Double.Parse(string) not working correct when device language is not english monodroid

Question

I have this code in my android application:

double lat = Double.Parse (latCoordinate);

When device language is english every thing is right, but when I select other languages it is not working.

In some languages it say that char '.' is not valid. An in some others parser the double string bad.for example parse "-95.22222" tp -9.522222 .

How can i fix this issue?

Ouch, looks like you got smacked in the face by the Locale bug. Look [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/721950/double-parse-internationalization-problem) — Shark, Jul 11 '13 at 10:38
Maybe answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7477995/locale-independent-string-to-double — jfs, Jul 11 '13 at 10:38
@Shark - What is the bug? That link doesn't indicate that there is a bug with using different locales. — Chris Dunaway, Jul 11 '13 at 16:15
@ChrisDunaway Some people write one thousand like this, some write em like `1,000`, some as `1000` and some as `1.000` or even `one-thousand` and all three have to be identical, programatically. All three are different under different Locales. It's not quite a bug, but it's far from desired behaviour. The link I posted contains a workaround on how to use the `Double.Parse` and get desired behaviour :) — Shark, Jul 11 '13 at 16:22
@Shark - Your first comment seemed to indicate that there might be a bug in Double.Parse. I see now, that the "bug" you referred to was actually in the user's code. — Chris Dunaway, Jul 11 '13 at 16:28
@ChrisDunaway I was under the impression (or a bad habit) that this category of bugs are all dubbed "Locale bug". I had no intention of misleading that the bug is in `Double.Parse` :) — Shark, Jul 11 '13 at 16:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '13 at 10:50

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You should set cultureInfo to en-us like below:

return d.ToString (new CultureInfo ("en-US"));

answered Oct 12 '13 at 10:50

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