Set Locale programmatically

Question

My app supports 3 (soon 4) languages. Since several locales are quite similar I\'d like to give the user the option to change locale in my application, for instance an Itali

Answer 1

Add a helper class with the following method:

public class LanguageHelper {
    public static final void setAppLocale(String language, Activity activity) {

        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
            Resources resources = activity.getResources();
            Configuration configuration = resources.getConfiguration();
            configuration.setLocale(new Locale(language));
            activity.getApplicationContext().createConfigurationContext(configuration);
        } else {
            Locale locale = new Locale(language);
            Locale.setDefault(locale);
            Configuration config = activity.getResources().getConfiguration();
            config.locale = locale;
            activity.getResources().updateConfiguration(config,
                    activity.getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
        }

    }
}

And call it in your startup activity, like MainActivity.java:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    ...
    LanguageHelper.setAppLocale("fa", this);
    ...
}