diff --git a/clean_android_strings.py b/clean_android_strings.py
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+import sys
+import re
+
+def clean_android_string(android_string):
+	#\\" -> \" 
+	transformed = re.sub(r'\\\\"', '\\"', android_string) 
+	#... -> ellipse
+	transformed = re.sub(r'\.\.\.', '…', transformed) 
+	#trim whitespace around \n
+	transformed = re.sub(r'\s*\\n\s*', re.escape('\\') + 'n', transformed) 
+	#place quotes around strings inside xml tags that do not have them
+	transformed = re.sub(r'\"?</string>', '\"</string>', transformed) 
+	transformed = re.sub(r'">"?', '">"', transformed)
+	return transformed
+
+def clean_android_strings(input_file_name, output_file_name):
+	inputfile = open(input_file_name,'r')
+	outputfile = open(output_file_name, 'w')
+	outputfile.write(clean_android_string(inputfile.read()))
+	outputfile.close()
+	inputfile.close()
+
+# Very simple tool to cleanup an android strings.xml file
+def main(argv):
+	num_args = len(sys.argv)
+	if num_args != 3:
+		print 'Cleans an Android strings.xml'
+		print 'Usage: <input.xml> <output.xml>'
+		sys.exit(2)
+	clean_android_strings(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	main(sys.argv[1:])
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diff --git a/strings_xml_to_localizable.py b/strings_xml_to_localizable.py
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+import sys
+import re
+
+def transform_android_string(android_string):
+	transformed = re.sub(r'(?:<string name=\"|<string name = \")', '\"', android_string) #convert string tags
+	transformed = re.sub(r'\">\"?', '\" = \"', transformed)
+	transformed = re.sub(r'\"?</string>', '\";', transformed)
+	transformed = re.sub(r'<!--', '/*', transformed) #convert xml comments
+	transformed = re.sub(r'-->', '*/', transformed)
+	transformed = re.sub(r'<resources>', '', transformed) #strip resource tags
+	transformed = re.sub(r'</resources>', '', transformed)
+	transformed = re.sub(r'&#8230;', '\\U2026', transformed) #convert xml entity ellipse to unicode
+	return transformed
+
+def convert_android_to_ios(input_file_name, output_file_name):
+	inputfile = open(input_file_name,'r')
+	outputfile = open(output_file_name, 'w')
+	outputfile.write(transform_android_string(inputfile.read()))
+	outputfile.close()
+	inputfile.close()
+
+# Very simple tool to convert an android strings.xml file to an iOS Localizable.strings file
+# This does not currently handle complex android strings
+def main(argv):
+	num_args = len(sys.argv)
+	if num_args != 3:
+		print 'Converts an Android strings.xml to an iOS Localizable.strings'
+		print 'Usage: <input.xml> <output.strings>'
+		sys.exit(2)
+	convert_android_to_ios(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	main(sys.argv[1:])
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