Localisation error 'is translated here but not in default locale'

Question

I have created a values-fr and values-es and values.

The contents of values is english, but for each string I am getting this error:

<string name="cancel">Cancel</string>

it says: "cancel" is translated here but is not found in default locale and im not sure what this means.

values/strings.xml

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

    <string translatable="false" name="app_name">Kendal Mintfest</string>
    <string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
    <string name="itin_string">Itinerary</string>
    <string name="event_string">Events</string>
    <string name="info_string">Info!</string>
    <string name="filerText">Note: Turning this option on will show only results on the selected day on the hour you select.</string>
    <string-array name="time_filter_array">
        <item>Friday 30th August</item>
        <item>Saturday 31st August</item>
        <item>Sunday 1st September</item>
    </string-array>
    <color name="Pink">#EC008B</color>
    <string name="okay">Okay</string>
    <string name="cancel">Cancel</string>
</resources>

values-fr/strings.xml

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

    <string name="action_settings">Paramètres</string>
    <string name="itin_string">itinéraire</string>
    <string name="event_string">Events</string>
    <string name="info_string">Info!</string>
    <string name="filerText">Remarque: Activer cette option affichera uniquement les r\ésultats le jour sélectionné à l\'heure que vous sélectionnez.</string>
    <string-array name="time_filter_array">
         <item>Vendredi 30 Août</item>
         <item>Samedi 31 Août</item>
         <item>dimanche 1er Septembre</item>
    </string-array>
    <color name="Pink">#EC008B</color>
    <string name="okay">OK</string>
    <string name="cancel">Annuler</string>
</resources>

values-es/strings.xml

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

    <string name="action_settings">Configuración</string>
    <string name="itin_string">Itinerario</string>
    <string name="event_string">Events</string>
    <string name="info_string">Info!</string>
    <string name="filerText">Nota: Al activar esta opción sólo mostrará los resultados en el día seleccionado en la hora de seleccionar.</string>
    <string-array name="time_filter_array">
         <item>Viernes 30 de agosto</item>
         <item>Sábado 31 de agosto</item>
         <item>Domingo 01 de septiembre</item>
    </string-array>
    <color name="Pink">#EC008B</color>
    <string name="okay">Okay</string>
    <string name="cancel">Cancelar</string>
</resources>

Note: the error I stated above happens on ALL of the values/strings.xml lines

Nertie

When are you changing your language??? After click event of any item? – Hypoderm

Nope, in the strings files in the IDE (so different folders for different languages) – Nertie

Ok... Have you set string for cancel in all string.xml file? – Hypoderm

Yep, no errors from the files just the values/strings.xml file – Nertie

Ok..that means you are not adding cancel string in values/strings.xml folder – Hypoderm

The problem is, it is in the values/strings.xml folder, they all are :/ – Nertie

can you post your string.xml file for all three folders? – Hypoderm

Updated my OP, sorry for the delay - internet problems – Nertie

have you set Locale.US as default? – Hypoderm

How do I go about doing that? Possibly not then – Nertie

The XMLs should reside in the /res folder. – Accompany

@JoopEggen the path of them is /res/values-fr/strings.xml, /res/values/strings.xml etc – Nertie

I started getting similar problems when I updated my Mac OS to Maveriks (a java update came up as well). – Fawne

to me this started to appear when I added <resources xmlns:tools="schemas.android.com/tools" tools:locale="en"> instead of just <resources> in the translation files. If you add tools:ignore="ExtraTranslation" then it should disappear IMHO – Beekman

Answer 1

To me this started to appear when I added <resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" tools:locale="en"> instead of just <resources> in the translation files. If you add tools:ignore="ExtraTranslation" then it should disappear IMHO

Beekman

Sure it disappear as Android Studio no longer check it. However, I noticed the resource definition is not available in code, and this error cannot be dismissed. Interestingly, building or launching debug works just fine, it's just the UI. – Lidia

Answer 2

Try the below two things:

1)check in strings file if the key string name being used is not misspelled in another translate, or copied twice in same file.

2)Try clean Project and rebuild project also perform restarting Android Studio with invalidate cache and restart. Android Studio >> File >> Invalidate Caches/Restart...

click on invalidate cache and restart.

Steersman

Answer 3

Make sure you have the string in the default locale. If you have it, try to delete the error line in the strings.xml and undo the deletion. If the string.xml is from a lib, delete the lib, sync, undo the deletion and sync again.

If the above step did not work, clean the project.

Peltry