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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ -->
+<resources>
+  <string name="app_name">Barcode Reader</string>
+  <string name="button_no">No</string>
+  <string name="button_ok">OK</string>
+  <string name="button_yes">Yes</string>
+  <string name="menu_about">About...</string>
+  <string name="msg_about">ZXing Barcode Reader v@VERSION@\nhttp://code.google.com/p/zxing</string>
+  <string name="msg_no_barcode_detected">Sorry, no barcode was found.</string>
+  <string name="title_about">About</string>
+  <string name="title_barcode_detected">Barcode Detected</string>
+  <string name="title_no_barcode_detected">No Barcode Detected</string>
+  <string name="title_error">Error</string>
+  <string name="title_open_url">Open Web Page?</string>
+  <string name="title_add_contact">Add Contact?</string>
+  <string name="title_compose_email">Compose E-mail?</string>
+  <string name="title_lookup_barcode">Look Up Barcode Online?</string>
+  <string name="title_dial">Dial Number?</string>
+  <string name="title_view_maps">View In Google Maps?</string>    
+</resources>