What is the status of Right To Left languages on Android?

Question

I need to create an application that has strings of many languages, including RTL (right-to-left ) languages. I want to know what is the current status of RTL (Right To Left

Answer 1

Starting with android 4.2 , there is a little more info known about the special RTL attributes , and there is even an option to mirror layouts automatically for RTL languages .

More info can be found here .

Hopefully , they will add more information about how to use it , including some sample code and maybe even a support library on this matter.

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EDIT: now they've added some more information of how to use the new RTL support:

http://android-developers.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/native-rtl-support-in-android-42.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/hsDu+(Android+Developers+Blog)

I wonder though if the NIKUD ( Hebrew equivalent to vowels, except that they are optional and they are shown as dots instead of letters) works fine now .

EDIT: Now i've tested it, and it actually works really well (this is the first chapter of the holy bible) :