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

You can detect if a string is RTL/LTR with Bidi. Example:

import java.text.Bidi;

Bidi bidi = new Bidi( title, Bidi.DIRECTION_DEFAULT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT );

if( bidi.isLeftToRight() ) {
   // it's LTR
} else {
   // it's RTL
}