iOS: Determine if device language is Right to Left (RTL)

Question

Is there a way to easily determine if the language the device is set to is right to left (RTL)?

Answer 1

if ([[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion floatValue] >= 9.0) {
    if ([UIView userInterfaceLayoutDirectionForSemanticContentAttribute:self.view.semanticContentAttribute] == UIUserInterfaceLayoutDirectionRightToLeft) {
        NSLog(@"Right to left");
    }
    else{
        NSLog(@"left to Right");
    }
} else {
    /* Use the previous technique */
    //Work for earlier ios 6 to ios 10
    if ([NSLocale characterDirectionForLanguage:[[NSLocale preferredLanguages] objectAtIndex:0]] == NSLocaleLanguageDirectionRightToLeft) {
        NSLog(@"Right to left");
    }
    else{
        NSLog(@"left to Right");
    }
}

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