# Stringsdict format #### Versionadded Added in version 4.8. XML based format used by Apple which is able to store plural forms of a string. #### SEE ALSO * [Apple iOS strings](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/formats/apple.md#apple) * [Stringsdict File Format](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/localizing-strings-that-contain-plurals) Example file: ```xml hello NSStringLocalizedFormatKey Hello, world! ``` #### Supported features | File extensions | `.stringsdict` | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Linguality [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/formats.md#bimono) | Both monolingual and bilingual | | Supports plural [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/formats.md#format-plurals) | `Yes` | | Supports descriptions [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/formats.md#format-description) | `No` | | Supports explanation [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/formats.md#format-explanation) | `No` | | Supports context [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/formats.md#format-context) | `No` | | Supports location [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/formats.md#format-location) | `No` | | Supports flags [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/formats.md#format-flags) | `No` | | API identifier | `stringsdict` | | Supports read-only strings [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/formats.md#read-only-strings) | `No` | | Supports removing obsolete strings [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/formats.md#obsolete-strings) | `No` | | Check flags added by this format [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/admin/checks.md#custom-checks) | [Objective-C format](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/user/checks.md#check-objc-format) | ## Weblate configuration | | Typical Weblate [Component configuration](https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/admin/projects.md#component) | |--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | File mask | `Resources/*.lproj/Localizable.stringsdict` | | Monolingual base language file | `Resources/en.lproj/Localizable.stringsdict` or
`Resources/Base.lproj/Localizable.stringsdict` | | Template for new translations | Empty | | File format | Stringsdict file |