Get the current language in device

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How can we get the current language selected in the Android device?

The majority of answers here get the language of the application. Given that you can set the default locale of the application in code, the correct answer is the answer given by Sarpe - that gives you the device's locale. — Victor Ionescu, Apr 17 '15 at 08:59
@VictorIonescu thank you for the comment. Sarpe's answer is correct answer to fetch device's locale. Please refer it. https://stackoverflow.com/a/28498119/3762067 — Varad Mondkar, Apr 04 '18 at 21:27
Does this answer your question? [How to identify device language from the App language in Android 13?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73399280/how-to-identify-device-language-from-the-app-language-in-android-13) — k4dima, Mar 31 '23 at 18:34

score 1049 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 02 '20 at 19:51

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I've checked the Locale methods on my Android 4.1.2 device, and the results:

Locale.getDefault().getLanguage()       ---> en      
Locale.getDefault().getISO3Language()   ---> eng 
Locale.getDefault().getCountry()        ---> US 
Locale.getDefault().getISO3Country()    ---> USA 
Locale.getDefault().getDisplayCountry() ---> United States 
Locale.getDefault().getDisplayName()    ---> English (United States) 
Locale.getDefault().toString()          ---> en_US
Locale.getDefault().getDisplayLanguage()---> English
Locale.getDefault().toLanguageTag()     ---> en-US

edited Jan 02 '20 at 19:51

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answered Apr 19 '14 at 09:36

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Thanks, nice with a list of possibilities. Could you please add "Locale.getDefault().toString()", as suggested in a comment by "Tom". – RenniePet Sep 18 '14 at 00:01
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there is also `Locale.getDefault().getDisplayLanguage()` which returns `"English"` – sports Jun 02 '15 at 15:39

score 943 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 16 '21 at 10:47

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If you want to get the selected language of your device, this might help you:

Locale.getDefault().getDisplayLanguage();

You can use Locale.getDefault().getLanguage(); to get the usual language code (e.g. "de", "en")

edited Mar 16 '21 at 10:47

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answered Nov 18 '10 at 07:07

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use "Locale.getDefault()" only if you wanna get instance of Locale – Jay Mayu Sep 15 '11 at 04:42
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getDisplayLanguage() will localise the language. If you're interested in just getting the ISO code (e.g. for if or switch statements) use 'Locale.getDefault().getISO3Language();' – nuala Jan 24 '12 at 10:25
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getISO3Language() returns things like "deu" for Deutschland (germany) instead of de ... – Tobias Feb 13 '12 at 21:17
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You can use `Locale.getDefault().getLanguage();` to get the usual language code (e.g. "de", "en"). – muscardinus May 05 '12 at 10:59
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And also refer this link for more variant methods http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.html – Vins Aug 01 '12 at 12:01
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@DeRagan, This will not always gives you language for your device, but for your app only. For example, if I call `Locale.setDefault("ru")`, and language in system settings is set to English, then method `Locale.getDefault().getLanguage()` will return **"ru"**, but not **"en"**. Is there another method of getting real SYSTEM locale/language? I found not documented solution [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/4683532/1048087), but is there more elegant solution? – Prizoff Sep 12 '12 at 14:29
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I prefer `Locale.getDefault().toString()` which gives a string that fully identifies the locale, e.g. "en_US". – Tom Jan 14 '13 at 18:11
@Patrick is it fair to copy paste from my answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4212320/get-the-current-language-in-device/23168383#23168383 – trante Apr 16 '15 at 19:19
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@trante you are right it isn't fair. all i tried was helping people to get correct answers (thought that is what stackoverflow is about). sorry for not getting that it is about competing with others for points before helping people getting answers... – Patrick Boos Apr 22 '15 at 14:39
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really Tom's answer is best, thanks @Tom. `Locale.getDefault().toString()` – Fattie Dec 02 '16 at 14:33
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@Prizoff this post will help you https://stackoverflow.com/a/28498119/1263423 ,use `Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().locale;` – wangqi060934 Jul 21 '17 at 14:44
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Downvoted the answer because it is not fully true as is specified in the comment to the initial question. The right one is given by Sarpe: you should use Resources to get system default language. – Prizoff Jul 21 '17 at 17:17
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I'd recommend against parsing a `toString` implementation to solve this problem, as recommended above. The Locale documentation "strongly discourages" this, but admits the implementation is stable enough that it shouldn't cause problems. In general, though, developers typically don't guarantee implementations of `toString` will remain stable. – Damien Diehl Aug 04 '17 at 04:05
[Locale.getLanguage()](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.html#getLanguage()), write `locale.getLanguage().equals(new Locale("he").getLanguage())` instead of, `if (locale.getLanguage().equals("he")) // BAD!` – ArtiomLK Feb 03 '18 at 04:24
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`Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().locale ` works properly on Android 9. Locale.getDefault() always returns English! Beware! – Violet Giraffe Jul 05 '19 at 20:41
It is not working properly always return "English". – Dharmesh Patel Dec 10 '19 at 11:37
I thought I read somewhere in Apple docs that there is a signal upon app launch/foregrounding which alerts the programmer if the locale changed while the app was away. Is this true? Can somebody help jog my memory? – QED Jun 23 '20 at 20:08
If you want to get language of your current application then you can try this : context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale.getLanguage() – pravingaikwad07 Jul 05 '20 at 01:45

