I use a Storyboard/XIB/Intent file as my source localization – but I get errors!

[Jeehut]

When I open the Add Translation window, I get the following error for some of the selections in the Strings file dropdown:

The error is right that I don't have an English .strings file for my Storyboard/XIB/Intent file, but that's on purpose. I have a Storyboard/XIB/Intent file directly for my development language, so there's of course no .strings file for that language.

[Jeehut]

Because it's additional work and also bug-prone to support each type of file that could be also Base-localized, I decided to require users to use Base-localization in order to be able to use RemafoX, at least for now. The alternative would be that each time you run any RemafoX commands like normalize, the app would need to extract the Strings from the Storyboard/XIB/Intent file and create a temporary Strings file for your source language to do things like "harmonize keys".

Having that said, I'm totally open to add native support for these files directly without the need for Base-localization at some point in the future if this is much requested (see #30, for example). But for now, please use Base-localization as follows:

Base-localize existing files

Here's how you can apply Base-localization to a Storyboard/XIB/Intent file which is currently not Base-localized.

1. Move your Storyboard/XIB/Intent definition file from the en.lproj folder to the Base.lproj folder (create it if it doesn't exist)
2. Create a .strings file inside the en.lproj folder instead and add your English translations there

Now, everything should work as expected.

Base-localize new files

See this GIF for how to create a Base-localized file for new Storyboard/XIB/Intent files you add to your project: