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

If you are using Core KTX

you could use:

if (Locale.getDefault().layoutDirection == LayoutDirection.RTL)

Answer 2

Yes,use the Bidi.getBaseLevel() function, it will return 0 for left-to-right and 1 for right to left.

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Bidi.html#getBaseLevel()