Xcode - exclude certain strings from localization

Question

When localizing my storyboard, I get entries in my strings file that look like:

/* Class = "NSTextFieldCell"; title = "Text Cell"; ObjectID = "vHF-LZ-23i"; */ "vHF-LZ-23i.title" = "Text Cell";

Is there anyway to exclude dummy text or other strings from going into the storyboard localization strings files?

Restoration

No, there is no such option as I know. – Asterism

Can't you just remove them from the file? – Hydroxylamine

This file is generated whenever the localization strings change so that isn't a great solution – Restoration

See #27407782 for a potential workaround for this issue. – Snappish

Answer 1

As Jenszcz mentioned in his comment that you can solve this problem by using BartyCrouch open-source project, I was curios to give it a try And worked excellently :) Here are the steps I followed to get it work within 5 minutes.

1- Install BartyCrouch. See the installation procedure from url.

2- Created a sample project, which you can access here. In that project created 2 labels ("Text Included" & "Text Excluded #bc-ignore!").

3- Add RunScript (instructions on how to add a build script here)

if which bartycrouch > /dev/null; then
    bartycrouch update -x
    bartycrouch lint -x
else
    echo "warning: BartyCrouch not installed, download it from https://github.com/Flinesoft/BartyCrouch"
fi

4- After building the project the Main.strings file excluded one label.Here are the screenshots showing the storyboard file & .strings file.

Ulphi

Answer 2

Check out ReMafoX, it's a Mac app that perfectly solves your problem. It can be easily installed and integrated within your project, watch this video for a detailed walkthrough.

To ignore specific Strings, simply add one of the customizable ignore flags from the "Interface Builder" pane in the "Comment for Localizer" field in your Storyboard/XIB files and the build-script you configured following the above linked video will exclude it on next build of your project (or press of the "Update" button in the config).

Postulate