Question

This question is continuum to that one: iOS – Could I change the localizable.strings content during runtime?

The answer was useful, however, there is a problem that I am facing. The printed string doesn’t include quotations (like these “”) for single word keys and/or values. This made the Localizable.string invalid file. Hence, nothing is retrieved from it even for keys/values with correct format.

Example:

GBP = GBP;
Glossary = Glossary;
“Go_Location” = “Go to location”;

First two are causing the file to be invalid strings file. How to fix that?

Answer 1

Solved it by enumerating the dictionary and printing each key/value pair to an NSString, then to the strings file.

Here is the code:

__block NSString *languageAndGlossaryDictionary = @"";
[[self getGlossaryDictionary] enumerateKeysAndObjectsUsingBlock:^(id key, id obj, BOOL *stop) {
    languageAndGlossaryDictionary = [languageAndGlossaryDictionary stringByAppendingFormat:@"\n\"%@\" = \"%@\";", key, obj];
}];