Sarpe · Answer 3 · 2020-04-07T08:23:42.997

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What worked for me was:

Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().locale;

Resources.getSystem() returns a global shared Resources object that provides access to only system resources (no application resources), and is not configured for the current screen (can not use dimension units, does not change based on orientation, etc).

Because getConfiguration.locale has now been deprecated, the preferred way to get the primary locale in Android Nougat is:

Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().getLocales().get(0);

To guarantee compatibility with the previous Android versions a possible solution would be a simple check:

Locale locale;
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
    locale = Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().getLocales().get(0);
} else {
    //noinspection deprecation
    locale = Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().locale;
}

Update

Starting with support library 26.1.0 you don't need to check the Android version as it offers a convenient method backward compatible getLocales().

Simply call:

ConfigurationCompat.getLocales(Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration());

edited Apr 07 '20 at 08:23

answered Feb 13 '15 at 11:01

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getConfiguration().locale is currently deprecated, use getConfiguration().getLocales().get(0) instead – Eliseo Ocampos Jan 31 '17 at 13:39
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This is the correct answer to this question. other answers get local of the app, not the device. – hofs Aug 26 '17 at 16:40
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I don't know if this existed when the answer was written, but the support library has backwards compatible versions of this, there is no need to write backwards compatibility yourself. `ConfigurationCompat.getLocales(Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration())` – Thorbear Feb 09 '18 at 09:21
As @Thorbear pointed out, now using the new support library method `getLocales` is the way to go. I've updated my answer. – Sarpe Feb 12 '18 at 17:38
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This is right answer. Others return the language of application not of system. – Chintan Rathod Jan 10 '19 at 05:29

score 51 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 18 '10 at 07:51

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You can 'extract' the language from the current locale. You can extract the locale via the standard Java API, or by using the Android Context. For instance, the two lines below are equivalent:

String locale = context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale.getDisplayName();
String locale = java.util.Locale.getDefault().getDisplayName();

