---
name: "android2po"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "translate-toolkit"
version: "3.15.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/android2po"
---

# android2po(1)

Convert Android string files to Gettext PO localization files.

## NAME

android2po -  Convert Android string files to Gettext PO localization files.

## SYNOPSIS

**android2po** \[**--version**\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[**--manpage**\] \[**--progress** *PROGRESS*\] \[**--errorlevel** *ERRORLEVEL*\] \[**-i**\|**--input**\] *INPUT* \[**-x**\|**--exclude** *EXCLUDE*\] \[**-o**\|**--output**\] *OUTPUT* \[**-t**\|**--template** *TEMPLATE*\] \[**-S**\|**--timestamp**\] \[**--duplicates** *DUPLICATESTYLE*\]

## DESCRIPTION

See: http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/translate-toolkit/en/latest/commands/android2po.html for examples and usage instructions.

## OPTIONS

- \--version

  show program's version number and exit

- \-h/--help

  show this help message and exit

- \--manpage

  output a manpage based on the help

- \--progress

  show progress as: dots, none, bar, names, verbose

- \--errorlevel

  show errorlevel as: none, message, exception, traceback

- \-i/--input

  read from INPUT in xml format

- \-x/--exclude

  exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths

- \-o/--output

  write to OUTPUT in po, pot formats

- \-t/--template

  read from TEMPLATE in xml format

- \-S/--timestamp

  skip conversion if the output file has newer timestamp

- \--duplicates

  what to do with duplicate strings (identical source text): merge, msgctxt (default: 'msgctxt')