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How to support Arabic text in Android?

I am considering localizing my Android app to Farsi (Iran) where it appears to be getting some downloads. But I am wondering if Farsi is even supported by Android handsets?

IE, have people in Iran set their phone language to Farsi?

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  • This question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7962704/how-to-support-arabic-text-in-android - has a top answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/7962813/30225 that, though about Arabic - seems to contain some Farsi support/Classes. And some simple searches lead to lots of Farsi apps like readers, dictionaries, fonts, and keyboards for android. Sorry can't help anymore. – Preet Sangha Aug 19 '12 at 02:41
  • thanks for the link. i created my farsi resources in _res-fa-v12/strings.xml_ so its honeycomb+ compatible and doesn't need any special coding. devices below honeycomb see english even if language is set to farsi. – amit Aug 23 '12 at 17:35
  • Follow [this link](http://stackoverflow.com/a/7962813/779408). There is a complete answer about Farsi support in different versions of Android. – software is fun Aug 19 '12 at 02:47
  • What about 2.3.0 - 2.3.7? does android provide full support there? – amit Aug 21 '12 at 06:45
  • same as Android 2.2 (has Arabic font but does not show your word correctly.) I posted the milestones where the API changes – software is fun Aug 22 '12 at 14:55
  • i ended up putting the resources in _res/values-fa-v12/strings.xml_ to avoid special coding. – amit Aug 23 '12 at 17:36
  • if you can write and read something like SMS in farsi in your phone you can use directly farsi in your application. if not use @softwareisfun post. – Habib Zare Aug 19 '12 at 02:54

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