Identifying RTL language in Android

Question

Is there a way to identify RTL (right-to-left) language, apart from testing language code against all RTL languages?

Since API 17+ allows several resources for RTL a

Answer 1

For more precise control over your app UI in both LTR and RTL mode, Android 4.2 includes the following new APIs to help manage View components:

android:layoutDirection — attribute for setting the direction of a component's layout.
android:textDirection — attribute for setting the direction of a component's text.
android:textAlignment — attribute for setting the alignment of a component's text.
getLayoutDirectionFromLocale() — method for getting the Locale-specified direction

Thus getLayoutDirectionFromLocale() should help you out. Refer the sample code here : https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base.git/+/3fb824bae3322252a68c1cf8537280a5d2bd356d/core/tests/coretests/src/android/util/LocaleUtilTest.java