Get string from default locale using string in specific locale

Question

Ok, I know title sound crazy :)

Here is what I want. My app is localized for device user but information I send back to server need to be all English. My default app

Answer 1

I believe, this is the safe way to go (without touching current configuration):

Configuration conf = new Configuration();
conf.setToDefaults();   // That will set conf.locale to null (current locale)
// We don't want current locale, so modify it
conf.locale = new Locale("");   // Or conf.locale = Locale.ROOT for API 9+
                                // or conf.setLocale(Locale.ROOT) for API 14+
// Since we need only strings, we can safely set metrics to null
Resources rsrcDflt = new Resources(getAssets(), null, conf);
String apples = srcDflt.getString(R.string.apples); // Got it at last!