RTL is forced in RTL devices

Question

The new version of React Native has issued support for RTL devices: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/blog/2016/08/19/right-to-left-support-for-react-native-apps.html

Answer 1

@atlanteh's answer is right. I am just giving you a detailed answer for those who have the ios background and not much aware of the Android.

first, try once. if 1st one does not work then try 2. If still not work then try both. then it will show expected output.

Answer 1

MainApplication.java

public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();

        // FORCE LTR
        I18nUtil sharedI18nUtilInstance = I18nUtil.getInstance();
        sharedI18nUtilInstance.allowRTL(getApplicationContext(), false);
        ....
    }
}

Answer 2

AndroidManifest.xml

i have add the android:supportsRtl="false" in application tag

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  package="com.appname">
    ........
    <application 
      android:supportsRtl="false"
      android:name=".MainApplication"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
      android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
      android:allowBackup="false"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
      android:name="com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSettingsActivity" />
       ....
    </application>

</manifest>

Answer 2

I managed to fix this by adding to MainApplication.java:

import com.facebook.react.modules.i18nmanager.I18nUtil;

public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();

        // FORCE LTR
        I18nUtil sharedI18nUtilInstance = I18nUtil.getInstance();
        sharedI18nUtilInstance.allowRTL(getApplicationContext(), false);
        ....
    }
}

Answer 3

In manifest.xml file add android:supportsRtl="false" to your application tag

Answer 4

if you are using Expo

import { I18nManager} from 'react-native';
I18nManager.allowRTL(false);

export default class <className> extends Component {



}