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Reputation: 1035

Android Localization, When turning device to layout-land language goes back to default

I have an app that I want to use in both english and hebrew. I've added two String files under values and values-iw folders. When a user is selecting a different language, I run this code:

Locale locale;
     if (location.equals("iw")){
         locale= new Locale("iw");
         Errors._langauge=1;    
     }
     else{
         locale=Locale.ENGLISH;
         Errors._langauge=2;
     }
    Locale.setDefault(locale);
    Configuration config = new Configuration();
    config.locale = locale;
    getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config,
          getBaseContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

This is working fine until I lay my device, causing the xml in layout-land directory to be loaded. When the land xml is loaded the language goes back to default language of the system. How can I prevent that from happening?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 259

Answers (1)

Antal Horváth
Antal Horváth

Reputation: 151

When changing the orientation, your Activity recreates itself, so your onCreate() gonna run again. I assume you are initializing the default value in your onCreate() method, so it changes itself back.

Upvotes: 2

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