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Alnamt
Alnamt

Reputation: 21

In Android, how can I set the locale to a combination of language and region?

I want to format all numbers in my app to arabic numbers (١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩) so I thought about setting the locale to a combination of arabic and region : Egypt instead of only arabic but unfortunately for a reason or another, the locale is not set.

I set my locale like so:

Locale myLocale = new Locale("ar_EG");
Locale.setDefault(myLocale);
Configuration config = new Configuration();
config.locale = myLocale;
getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config, getBaseContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

And my strings.xml is put in a folder named "values-ar-rEG".

What am I getting wrong?

Thank you very much in advance.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1326

Answers (1)

Milad Mohamadi
Milad Mohamadi

Reputation: 135

Locale class can receive 1,2 or 3 parameters, but it is better to use 2 parameters (language, country) to change text and numbers format and direction for right to left languages (i.e.).

I resolved it in this way:

 Locale myLocale = new Locale("ar","EG");
    Locale.setDefault(myLocale);
    Resources res = getApplicationContext().getResources();
    DisplayMetrics dm = res.getDisplayMetrics();
    Configuration conf = res.getConfiguration();
    conf.setLayoutDirection(myLocale);
    conf.locale = myLocale;
    res.updateConfiguration(conf, dm);

Upvotes: 3

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