Sort Android strings.xml in Alphabetical Order

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While programming my Android app I just kept inserting elements in strings.xml with no order whatsoever. Is there a shortcut key (like Ctrl+Shift+F can organize android: attributes in an XML layout file) that sorts string elements alphabetically?

score 26 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '12 at 02:58

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For anyone else who bumps into this. Copy all the string elements, paste into an Excel spreadsheet sort A-Z and then copy and paste back.

answered Oct 23 '12 at 02:58

RobCroll

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I guess thats the best option. – Akash Feb 04 '14 at 15:12
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Works using Google Sheets too. – Mickäel A. Jun 08 '16 at 09:38

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 09 '12 at 22:50

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This is actually a feature in ADT plugin:

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However, it only sort elements in Resources viewer, it doe not modify anything in the original strings.xml file.

answered Aug 09 '12 at 22:50

yorkw

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Its not exactly what I was looking for, but its a good help. thanks ;) Still if anyone knows how to organize the strings.xml alphabetically please leave an answer ;) – Akash Aug 14 '12 at 12:42

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 10 '14 at 21:44

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For those who have access to GNU or similar *nix command-line utils, you can do the following:

cat <(head -n 1 strings.xml) <(head strings.xml -n -2 | tail -n +2 | sort ) <(tail -n 2 strings.xml)

You may need to tweak the numbers slightly if your strings.xml has a larger XML header.

answered Jan 10 '14 at 21:44

Steve Pomeroy

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Desn't work for multiline strings and XML-elements unfortunately :( – Vadim Sep 22 '14 at 13:23

Sort Android strings.xml in Alphabetical Order

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