answered Nov 18 '10 at 07:51

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this is not true. They are different. The first can change if the user switches the Locale. The second is the one that is pre-installed on the phone. It never changes no matter what the user does. – gregm Nov 01 '11 at 21:20
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Comment by gregm might be false. See answer by airewyre. – Jan Groth Jul 26 '12 at 06:32
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@gregm's comment is wrong. Just try it out yourself and you will see, that Locale.getDefault() will change when you change the language in settings. – Patrick Boos Nov 19 '14 at 07:07
Should see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10657747/why-does-android-have-its-own-way-to-get-the-current-locale – Wernight Jan 09 '15 at 10:51
Although @gregm's comment is wrong, he still is right those two lines do not need to return the same locale. Just call `Locale.setDefault()` with some other locale beforehand and you get different results. – arekolek Feb 12 '19 at 21:40
Doesn't work on Android 9, always returns English. Only this works: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28498119/634821 – Violet Giraffe Jul 05 '19 at 20:42
This is not a solution that works always. There is difference between the app and the device language. If the device e.g. is set to Italian but the app does only supporting English (as default) and French, Locale will report English and not Italian. You can also manually set the app language using Configuration. Sarpe's answer is the better choice! – crysxd Jan 02 '21 at 07:58
Just wanted to add that, at least on my case it seems like the `Locale.getDefault()` option was more accurate in general for whatever reason. For most languages I picked, both options were giving the same codes, but when I changed the phone's language to Indonesian for example, I got "in_ID" using `Locale.getDefault()`, whereas with Android's resources config, I got "en_US". – César Muñoz Nov 25 '21 at 10:47

score 39 · Answer 5 · edited Dec 20 '16 at 06:36

To save others time and/or confusion I wanted to share that I have tried the two alternatives proposed by Johan Pelgrim above and on my device they are equivalent - whether or not the default location is changed.

So my device's default setting is English(United Kindom) and in this state as expected both Strings in Johan's answer give the same result. If I then change the locale in the phone settings (say to italiano(Italia)) and re-run then both Strings in Johan's answer give the locale as italiano(Italia).

Therefore I believe Johan's original post to be correct and gregm's comment to be incorrect.

score 19 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 12 '13 at 07:41

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As described in Locale reference the best way to get language is:

Locale.getDefault().getLanguage()

this method returns string with language id according to ISO 639-1 standart

answered Jul 12 '13 at 07:41

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score 17 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 15 '13 at 16:24

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You can use this

boolean isLang = Locale.getDefault().getLanguage().equals("xx");

when "xx" is any language code like "en", "fr", "sp", "ar" .... and so on

answered Sep 15 '13 at 16:24

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if (Locale.ENGLISH.equals(Locale.getDefault().getLanguage())) { ...} – Clement Martino Oct 28 '13 at 20:47
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@ClementMartino your suggestion is OK in case of Pre-defined Locales like ENGLISH, but for other locales like Arabic, we have to parse it using the lang code – Simon K. Gerges May 21 '17 at 06:14

score 13 · Answer 8 · edited Jan 05 '21 at 17:33

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if API level is 24 or above, use LocaleList.getDefault().get(0).getLanguage() else use Locale.getDefault.getLanguage()

private fun getSystemLocale() = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
    LocaleList.getDefault().get(0).language
} else {
    Locale.getDefault().language
}

reference: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/multilingual-support

edited Jan 05 '21 at 17:33

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score 7 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 21 '19 at 17:54

This solution worked for me. This will return you the android device's language (not the app's local language)

String locale = getApplicationContext().getResources().getConfiguration().locale.getLanguage();

This will return "en" or "de" or "fr" or whatever your device language is set to.

score 6 · Answer 10 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

To add to Johan Pelgrim's answer

context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale
Locale.getDefault()

are equivalent because android.text.format.DateFormat class uses both interchangeably, e.g.

private static String zeroPad(int inValue, int inMinDigits) {
    return String.format(Locale.getDefault(), "%0" + inMinDigits + "d", inValue);
}

and

public static boolean is24HourFormat(Context context) {
    String value = Settings.System.getString(context.getContentResolver(),
            Settings.System.TIME_12_24);

    if (value == null) {
        Locale locale = context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale;

    // ... snip the rest ...
}

score 6 · Answer 11 · answered Aug 20 '14 at 11:24

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You can try to get locale from system resources:

PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
Resources resources = packageManager.getResourcesForApplication("android");
String language = resources.getConfiguration().locale.getLanguage();

answered Aug 20 '14 at 11:24

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This is THE answer in case you've overridden any part of the configuration – Takhion Jul 14 '15 at 16:17

score 6 · Answer 12 · answered May 21 '19 at 09:07

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If you want to check a current language, use the answer of @Sarpe (@Thorbear):

val language = ConfigurationCompat.getLocales(Resources.getSystem().configuration)?.get(0)?.language
// Check here the language.
val format = if (language == "ru") "d MMMM yyyy г." else "d MMMM yyyy"
val longDateFormat = SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.getDefault())

answered May 21 '19 at 09:07

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If you want to apply user's local date format, use `DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, Locale.getDefault()).format(Date())`. – CoolMind May 21 '19 at 09:32

score 6 · Answer 13 · answered Feb 26 '20 at 00:06

public void GetDefaultLanguage( ) {
    try {
        String langue = Locale.getDefault().toString(); //        ---> en_US
        /*
        Log.i("TAG", Locale.getDefault().getLanguage() ); //       ---> en
        Log.i("TAG", Locale.getDefault().getISO3Language()  ); //  ---> eng
        Log.i("TAG", Locale.getDefault().getCountry()  ); //       ---> US
        Log.i("TAG", Locale.getDefault().getISO3Country()  ); //   ---> USA
        Log.i("TAG", Locale.getDefault().getDisplayCountry() ); // ---> United States
        Log.i("TAG", Locale.getDefault().getDisplayName() ); //    ---> English (United States)
        Log.i("TAG", Locale.getDefault().toString()   ); //        ---> en_US
        Log.i("TAG", Locale.getDefault().getDisplayLanguage() ); //---> English 
        */

        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
            langue = Locale.getDefault().toLanguageTag(); //     ---> en-US
            url_Api = getUrlMicrosoftLearn(langue);
            Log.i("TAG", url_Api );
            Log.i("TAG", langue );
        }else{
            langue = langue.replace("_","-"); //     ---> en-US
            url_Api = getUrlMicrosoftLearn(langue);
            Log.i("TAG", url_Api );
            Log.i("TAG", langue );
        }
    }catch (Exception ex) {
        Log.i("TAG", "Exception:GetDefaultLanguage()", ex);
    }
}

public String getUrlMicrosoftLearn(String langue) {
    return "https://learn.microsoft.com/"+langue+"/learn";
}

It would be better if you could add more instructions to the answer, rather than just pasting the code. — Calos, Feb 26 '20 at 00:31

score 4 · Answer 14 · edited Jul 06 '17 at 14:32

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Answers above don't distinguish between simple chinese and traditinal chinese. Locale.getDefault().toString() works which returns "zh_CN", "zh_TW", "en_US" and etc.

References to : https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.html, ISO 639-1 is OLD.

edited Jul 06 '17 at 14:32

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score 4 · Answer 15 · answered Jul 01 '19 at 15:12

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The others have given good answers for the device language,

if you wish the app language the easiest way to do it is by adding an app_lang key to your strings.xml file, and specify the lang for each of the langs as well.

That way, if your app's default language is different from the device language, you can chose to send that as parameter for your services.

answered Jul 01 '19 at 15:12

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I can't believe there's no framework support for giving you the language the AssetManager is currently using. In fact, the String format helpers in Resources.java use the default locale[0] so if the string from the AssetManager comes from a locale that does not match the device's default locale (because your app does not support it but supports e.g. the next on the list) then there's a bug. – dcow Aug 02 '19 at 00:08

score 4 · Answer 16 · answered Nov 22 '21 at 17:07

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Basic Kotlin answer:

Locale.getDefault().language

answered Nov 22 '21 at 17:07

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https://stackoverflow.com/a/51021578/2227743 ? – Eric Aya Nov 22 '21 at 17:37
According to my tests, you do not need checking version control. – canerkaseler Nov 23 '21 at 17:32

score 3 · Answer 17 · edited Sep 11 '13 at 05:38

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You can use this code to find out keyboard current

