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kashyap
kashyap

Reputation: 508

Prevent digits to change from English to Arabic on Locale updated android

I'm providing Arabic support for the already-completed app. On changing the app language to Arabic, numbers are displaying with Arabic digits for the XML strings.

But my problem is on executing the following code

getString(R.string.value, ++value);

values

<string name="value">Value : %d</string>

values-ar

<string name="value">%d :القيمة </string>

with English, it is working fine.

Value: 1

On changing the language to Arabic (Appearing in Arabic). It must be in English (0-9)

Value : (Number in Arabic)

Please provide a solution to my problem.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2776

Answers (2)

Mahdi Noori
Mahdi Noori

Reputation: 41

Although it takes a long time to ask this question (7 months), it may be useful for others. I did this 👇 and my problem was solved.

First I created a Locale variable:

val englishLocale = Locale("en")

Then I used this variable in the required functions:

For example for date format:

SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", englishLocale)

Or to display elapsed time in milliseconds in normal format:

String.format(englishLocale, "%02d:%02d:%02d", seconds / 3600, (seconds % 3600) / 60, seconds % 60)

Upvotes: 0

aminography
aminography

Reputation: 22832

You can change the locale of the number using String.format to always be shown in English:

String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, getString(R.string.value), ++value)

Upvotes: 6

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