How to choose Locale from string

Question

I am using PreferenceActivity for storing language. This is my XML.

<item>US</item>
        <item>UK</item>
        <item>CANADA</item>
        <item>CANADA_FRENCH</item>
        <item>CHINESE</item>
        <item>FRENCH</item>
        <item>GERMAN</item>
        <item>ITALIAN</item>
        <item>JAPANESE</item>

<string-array name="listOfLanguagesValues">
        <item>US</item>
        <item>UK</item>
        <item>CANADA</item>
        <item>CANADA_FRENCH</item>
        <item>CHINESE</item>
        <item>FRENCH</item>
        <item>GERMAN</item>
        <item>ITALIAN</item>
        <item>JAPANESE</item>

Then i read save dlanguage with

String selectedLanguage = sharedPreferences.getString("listOfLanguages", "NULL");        

but i don't know how to use now LOCAL.SELECTED LANGUAGE. This languages are all from LOCAL. options

Can i somehow cast it to local?

Answer 1

I hopr I get the question!!

You need a second array. For example:

    <string-array name="languageSettings">
        <item name="0">UK</item>
        <item name="1">German</item>
        <item name="2">Italy</item>
    </string-array>
    <string-array name="languageSettingsValues">
        <item name="0">UK</item>
        <item name="1">DE</item>
        <item name="2">IT</item>
    </string-array>

You can connect it to your ListPreference like this:

    <ListPreference
    android:defaultValue="0"
    android:entries="@array/languageSettings"
    android:entryValues="@array/languageSettingsValues"
    android:key="languageSetting"
    android:summary="@string/preferences_alternativesettings_text"
    android:title="@string/preferences_alternativesettings_titel" />

This line should work

String selectedLanguage = sharedPreferences.getString("listOfLanguages", "NULL");