Add your XML file
Drop one or more .xml 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.
XML to ANDROIDXML
Restructuring .xml data as .androidxml changes the serialization without touching the values themselves. Free, private, and validated — the file never leaves your browser.
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Drop XML 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 XML data to Android string resources
Restructuring .xml data as .androidxml changes the serialization without touching the values themselves. An .xml file contains Extensible Markup Language: angle-bracketed tags you define yourself, arranged in a strictly nested tree. It is a meta-format — RSS feeds, SVG images, and Office documents are all XML underneath.
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. For this route the practical draw is integrated with Android's whole resource-qualifier system, so locale selection is automatic and real plural support using the CLDR categories rather than a bolted-on convention — balanced against escaping rules are a common source of subtly broken translations, which is worth knowing before you commit a large batch.
Why convert XML to ANDROIDXML?
The practical trigger for this conversion is usually a mismatch: with .xml, verbose — every element name is written twice. Switching to .androidxml buys you integrated with Android's whole resource-qualifier system, so locale selection is automatic, which is why it is the better fit for localising an Android application. Because the conversion runs locally, trying it costs nothing but a few seconds of compute on your own machine.
XML vs ANDROIDXML at a glance
| Aspect | XML data (.xml) | Android string resources (.androidxml) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | well-formedness is binary: one mismatched tag makes the document invalid, and conforming parsers must reject it | entries are <string name=…> with the translatable text as element content; the name is the R.string identifier the code references |
| Strongest at | build and platform configuration (Maven POMs, Android manifests) | localising an Android application |
| Weak spot | verbose — every element name is written twice | escaping rules are a common source of subtly broken translations |
Pick ANDROIDXML as the output
Select .androidxml in the output menu next to each file. The menu only offers targets this engine can genuinely produce, so if ANDROIDXML is selectable, the route is real and validated.
Convert on your device
Press Convert. The restructuring is plain local parsing — your data is never posted to a server for processing.
Verify and download
Each result is signature-checked before the download unlocks, so a failed encode can never masquerade as a valid ANDROIDXML file. Outputs keep the original filename with the .androidxml extension.
XML to ANDROIDXML questions, answered
Will converting XML to ANDROIDXML lose quality?
There is no visual quality to lose — xml is text-oriented and androidxml 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 XML files here?
Yes — the .xml file is processed inside your browser tab and never uploaded. The restructuring is plain local parsing — your data is never posted to a server for processing. Close the tab and the file is gone from memory.
Where will the ANDROIDXML file work?
Android Studio and the Gradle build read these natively, and translation platforms support them widely. Novus Convert parses the <resources>/<string> structure locally, rejects documents carrying a doctype or custom entities, and converts to and from the other localization formats; plurals and string arrays are outside the flat one-string-per-key model and are not carried across.
Will the ANDROIDXML file be bigger or smaller than my XML?
It depends on the content: entries are <string name=…> with the translatable text as element content; the name is the R.string identifier the code references. Convert one representative file first and compare before batch-processing a large set.