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

This will work in all SDKS:

private boolean isRTL() {
    Locale defLocale = Locale.getDefault();
    return  Character.getDirectionality(defLocale.getDisplayName(defLocale).charAt(0)) == Character.DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT;
}