Comments on Tutorial For Android: Force Localize an Application on Android

In ur article if we didn't mention in the meni...

2012-01-24T13:43:46.419+08:00

In ur article if we didn't mention in the menifests's file "configchanges="locale"".still the program running with the correct outpur.

You have mentioned that we need to add the locale ...

2012-01-24T13:40:47.896+08:00

You have mentioned that we need to add the locale in our menifest's file like "android:configChanges="locale",but if i removed this the program still showing ChineseHello like.

Thank you............

2012-01-01T13:03:10.063+08:00

Thank you............

Haii Thank you very much for ur help...

2012-01-01T13:02:44.889+08:00

Haii Thank you very much for ur help...

Thanks for the tutorial. But there is a problem, i...

2011-07-24T12:01:48.770+08:00

Thanks for the tutorial. But there is a problem, if the app is killed by the system, the resource create by the application context will change back to the OS's default locality.

The fix is to apply this locality fix to the application level.

Add android:configChanges="locale" to the AndroidManifest Application tag, and extends the Application class. Apply the language hack in
@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
//language hack here.
}.

Thanks for the info on this. I just spent a lot l...

2011-06-28T08:50:11.740+08:00

Thanks for the info on this. I just spent a lot longer than I expected adding the ability to switch languages within my app. It works now though!

There are a few quirks, such as the need to re-apply locale within onCreateOptionsMenu, where it magically gets reset.

Thanks for this article. I always wanted to improv...

2011-01-30T02:29:03.652+08:00

Thanks for this article. I always wanted to improve my application through translation. Now I believe your guidance will help me.

> You may be interested in tool to translate .strings files. If so check this one http://crowdin.net

That's just great! Exectly what I was looking for

thanks, works for me

2010-10-22T21:13:30.224+08:00

thanks, works for me

Recommended new tool: Androlate - An Eclipse plugi...

2010-09-20T20:34:42.474+08:00

Recommended new tool: Androlate - An Eclipse plugin which translates your string resources using Google Translate. http://www.cicadalane.com/node/394

You may be interested in tool to translate .string...

2010-06-12T19:53:57.950+08:00

You may be interested in tool to translate .strings files. If so check this one http://crowdin.net

Please read the documentations or this post in the...

2010-06-10T02:11:23.538+08:00

Please read the documentations or this post in the official google groups http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/web/localizing-android-apps-draft

Hi guys! I need to get application supported langu...

2010-06-10T01:39:04.713+08:00

Hi guys!
I need to get application supported languages, i.e. what localized resources are packaged in .apk programmatically, how it can be done? tnx in advns

manifest code snippet Intent intent = new ...

2010-06-08T17:16:23.269+08:00

manifest

code snippet

Intent intent = new Intent(this.getApplicationContext(),
AppView.class);
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_CONFIGURATION_CHANGED);
startActivity(intent);

Thank you, good tutorial. One question: The code...

2010-05-06T00:15:49.907+08:00

Thank you, good tutorial.

One question:

The code works properly for my Activity, it loads correctly the corresponding strings and I can see it's correctly updated using getBaseContext().getResources().getConfiguration().locale.getLanguage();

But, if I start another Activity and finish it, when I go back to the original one, getBaseContext().getResources().getConfiguration().locale.getLanguage(); returns the default Locale, not the one I wanted to force. I do this test in the onResume method to decide if I should reload the Activity after coming back from a language configuration activity, but if I always get the same, I cannot take the decission this way.

Thank you.

About "However, do you know how (if) I can fo...

2010-03-03T06:57:40.000+08:00

About "However, do you know how (if) I can force the existing activity to reload the strings ?”

At the end, I added a methode loadLng() in my base class, and I call it after the language change. I use it to set (by hand) all the string of the screen. more work/code, but less agressive/cpu consuming.

I don't think finish() and startActivity would...

2010-03-01T23:54:43.000+08:00

I don't think finish() and startActivity would solve that odd problem.As I try different potential solutions,and here's what I got:

First,I try to force the locale to be Locale.CHINA with Application Class.And every time when the onCreate() method of the activity(preference activity) was called,it shows that the current locale is "zh_CN",this is nice.But,the app itself remains English.I still have to rotate it before it shows Chinese.
Seems like something should be done before onCreate().Maybe I should check out the android source...

Have you tried to call finish() and startActivity ...

2010-02-28T09:38:44.000+08:00

Have you tried to call finish() and startActivity on the same Activity, might not be the best solution, but im still looking for solutions as well.

I just find that if I set the locale directly with...

2010-02-28T07:53:28.000+08:00

I just find that if I set the locale directly with something like "getResources().getConfiguration().locale=Locale.CHINA",and after I slide out my keyboard causing the orientation changed,the app shows CHINESE.So here's another question:If I use this method to change app's language,how do I change it immediately without sliding out my keyboard.Also,I try calling setRequestedOrientation(xxx) 2 times,but it doesn't work well.

Hi,I got a problem with the languages...Everything...

2010-02-27T09:24:45.000+08:00

Hi,I got a problem with the languages...Everything works in the emulator(API1.5).But when I try it on my phone,it doesn't work.
The problem is my phone doesn't have CHINESE locale.And I try calling updateConfiguration(xxx) to swtich to CHINESE.After that,I check the locale by calling getResources().getConfiguration().locale,and all I get is null.This snippet works with languages which the phone supports.
Do you know how to deal with that?I know there is solutions,'cause handcent sms can set to CHINESE in my phone.I just can't figure it out..

Answer for the qeustion "However, do you know...

2010-01-22T06:23:07.000+08:00

Answer for the qeustion "However, do you know how (if) I can force the existing activity to reload the strings ?" :

In the preference screen onLanguageChange i call the method
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR);

This methods changes the screen orientation to landscape and afterward to SENSOR sensitive.
AND it automatically restarts the app on changing orientation, so all is tranlated in the new selected language.

In the main app onActivityResult i do the same. So the main app also gets restarted.
Works perfect for me so give it a try.

Thanks i will try it!

2010-01-19T05:56:15.000+08:00

Thanks i will try it!

I also got the small fonts issue on the Motorola t...

2010-01-16T07:25:05.000+08:00

I also got the small fonts issue on the Motorola that chrisonline reported.

I wrote an article with the solution here http://adrianvintu.com/blogengine/post/Force-Locale-on-Android.aspx

BR,
Adrian Vintu

Is there any solution out there about the to small...

2010-01-08T23:42:12.000+08:00

Is there any solution out there about the to small fonts on Motorola Droid?
I have minSDKVersion 1.5 and on the Droid the fonts are very small....

On my Hero (1.5) there is no problem.
On the emulators for 2.0 and 2.0.1 there is also no problem.

It seems only with the motorola droid ?!?

Klaus, thanks for the information, be default you ...

2009-11-29T05:07:48.000+08:00

Klaus, thanks for the information, be default you should always set the minSdkVersion. On the font problem, have you tried using style and do something like <item name="android:textSize">18sp</item>

I do have more informations. It works only, if you...

2009-11-29T03:55:51.000+08:00

I do have more informations. It works only, if you set the android:minSdkVersion in the manifest to (Android 1.6) or (Android 2.0). If you build an app for Android 1.5 the dimension of the screen is too small - the buttons size is right, but the font is very small. Does anyone has a solution / workaround?

Thanks!

Klaus