Localizable.strings corrupted?

Question

I'm trying to include the internationalization of my application, and only for testing purposes I added a simple line in the file Localizable.string.

This is my whole file:

"Test locale" = "Test locale"

And when I try run my application I get this error:

Localizable.strings:0: error: validation failed: The data couldn’t be read because it has been corrupted.

I've tried changing the "Text Encoding" to UTF-16 but nothing resolved.

Any ideia?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can verify your Localizable.strings file with this script:

https://github.com/dcordero/Rubustrings

Answer 2

If this is your whole file, add a semicolon at the end. Change it to:

"Test locale" = "Test locale";

Answer 3

I've made a little script to check whole folders .strings files using plutil.

https://github.com/CarlesEstevadeordal/check_strings

Answer 4

In my case it was brackets inside string — I needed to add slash before \".

Answer 5

In my case, it was like this:

/* Comment for Very Long Sentence */
"Very Long Sentence Very Long Sentence Very Long Sentence Very Long Sentence " =;
"Very Long Sentence Very Long Sentence Very Long Sentence Very Long Sentence ";

(Notice the ' = ; ' instead of ' = ' at the end of the first line)

Hope it helps someone...

Answer 6

To get more detailed informations you can use the Property List utility from the command line:

plutil -lint <your_strings_file>.strings

the -lint switch is for checking the syntax. If you have an error you'll get line number and more informations, and in general better directions on how to fix the issue.