How can I find all fake or useless string values in string.xml file?

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I have a big and messy string.xml file with 3000 records, which most of the values are useless and never used inside code. I want to find and omit those useless records automatically. Is there a way to find useless records inside string.xml file?

you can check usages of those strings which will show you if that string is used or not, however it is a lengthy task. — Pratik Vyas, Jul 10 '17 at 05:22
`Ctl+Alt+Shift+i` type `Unused resources` run it in the whole project. — Sunil Sunny, Jul 10 '17 at 05:22

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '17 at 05:26

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Right click on strings.xml file: Click on Refractor and then on Remove Unused Resources. Click on Refractor in the confirm Dialog Box.

answered Jul 10 '17 at 05:26

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Doesn't this delete all unsued resources, not just strings? – Dmitry Smolyaninov Jan 09 '20 at 09:41

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '17 at 05:22

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Menu -> Analyze -> Run Inspection by Name -> Unused resources

Actual resource Is there any simple way to find out unused strings in Android project?

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Rasoul Miri · Answer 3 · 2017-07-10T05:25:18.340

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use (Remove Unused Resources) in Android Studio link

edited Jul 10 '17 at 05:25

answered Jul 10 '17 at 05:22

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 28 '19 at 10:03

I found the that using the lint check and the translations editor works like a charm.

Go Analyse -> Run inspection by name -> Unused resources.

Here i add a file mask to only show me the strings

After the check has ran go to the Translations Editor, find the key(s) right click and safe delete.

This checks of the resource can safely be deleted and deletes the key in all your locales.

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 10 '17 at 05:25

I would suggest the best way would be to load the XML into objects such as Python ElementTree. import xml.etree.ElementTree You can then easily Prune all the branches down easily before exporting as an XML file. To deal with XML on a string level is a nuisance.

How can I find all fake or useless string values in string.xml file?

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