Flutter Extract to ARB

Download the extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace or the Open VSX Registry

Features

This extension adds a single code action :

`Extract String to ARB`

Extract selected text, prompt for a key or infer from text, update ARB files with DeepL translations, generate dart code, and replace hardcoded strings with the generated key.

Quick Setup

You should already have a l10n.yaml file in your project. If not, create one. it uses flutter's official options for internationalization. see here

This extension extends existing options with the following options:

Options with default values

# l10n.yaml (extension specific options)

# Enable translation 
translate: true              

# Auto run flutter gen-l10n               
generate : true       

# Key prefix for translation             
key-prefix: AppLocalizations.of(context)!.  

# Generate key name 
# "ask" : prompt with pre-filled text | true : infer from text | false : prompt  
auto-name-key: true       

# Language to use for key name                  
key-name-language: en       

# Import line if needed                
import-line: ""

For the translation feature to work, you need to add your Deepl API key in vscode settings.json file:

"flutter.deeplApiKey": "your-key",

You can get a free one here

And that's it! You're ready to go 🚀

Links

Download the extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace or the Open VSX Registry

If you want to add a feature or file a bug, please open an issue/PR on the GitHub repository

Pro tips

You can define an extension getter to access your translations more concisely:

extension ContextExt on BuildContext {
  AppLocalizations get t => AppLocalizations.of(this);
}

// then instead of this
Text(AppLocalizations.of(context).yourKey)

// use it like this:
Text(context.t.yourKey)

Don't forget to update the key-prefix & import-line options in l10n.yaml ;)

Changelog

You can find it here

I try to follow Semantic Versioning:

Major: Breaking changes
Minor: New features, but backward-compatible
Patch: Bug fixes

Support

If you'd like to support this project, consider contributing here. Thank you! :)

Zealous Foundry