# Xcloc Context Importer

> Import screenshots from .xcloc package

URL: https://store.crowdin.com/xcloc-context-importer
Category: Manager Productivity
Type: App
Author: Awesome Crowdin

The `.xcloc` file format is a package used in MacOS and iOS development to organise and manage localisation files. It is primarily created by Xcode to facilitate the localisation of application content into different languages. 

The `.xcloc` package is designed to simplify the localisation process for developers using Xcode. By bundling all the necessary files, metadata and contextual information, it helps translators and developers manage translations across multiple languages.

The problem with `.xcloc` is that it doesn't really lend itself to continuous localisation. If you have multiple developers making frequent changes, your translation vendor would be overwhelmed with many `.xcloc` packages.

The suggested workflow is to integrate Crowdin into the development process so that it can pick up changes to `.xcstrings` or `.strings` files directly from the Git branches and store translated content back. This way, translation can start as soon as the new copy of the product appears (it can start even earlier, at the design stage, using the [Figma](https://support.crowdin.com/figma-plugin/) plugin).

But `.xcloc` has one super valuable feature. The amount of context it can carry, especially screenshots that the XCode helps to produce. 

This Crowdin app is built to take advantage of this feature. If you already have an `.xcloc` with screenshots, simply install this application, visit the Tools section of your product and click "Upload" to instantly import all the screenshots of your application and associate them with the translation strings imported from `.xcstrings` or `.strings` files.

## Screenshot
![Importing .xcloc to Crowdin](https://developers.app.crowdin.net/api/media/file/eda9c95d-c7d2-46fe-80a1-6314725088f6.png)

Note: If you are a translator or an LSP and have received an `.xcloc` package for translation, you can simply drag and drop it as the "source" for translation. If the package contains screenshots, they will be imported as assets, but you should not translate them. We recommend extracting `.xcstrings`, `.strings` or `.xlf` files and uploading them manually.