and it worked):
using APKTool I decompiled the APKs.
take the strings.xml (and other if needed) form "values" and translate it.
added new folder in "res" called values-iw (iw stand for hebrew).
put the translated strings.xml (and other files if needed).
compiled back with APKTool.
It work very well on every file i've worked on (Browser, Contects etc..).
Now for the problem
When I put the Settings.apk back in - i can't get to the "settings" (pressing it does nothing) and if I try to add a widget or a shortcut to the screen - I get Force Close on android.prosses.acore.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Hi Guys,
does somebody knows from where are the languages loading to the settings menu?
I know normally language strings are stored inside the apk, but I would know where can I edit the languages list which is selectable from any user.
I have attached a picture too
Thank you:
Teufel
teufel007 said:
Hi Guys,
does somebody knows from where are the languages loading to the settings menu?
I know normally language strings are stored inside the apk, but I would know where can I edit the languages list which is selectable from any user.
I have attached a picture too
Thank you:
Teufel
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Inside the apk file, look in res folder, values then strings.XML
res/values/strings.xml
I believe, it should be inside res folder though. :thumbup:
Hello community,
I'm very glad to share my first trial of development which ran successfully for me and hope this will be useful for the rest.
I'm a big fan of a few chinese apps (baidu cloud, weiyun). Previously I was able to decompose and translate these apks to english until vendors injected apk signature validations into their apps. I even used these apps in foreign language but the experience were annoying. So I decided to translate these apps with some development. Eventually I came across resXploit by WisdomSky which give me a clue and I started this and it works :good:.
Basically resOverloader overloads strings.xml file for any apk (application). Source code is hosted on github for other devs to incorporate other resources as well. I'm not experienced dev and sharing this here for others and further development.
How to setup
Extract strings.xml from your target apk using apktool. read more
Translate strings.xml to your language. (I had developed a tool for it and would share it later)
Now create resOverloader folder in sdcard.
Find your app full qualified name in applications under settings and create a folder with app full name. (eg. com.baidu.netdisk)
Now copy the translated strings.xml to app folder inside resOverloader.
Restart your phone and it is done.
Hope this will help starters and requesting experience devs to add arrays.xml to this.
Github: https://github.com/babuilyas/resOverloader
Change log:
2.0 : rebuilt with targetSDK 14 and it should work for 2.2+ now. pls confirm.
Thank you for reading... Cheers.
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Thanks all for praising my work. Here is my translation utility which can help you translate any xml file with auto fixing of literals and escapes within source text.
How it works!
The first step is, hand your xml file (strings.xml). Read OP
Run XML_translator.exe and select the file to translate. (language selectors are not working now and hardcoded to CN->EN)
Click Start translating.
The utility will take time and depends on source file length. At the end you will see strings-new.xml file. Rename it to strings.xml and use it with resOverloader.
I would soon remove the hardcoded part to enable multilingual translations.
Thank you very much.
I made a request for this feature in the request thread sometime back, but no developer was interested. . I will try it now and report back.
Edit: IT WORKS. My translated texts show up.
However, I would like only to see the translated texts when the system language is switched to that language only. So I could see original English texts when the system language is set to English.
nqk said:
Thank you very much.
I made a request for this feature in the request thread sometime back, but no developer was interested. . I will try it now and report back.
Edit: IT WORKS. My translated texts show up.
However, I would like only to see the translated texts when the system language is switched to that language only. So I could see original English texts when the system language is set to English.
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OP could add localized string switching by checking filename suffix against Locale.getDefault().getLanguage(). So if you wanted to add multiple languages to an app, you'd just need strings-en.xml, strings-it.xml, etc etc
Yay , now yunpan/tencent/baidu drive shall all become translated
I was thinking about it latest two weeks and someone made it! Impressive!
nice work.. i'm waiting the translate strings tool..
This is really impressive.
Thank you very much for you work m8.
I'm on stock N4, and can't get this module to work. I decompiled and translated strings.xml, but there's no change in app. Should be translated strings.xml compiled back, before putting it to sdcard?
Great module, thx for your work. Also very interested in your translation tool. Also been thinking a lot about how to automate APK translation but to no avail.
Some features that i was thinking that can be added BUT not sure if they can be implemented:
- Load list of installed apps via GUI;
- Decompile the apk and extract the strings to a full app name folder (No idea if apk can be decompile from within an app)
- Tell user to edit the strings.xml
- Check if strings.xml was edited and in case it was prompt for reboot.
joluke said:
Some features that i was thinking that can be added BUT not sure if they can be implemented:
- Load list of installed apps via GUI;
- Decompile the apk and extract the strings to a full app name folder (No idea if apk can be decompile from within an app)
- Tell user to edit the strings.xml
- Check if strings.xml was edited and in case it was prompt for reboot.
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I'm new and still learning android development. Im planning to integrate translating utility inside this app and would allow users to translate any app on the fly on the device.
geekon said:
I'm on stock N4, and can't get this module to work. I decompiled and translated strings.xml, but there's no change in app. Should be translated strings.xml compiled back, before putting it to sdcard?
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make sure, you have copied translated xml in resOverloader\[your app full name]\strings.xml in internal memory (sdcard).
Bug: translated apps show an escaping slash-chars.
Can you add a possibility:
- to download and update of translation resources from github for all installed apps? In such case you should only define a resource location URL.
- for localization of res/layout/*.xml & res/xml/*.xml & etc
Is there a opportunity to use also preferences.xml?
babuilyas said:
make sure, you have copied translated xml in resOverloader\[your app full name]\strings.xml in internal memory (sdcard).
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I tried with 4 apps, the results are as follows:
- AppSetting (xposed module): OK
- Nova Launcher: Partially OK, many strings remain in English
- Omniswitch (OmniRom): Not working (all texts are still in English)
- Transdroid: OK
:highfive:
nqk said:
I tried with 4 apps, the results are as follows:
- AppSetting (xposed module): OK
- Nova Launcher: Partially OK, many strings remain in English
- Omniswitch (OmniRom): Not working (all texts are still in English)
- Transdroid: OK
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Share Xposed log and thanks for testing this app.
I saw the log, but didn't find any FC. See if there is anything in translated xml.
Benko111 said:
Great module, thx for your work. Also very interested in your translation tool. Also been thinking a lot about how to automate APK translation but to no avail.
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i have some more ideas, so i will fork your module and add my ideas.
babuilyas said:
Share Xposed log.
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Please have a look
https://m.app.box.com/view/f_16953900439
Sent from my Nexus 4
Very pleased.. Share it with all..
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is anyone know how to show all xml letters in notepad++ i have problems in my notepad always showing special characters not the xml format.
install more language packs and use google.
Hi everyone. I've a Fujitsu F-06F and i'd like to change the system langage japanese to english or upgrade to android 6.0 if possible. Thank you
How to change system language
@Soulnirina
Open Android's Settings
Scroll down and look for the Language / Region icon ( it's either a A or a globe ) and tap on it
Here tap on + icon to add a new language
Now choose the language you want to add and tap done
It doesn't work
jwoegerbauer said:
@Soulnirina
Open Android's Settings
Scroll down and look for the Language / Region icon ( it's either a A or a globe ) and tap on it
Here tap on + icon to add a new language
Now choose the language you want to add and tap done
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Thank you for you reply but unfortunately it doesn't work. My phone is in japanese without icon language/region like you said.