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
InputMethodSubtype ims = imm.getCurrentInputMethodSubtype();
String locale = ims.getLocale();

edited Sep 11 '13 at 05:38

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score 3 · Answer 18 · edited Jul 06 '17 at 14:33

If you choose a language you can't type this Greek may be helpful.

getDisplayLanguage().toString() = English
getLanguage().toString() = en 
getISO3Language().toString() = eng
getDisplayLanguage()) = English
getLanguage() = en
getISO3Language() = eng

Now try it with Greek

getDisplayLanguage().toString() = Ελληνικά
getLanguage().toString() = el
getISO3Language().toString() = ell
getDisplayLanguage()) = Ελληνικά
getLanguage() = el
getISO3Language() = ell

S.R · Answer 19 · 2019-02-12T08:13:11.127

public class LocalUtils {

    private static final String LANGUAGE_CODE_ENGLISH = "en";


    // returns application language eg: en || fa ...
    public static String getAppLanguage() {
        return Locale.getDefault().getLanguage();
    }

    // returns device language eg: en || fa ...
    public static String getDeviceLanguage() {
        return ConfigurationCompat.getLocales(Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration()).get(0).getLanguage();
    }

    public static boolean isDeviceEnglish() {
        return getDeviceLanguage().equals(new Locale(LANGUAGE_CODE_ENGLISH).getLanguage());
    }

    public static boolean isAppEnglish() {
        return getAppLanguage().equals(new Locale(LANGUAGE_CODE_ENGLISH).getLanguage());
    }


}

Log.i("AppLanguage: ",     LocalUtils.getAppLanguage());
Log.i("DeviceLanguage: ",  LocalUtils.getDeviceLanguage());
Log.i("isDeviceEnglish: ", String.valueOf(LocalUtils.isDeviceEnglish()));
Log.i("isAppEnglish: ",    String.valueOf(LocalUtils.isAppEnglish()));

nbk · Answer 20 · 2022-04-06T13:27:48.020

Please be careful, most of the answers here provides the language of the application. There can be cases where this application can have/set a different language than the device.

To get the actual device languages (Yes, if the user have multiple languages added in the settings, it will return all of it!)

Kotlin:

// Will return something like ["en_US", "de_DE"]
val deviceLanguages: LocaleListCompat = ConfigurationCompat.getLocales(Resources.getSystem().configuration)
// Will return the actual language in use, like "en" or "de". The first language in the above code will be the default language
val currentActiveDeviceLanguage = languages.get(0).language

score 3 · Answer 21 · answered May 29 '22 at 06:14

Locale.getDefault().getLanguage() is VM language

Locale.getDefault().getLanguage()

It is the language of the current VM instance that is running your app. It is consumed by java classes such as DateFormat etc. You may need to modify this when changing app locale if you use certain java classes. If you have modified this during changing your App locale it is not the same as the language of android.

context.getConfiguration().locale.getLanguage() is Activity language

context.getConfiguration().locale.getLanguage()

This is the language set at your activity. In the latest SDK versions following is preferable

context.getConfiguration().getLocales().get(0).getLanguage()

Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().getLocales() gives all locales that user has added at system level

This will give you the first locale that user has set at the system level.

Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().getLocales().get(0).getLanguage()

A great number of users are multilingual so you may want to loop through Locales.

score 2 · Answer 22 · edited Nov 18 '14 at 17:15

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There are two languages.

