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Yeste
Yeste

Reputation: 145

Changing application language

I'm trying to change my application language in runtime. I have checked several posts and my code now looks like:

if(position == 0){//Position 0 of an array to select the language
  val locale = Locale("es_ES")
  val config = applicationContext.resources.configuration
  config.setLocale(locale)
  applicationContext.createConfigurationContext(config)
}

I have a values-es directory where I have my own strings.xml file with strings translated. Anyway, it seems like it doesn't change anything.

I repeat I tried and checked a lot of posts in Stack Overflow but I don't know where I'm failing. Thanks in advance, I'm open to any question due to my bad english.

Second try:

I've been tryng and now my code looks like this:

val locale = Locale("es")
Locale.setDefault(locale)
val config = applicationContext.resources.configuration
config.setLocale(locale)
applicationContext.resources.configuration.setTo(config)
Log.d("Configuration",config.toString())
Log.d("Language",config.locales.toLanguageTags())

And the debug messages are :

D/Configuration: {1.0 310mcc260mnc [es] ldltr sw411dp w683dp h387dp 420dpi nrml land finger qwerty/v/v -nav/h winConfig={ mBounds=Rect(0, 0 - 1794, 1080) mAppBounds=Rect(0, 0 - 1794, 1080) mWindowingMode=fullscreen mActivityType=undefined} s.40}


D/Language: es

But my strings doesn't change and my app keeps using the strings(en) file.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 164

Answers (1)

Happy Singh
Happy Singh

Reputation: 1482

Please try this code

String languageToLoad = "es"; // your language
                Locale locale = new Locale(languageToLoad);
                Locale.setDefault(locale);
                Configuration config = new Configuration();
                config.locale = locale;
                getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config,
                        getBaseContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

                Intent refresh = new Intent(DashboardActivity.this, DashboardActivity.class);
                startActivity(refresh);
                finish();

Upvotes: 1

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