android determine if device is in right to left language/layout

Question

Is there a way to determine if the device is in a right to left language (something like Arabic) as opposed to something that\'s left to right (English)?

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Answer 1

I think this is a better way:

val isLeftToRight = TextUtilsCompat.getLayoutDirectionFromLocale(Locale.getDefault()) == ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR

Docs:

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/text/TextUtilsCompat.html#getLayoutDirectionFromLocale(java.util.Locale)

Or, if you have minAPI 17 or above, you can just use this:

val isLeftToRight=TextUtils.getLayoutDirectionFromLocale(Locale.getDefault())==View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR

Docs:

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/TextUtils.html#getLayoutDirectionFromLocale(java.util.Locale)