Default language of OS:

Locale.getDefault().getDisplayLanguage();

Current language of Application:

getResources().getConfiguration().locale.getDisplayLanguage();//return string

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thats not true, if you change locale in your app even first give you changed value and not system value – To Kra Mar 29 '15 at 17:33

score 2 · Answer 23 · answered Jul 10 '18 at 10:18

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Locale.getDefault().getDisplayLanguage()

will give you Written name for the Language, for example, English, Dutch, French

Locale.getDefault().getLanguage()

will give you language code, for instance: en, nl, fr

Both methods return String

answered Jul 10 '18 at 10:18

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score 1 · Answer 24 · answered Jul 11 '17 at 16:09

The correct way of getting the language of your device is the following:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
    return context.getResources().getConfiguration().getLocales().get(0);
} else {
    return context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale;
}

Hope it helps.

biyoalp · Answer 25 · 2017-10-10T05:06:55.657

My solution is like this

@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public String getCurrentLocale2() {
    return Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().locale.getLanguage();
}

@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.N)
public Locale getCurrentLocale() {
    getResources();
    return Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().getLocales().get(0);
}

and then

 if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
                Log.e("Locale", getCurrentLocale().getLanguage());
            } else {
                Log.e("Locale", getCurrentLocale2().toString());
            }

shown ---> en

score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Aug 24 '18 at 10:45

here is code to get device country. Compatible with all versions of android even oreo.

Solution: if user does not have sim card than get country he is used during phone setup , or current language selection.

public static String getDeviceCountry(Context context) {
    String deviceCountryCode = null;

    final TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);

        if(tm != null) {
            deviceCountryCode = tm.getNetworkCountryIso();
        }

    if (deviceCountryCode != null && deviceCountryCode.length() <=3) {
        deviceCountryCode = deviceCountryCode.toUpperCase();
    }
    else {
        deviceCountryCode = ConfigurationCompat.getLocales(Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration()).get(0).getCountry().toUpperCase();
    }

  //  Log.d("countryCode","  : " + deviceCountryCode );
    return deviceCountryCode;
}

score 0 · Answer 27 · answered Sep 17 '22 at 12:30

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If you use jetpack compose

In side of composable functional

Context.applicationContext.resources.configuration.locales.get(0).language

answered Sep 17 '22 at 12:30

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score 0 · Answer 28 · answered Oct 29 '22 at 22:48

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you can use .setLanguage(Locale.forLanguageTag(Locale.getDefault().getLanguage())); it is good

answered Oct 29 '22 at 22:48

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Yekutiel · Answer 29 · 2023-05-18T15:23:48.093

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The code bellow will return you the country code like US

Locale.getDefault().getCountry()

edited May 18 '23 at 15:23

answered May 18 '23 at 15:22

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score 0 · Answer 30 · answered Jul 03 '23 at 18:01

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An updated answer for Jetpack compose, from within a @Composable

val locale = Locale.current
// locale.language

answered Jul 03 '23 at 18:01

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score -1 · Answer 31 · edited Jul 06 '17 at 14:34

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if(Locale.getDefault().getDisplayName().equals("हिन्दी (भारत)")){
    // your code here
}

edited Jul 06 '17 at 14:34

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answered Nov 24 '15 at 12:53

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Please add some details about why this answers the question - just code snippet will not help readers to understand the solution – Wand Maker Nov 24 '15 at 14:29
Locale.getDefault().getDisplayName() gives the current language of your device. and we are checking whether Device language is Hindi or not .. If current Device language is Hindi, then do what you want in the block. – Pratibha Sarode Jan 14 '16 at 06:41
This is hard coding. That is not how it should be handled. Whatever difference want to have across languages you need to do it via properties in the values-LL folders. – Sandeep Dixit Jun 12 '22 at 05:03

score -2 · Answer 32 · answered Mar 29 '18 at 07:09

If you want to do specific task for users resides in India who speaks Hindi then use below if condition

if(Locale.getDefault().getDisplayName().equals("हिन्दी (भारत)")){
 //Block executed only for the users resides in India who speaks Hindi 
}

Get the current language in device

32 Answers32

Locale.getDefault().getLanguage() is VM language

context.getConfiguration().locale.getLanguage() is Activity language

Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().getLocales() gives all locales that user has added at system level

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