Lint: How to ignore “ is not translated in ” errors?

Question

I can\'t compile/debug our Android app, because the localization files are not perfect yet.

My IDE\'s validation tool Lint create errors saying:

Answer 1

The following worked for me.

• Click on Windows
• Click on preferences
• Select android > Lint Error Checking.
• Find and select the relevant Lint checking and
• Set the severity to 'Ignore' (on bottom right)

Answer 2

If you want to turn off the warnings about the specific strings, you can use the following:

strings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>    

    <!--suppress MissingTranslation -->
    <string name="some_string">ignore my translation</string>
    ...

</resources>

If you want to warn on specific strings instead of an error, you will need to build a custom Lint rule to adjust the severity status for a specific thing.

http://tools.android.com/tips/lint-custom-rules

Answer 3

Many of them has a given a different working answers, and i too got the same lint errors i make it ignore by doing the following with eclipse.

1. click on Windows
2. click on preferences
3. select android > Lint Error Checking.
4. click on ignore All > Apply > Ok.

Thats it.

Answer 4

In addition,

Not project dependent properities, Eclipse Preferences.
In Mac, Eclipse > Preferences

Answer 5

You can set the attribute translatable="false" on the definition like this:

<string name="account_setup_imap" translatable="false">IMAP</string>

For more information: http://tools.android.com/recent/non-translatablestrings

Answer 6

You can also put resources which you do not want to translate to file called donottranslate.xml.

Example and explanation: http://tools.android.com/recent/non-translatablestrings