Lint: How to ignore "<key> is not translated in <language>" errors?

I can't compile/debug our Android app, because the localization files are not perfect yet.

My IDE's validation tool Lint create errors saying:

newCardsOrderVals is not translated in ar, bg, ca, cs

Compiling/installing/running with Ant works fine, but I would like to use my IDE to ease debugging.

Is there a way to turn off this particular check, or ideally make it a warning rather than an error?

I understand that before release we will really need to get localisation files right, but for the time being it is not a priority as the screens themselves are being modified very frequently.

Solution 1:

Android Studio:

• "File" > "Settings" and type "MissingTranslation" into the search box

Eclipse:

• Windows/Linux: In "Window" > "Preferences" > "Android" > "Lint Error Checking"
• Mac: "Eclipse" > "Preferences" > "Android" > "Lint Error Checking"

Find the MissingTranslation line, and set it to Warning as seen below:

Solution 2:

You can set the attribute translatable="false" on the definition like this:

<string name="account_setup_imap" translatable="false">IMAP</string>

For more information: http://tools.android.com/recent/non-translatablestrings

Solution 3:

To ignore this in a gradle build add this to the android section of your build file:

lintOptions {
   disable 'MissingTranslation'
}

Solution 4:

This will cause Lint to ignore the missing translation error for ALL strings in the file, yet other string resource files can be verified if needed.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" 
    tools:ignore="MissingTranslation">