Add your ANDROIDXML file
Drop one or more .androidxml files onto the converter above, or browse for them. They load into browser memory only — nothing is uploaded, so there is no size-based pricing and no server queue.
ANDROIDXML to POT
Converting a .androidxml font to .pot repackages the same glyphs and metrics for a different delivery target. Free, private, and validated — the file never leaves your browser.
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Drop ANDROIDXML files here
Batch files can each use a different output. Nothing uploads for local conversions.
Working inputs include camera RAW, browser-local audio/video, PDF, CBZ/CBR comics, office documents, ebooks, markup, 3D models, structured text, images, and archives.About converting Android string resources to GNU gettext template
Converting a .androidxml font to .pot repackages the same glyphs and metrics for a different delivery target. An Android string resource file — catalogued here as .androidxml — is the res/values/strings.xml of an Android application: a <resources> element containing <string name=…> entries, plus optional <plurals> and <string-array> groups. Because every Android project names the file strings.xml, there is no real extension to key on, so Novus Convert recognises these by the .android.xml suffix and files them under .androidxml to keep them distinct from generic XML.
A .pot file is a gettext Portable Object Template: the same grammar as a .po file, but with every msgstr deliberately empty. It is the extraction output — the list of every translatable string found in a codebase — from which each language's .po file is created and later merged. For this route the practical draw is one canonical source of truth for what is translatable and carries source references, so a string can be traced back to the line that produced it — balanced against contains no translations, so it is easy to mistake an empty catalog for a broken one, which is worth knowing before you commit a large batch.
Why convert ANDROIDXML to POT?
The practical trigger for this conversion is usually a mismatch: with .androidxml, escaping rules are a common source of subtly broken translations. Switching to .pot buys you one canonical source of truth for what is translatable, which is why it is the better fit for handing a complete string inventory to translators or a translation vendor. Because the conversion runs locally, trying it costs nothing but a few seconds of compute on your own machine.
ANDROIDXML vs POT at a glance
| Aspect | Android string resources (.androidxml) | GNU gettext template (.pot) |
|---|---|---|
| Format type | Text-based — characters and structure, so there is no visual quality loss | Text-based — characters and structure, so there is no visual quality loss |
| How it stores data | entries are <string name=…> with the translatable text as element content; the name is the R.string identifier the code references | syntactically identical to .po; the difference is semantic — msgstr values are empty by definition |
| Strongest at | localising an Android application | handing a complete string inventory to translators or a translation vendor |
| Weak spot | escaping rules are a common source of subtly broken translations | contains no translations, so it is easy to mistake an empty catalog for a broken one |
| Metadata | string names and their text are preserved. Plural groups, string arrays, the translatable attribute and the directory-derived locale are not represented in flat catalog targets | identifiers, source strings and context survive. Empty targets are preserved as empty rather than being filled from the source. Header placeholders and source references are not carried into formats with no equivalent field |
Pick POT as the output
Select .pot in the output menu next to each file. The menu only offers targets this engine can genuinely produce, so if POT is selectable, the route is real and validated.
Convert on your device
Press Convert. The font tables are parsed and rewritten locally with fonteditor-core; glyph outlines, hinting, and kerning survive the trip.
Verify and download
Each result is signature-checked before the download unlocks, so a failed encode can never masquerade as a valid POT file. Outputs keep the original filename with the .pot extension.
ANDROIDXML to POT questions, answered
Will converting ANDROIDXML to POT lose quality?
There is no visual quality to lose — androidxml is text-oriented and pot is text-oriented, so the question is structural fidelity. Text, ordering, and basic structure are preserved; complex layout, embedded objects, and styling beyond the target's model are simplified.
Is it private to convert ANDROIDXML files here?
Yes — the .androidxml file is processed inside your browser tab and never uploaded. The font tables are parsed and rewritten locally with fonteditor-core; glyph outlines, hinting, and kerning survive the trip. Close the tab and the file is gone from memory.
Where will the POT file work?
Any tool that reads .po reads .pot, since the grammar is the same. Novus Convert converts templates to and from the other localization formats and preserves the empty-target semantics — a template converted to XLIFF arrives with empty targets rather than targets echoing the source, which is what makes it still usable as a template.
Will the POT file be bigger or smaller than my ANDROIDXML?
It depends on the content: syntactically identical to .po; the difference is semantic — msgstr values are empty by definition. Convert one representative file first and compare before batch-processing a large set.
What happens to the metadata in my ANDROIDXML file?
In .androidxml, string names and their text are preserved. Plural groups, string arrays, the translatable attribute and the directory-derived locale are not represented in flat catalog targets. Re-encoding through the browser pipeline does not carry embedded metadata into the output, which doubles as a privacy scrub — check the exported file if you specifically need tags preserved.
Can I convert POT back to ANDROIDXML?
Yes — the reverse route exists as a separate tool. Bear in mind that round-tripping .androidxml → .pot → .androidxml is not a perfect undo when any lossy step is involved; keep your original if fidelity matters.