Support String Catalog (.xcstrings)

[Zomatree]

Describe the problem

Weblate only currently supports the legacy strings file and strings dict, and not the new string catalog file

Describe the solution you would like

Support the new format

Describe alternatives you have considered

I have considered switching to the legacy format but that is not a long term solution

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Additional context

No response

[nijel]

Is there any documentation available on the format?

[github-actions]

The issue you've reported needs to be addressed in the translate-toolkit. Please file the issue there, and include links to any relevant specifications about the formats (if applicable).

[nijel]

While looking at format examples (for translate/translate#5190), I've realized that this is a multi-language file and that would also need some changes in the Weblate core: #11039

[libewa]

Quick tip: In the meantime you can also also Export Localizations from Xcode's Product menu. But iirc you can't automate this, and using Weblate should be as automated as possible in my opinion.

[libewa]

This feature exports the .xcstrings files to .xcloc archives, which are just folders containing XLIFF files.

[kewisch]

@nijel We'd like to use xcstrings for Thunderbird for iOS. Is there anything additionally we can do to support development on this? It sounds like with the necessary changes to weblate this would be quite a heavy lift to properly support?

[nijel]

@kewisch The most annoying thing being that Apple is discouraging people from using this format outside Xcode, see translate/translate#5190. As for Weblate support, #11039 is the largest hurdle, parsing and serializing another XML format in translate-toolkit should not be that hard.