How to set my App to German Locale

Question

My question is much the same as this one, but unfortunately it was never answered.

how to set application locale?

I am actually trying to load the app onto the market place but it is showing that the default language is English when I upload it. I am guessing that there is a setting in the manifest file but can't find it.

All of the text in the app is in German but I just need the application to show this.

Answer 1

The answer is in here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210127121431/http://www.tutorialforandroid.com/2009/01/force-localize-application-on-android.html

You can also use the default files to force german.

Instead of having:

strings-en.xml
strings-de.xml
strings-ch.xml
...

Use strings.xml only, and put german strings there. Any user will see german.

Answer 2

You can choose your default language in the parameters in the Market as follow:

1st step

2nd step

3rd step

Last step

My interface is in french but it is basically the same.

Answer 3

If your resources are localized to German then anyone with a German-localized phone should see everything in German.