generate mapping from actual strings to R.string.id that can be used at runtime to convert/lookup menu titles. Works to uppercase a menu! Changes break dbg and bt builds -- to be fixed.

xwords4/android/XWords4/build.xml

@@ -98,10 +98,16 @@
           <arg value="${THUMBNAIL_ENABLED}" />
         </exec>
     </target>
-<!--
+
     <target name="-pre-compile">
+        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/gen_loc_ids.py"
+              output="src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/loc/LocIDs.java"
+              failonerror="true"
+              >
+        </exec>
     </target>
 
+<!--
     /* This is typically used for code obfuscation.
        Compiled code location: ${out.classes.absolute.dir}
        If this is not done in place, override ${out.dex.input.absolute.dir} */

xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GamesListDelegate.java

@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ public class GamesListDelegate extends DelegateBase
     {
         MenuInflater inflater = m_activity.getMenuInflater();
         inflater.inflate( R.menu.games_list_menu, menu );
-        LocUtils.xlateMenu( menu );
+        LocUtils.xlateMenu( m_activity, menu );
 
         return true;
     }

xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/loc/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/LocIDs.java

xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/loc/LocUtils.java

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ import org.eehouse.android.xw4.R;
 import org.eehouse.android.xw4.DbgUtils;
 
 public class LocUtils {
+    // Keep this in sync with gen_loc_ids.py and what's used in the menu.xml
+    // files to mark me-localized strings.
+    private static final String LOC_PREFIX = "loc:";
 
     public interface LocIface {
         void setText( CharSequence text );
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ public class LocUtils {
         }
     }
 
-    public static void xlateMenu( Menu menu )
+    public static void xlateMenu( Context context, Menu menu )
     {
         int count = menu.size();
         DbgUtils.logf( "xlateMenu: menu has %d items", count );
@@ -59,8 +62,15 @@ public class LocUtils {
             MenuItem item = menu.getItem( ii );
             String title = item.getTitle().toString();
             DbgUtils.logf( "xlateMenu: %d; %s", ii, title );
-            if ( title.startsWith( "loc:" ) ) {
-                item.setTitle( title.substring( 4 ) );
+            if ( title.startsWith( LOC_PREFIX ) ) {
+                String asKey = title.substring( LOC_PREFIX.length() );
+                int id = LocIDs.getID( asKey );
+                if ( LocIDs.NOT_FOUND != id ) {
+                    asKey = context.getString( id ).toUpperCase();
+                } else {
+                    DbgUtils.logf( "nothing for %s", asKey );
+                }
+                item.setTitle( asKey );
             }
         }
     }

xwords4/android/scripts/gen_loc_ids.py

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Generate a java file with a string->ID mapping for every R.string.id
+# in R.java where the string is used in a menu in the form This allows
+# "loc:<string>"runtime lookup based on the string, which is the only
+# thing it's possible to store in the menu's title (since there's no
+# AttributeSet provided with menu inflation.
+
+import glob, sys, re, os
+
+pairs = {}
+
+
+# Get all string IDs that are used in menus -- the ones we care about
+TITLE = re.compile('.*android:title="loc:(.*)".*')
+for path in glob.iglob( "res/menu/*.xml" ):
+    for line in open( path, "r" ):
+        line.strip()
+        mtch = TITLE.match(line)
+        if mtch:
+            pairs[mtch.group(1)] = True
+
+# Get all string IDs, but only keep those we've seen in menus
+# LINE = re.compile('.*public static final int (.*)=(0x.*);.*')
+# for line in open("gen/org/eehouse/android/xw4/R.java", "r"):
+#     line.strip()
+#     mtch = LINE.match(line)
+#     if mtch:
+#         key = mtch.group(1)
+#         if key in pairs:
+#             pairs[key] = mtch.group(2)
+
+
+# beginning of the class file
+print """
+/***********************************************************************
+* Generated file; do not edit!!! 
+***********************************************************************/
+
+package org.eehouse.android.xw4.loc;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import org.eehouse.android.xw4.R;
+
+public class LocIDs {
+    public static final int NOT_FOUND = -1;
+    protected static HashMap<String,Integer> s_map;
+    static {
+        s_map = new HashMap<String,Integer>();
+"""
+
+for key in pairs.keys():
+    print "        s_map.put(\"%s\", R.string.%s);" % (key, key)
+
+# Now the end of the class
+print """
+    }
+
+    protected static int getID( String key )
+    {
+        int result = NOT_FOUND;
+        if ( s_map.containsKey( key ) ) {
+            result = s_map.get( key );
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}
+/* end generated file */
+"""