How to start activity Language and input

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I want to open (start) activity named: "Language and input", where the user can change the device language.

startActivity(new Intent(Locale....));

It's in the Locale or... settings? Where is it?

I think this is answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2596352/change-language-settings-locale-for-the-device — alvi, Aug 10 '13 at 14:35
Possible duplicate of [Change language settings (locale) for the device](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2596352/change-language-settings-locale-for-the-device) — Sufian, Jun 02 '17 at 06:55

score 11 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 22 '16 at 09:49

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try this:

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setComponent( new ComponentName("com.android.settings","com.android.settings.Settings$InputMethodAndLanguageSettingsActivity" ));
startActivity(intent);

edited Apr 22 '16 at 09:49

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answered Apr 22 '16 at 09:29

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Please provide more explanation about how your code does solve the problem. – Martin Verjans Apr 22 '16 at 09:49
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Note that for Android 8.0 (Oreo, API Level 26) this will throw ActivityNotFoundException. Instead, try using `com.android.settings.Settings$LanguageAndInputSettingsActivity`. – Yoav Feuerstein Oct 16 '17 at 11:06

score 8 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 18 '14 at 07:15

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try this

Intent intent=new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_INPUT_METHOD_SETTINGS);
startActivity(intent);

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answered Mar 18 '14 at 06:58

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ACTION_INPUT_METHOD_SETTINGS open input method not language and input – user3782779 Jan 27 '16 at 11:52

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 10 '13 at 14:35

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Use this for open language and settings..

Intent i = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_LOCALE_SETTINGS);
startActivity(i);

it will work

answered Aug 10 '13 at 14:35

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"Language and Input" activity, using android.provider.Settings.ACTION_INPUT_METHOD_SETTINGS – heMac Dec 12 '13 at 02:25
Is it possible to limit the languages shown there to specific languages that the application provides the translation only? – HendraWD Jul 15 '19 at 03:12

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 25 '20 at 07:55

As an alternative answer, you can use this:

startActivityForResult(new Intent(Settings.ACTION_LOCALE_SETTINGS), 0);

It will bring you to the system language menu. Or:

startActivityForResult(new Intent(Settings.ACTION_INPUT_METHOD_SETTINGS), 0);

For keyboards and inputs. When the user hits the back button, it will return to your app.

How to start activity Language and input

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