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:

newCardsOrderVals is not translated in ar, bg, ca, cs

Compiling/installing/running with Ant works fine, but I would like to use my IDE to ease debugging.

Is there a way to turn off this particular check, or ideally make it a warning rather than an error?

I understand that before release we will really need to get localisation files right, but for the time being it is not a priority as the screens themselves are being modified very frequently.

Is there a way to configure which all languages are flagged as "not translated?" I get errors like "es, he, and iw". Why do I get those languages? How do I configure my Android app to restrict the set to "en" only? — inder, Apr 24 '13 at 22:12
@inder: Maybe because you have directories like "values-he" etc in your res/ folder? — Nicolas Raoul, Apr 25 '13 at 00:20
No, I dont have any such directories. Only, values, layout, and drawable. — inder, Apr 26 '13 at 02:13
This is a bug in Android Lint: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=50525 — altumano, Mar 09 '14 at 18:47

Nicolas Raoul · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-09T06:07:31.797

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Android Studio:

"File" > "Settings" and type "MissingTranslation" into the search box

Eclipse:

Windows/Linux: In "Window" > "Preferences" > "Android" > "Lint Error Checking"
Mac: "Eclipse" > "Preferences" > "Android" > "Lint Error Checking"

Find the MissingTranslation line, and set it to Warning as seen below:

Missing translations, is not translated in

edited Nov 09 '16 at 06:07

answered Jul 12 '12 at 02:09

Nicolas Raoul

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... It's under "Window" > "Preferences" > "Android" > "Lint Error Checking" – Ollie Bennett Feb 25 '13 at 23:45
FYI under Android Studio it's "File" > "Settings" and "MissingTranslation" into the search box. – peer Nov 08 '16 at 21:07

score 86 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '12 at 08:39

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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

answered Sep 13 '12 at 08:39

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I said "the localization files are not perfect **yet**". They are being filled little by little. translatable="false" would prevent anybody from translating. – Nicolas Raoul Nov 05 '12 at 07:38
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While the answer is not directly related to the question, I guess, it provide brilliant solution for folks like me who found this topic when Google "how to make lint don't worry about my app constants/parameters". Thank you, efor18! – aka_sh Jun 13 '14 at 09:02

score 83 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 26 '14 at 18:49

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To ignore this in a gradle build add this to the android section of your build file:

lintOptions {
   disable 'MissingTranslation'
}

answered Oct 26 '14 at 18:49

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Thank you so much, literally saved me days of finding all the correct strings for production. – D-Kent Nov 13 '14 at 21:56
Nice one, this did it – Paranoid Android Apr 27 '15 at 17:05
Added this to my app module soved it for me. – Mercury May 02 '17 at 20:43

score 23 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 03 '14 at 19:06

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This will cause Lint to ignore the missing translation error for ALL strings in the file, yet other string resource files can be verified if needed.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" 
    tools:ignore="MissingTranslation">

answered Apr 03 '14 at 19:06

Tom Bollwitt

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This is probably the most correct way to proceed, without disabling lint for all the project – MatPag Apr 04 '17 at 10:19

Eduard · Answer 5 · 2014-05-31T14:43:37.453

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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

edited May 31 '14 at 14:43

answered May 30 '14 at 22:47

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+1 Good way to do it once for all, so that all developers of the team don't have to modify their IDE settings. Any way to make it a warning, rather than suppress completely? – Nicolas Raoul May 31 '14 at 11:24
You can build a custom Lint rule to adjust the severity status for a specific thing. There is an example here: http://tools.android.com/tips/lint-custom-rules – Eduard May 31 '14 at 15:20

Brais Gabin · Answer 6 · 2014-06-05T08:14:16.690

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Insert in the lint.xml file this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<lint>
    ...

    <issue
        id="MissingTranslation"
        severity="ignore" />
</lint>

For more details: Suppressing Lint Warnings.

edited Jun 05 '14 at 08:14

answered Jan 31 '14 at 16:58

Brais Gabin

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score 9 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 09 '15 at 10:38

add the lines in your /res/values.xml file in resource root tab like this:

<resources
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" 
    tools:locale="en" tools:ignore="MissingTranslation">

tools:locale set the local language to English, no need of language translation later on that for all resource strings and tools:ignore let Lint to isnore the missing translations of the resource string values.

chzahid · Answer 8 · 2019-08-27T12:27:50.620

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Add following to your gradle file in android section

    lintOptions {
       disable 'MissingTranslation'
    }

edited Aug 27 '19 at 12:27

answered Aug 16 '13 at 16:23

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score 5 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 15 '13 at 02:57

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In addition,

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

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answered Mar 15 '13 at 02:57

Jinbom Heo

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score 4 · Answer 10 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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Another approach is to indicate the languages you intend to support and filter out the rest using the 'resConfigs' option with Gradle.

Check out this other answer for details

This is better, I think, because you don't have to completely ignore legitimate translation mistakes for languages you actually want to support

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Apr 25 '14 at 07:46

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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

answered Apr 25 '14 at 07:46

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this is the best way to do it and it's organized. – Calvin Park Jun 05 '15 at 17:58

score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Jul 07 '14 at 05:55

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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.

click on Windows
click on preferences
select android > Lint Error Checking.
click on ignore All > Apply > Ok.

Thats it.

answered Jul 07 '14 at 05:55

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this will ignore all lint preferences. Not only the Missing Translation – Luciano Rodríguez Nov 26 '14 at 12:50

score 1 · Answer 13 · edited Nov 22 '17 at 08:54

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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)

edited Nov 22 '17 at 08:54

Pang

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answered Dec 12 '14 at 07:47

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