diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/fennec-ids-generator.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/mobile/android/base/fennec-ids-generator.py	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+import re
+import os
+import sys
+import optparse
+
+def getFile(filename):
+  fHandle = open(filename, 'r')
+  data = fHandle.read()
+  fHandle.close()
+  return data
+
+def findIDs(data):
+  start_function = False
+  reID = re.compile('.*public static final class id {.*')
+  reEnd = re.compile('.*}.*')
+  idlist = []
+
+  for line in data.split('\n'):
+    if reEnd.match(line):
+      start_function = False
+
+    if start_function:
+      id_value = line.split(' ')[-1]
+      idlist.append(id_value.split(';')[0].split('='))
+
+    if reID.match(line):
+      start_function = True
+
+  return idlist
+
+
+def printIDs(outputFile, idlist):
+  fOutput = open(outputFile, 'w')
+  for item in idlist:
+    fOutput.write("%s=%s\n" % (item[0], item[1]))
+  fOutput.close()
+
+def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+  parser = optparse.OptionParser()
+  parser.add_option('-o', '--output', dest='outputFile', default='',
+                    help="output file with the id=value pairs")
+  parser.add_option('-i', '--input', dest='inputFile', default='',
+                    help="filename of the input R.java file")
+  options, args = parser.parse_args(args)
+
+  if options.inputFile == '':
+    print "Error: please provide input file: -i <filename>"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+  if options.outputFile == '':
+    print "Error: please provide output file: -o <filename>"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+  data = getFile(os.path.abspath(options.inputFile));
+  idlist = findIDs(data)
+  printIDs(os.path.abspath(options.outputFile), idlist)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()