Supporting the Filipino language

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I am trying to support filipino in my android app. But when I create a folder named raw-fil, I see a compiler error that the resource folder name is not valid.

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 31 '13 at 17:33

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There is no ISO 639-1 code for Flipino. Hence, I am not aware that you can write an app that offers Filipino translations, as Android uses ISO 639-1, not ISO 639-2 (where fil would be valid).

answered Aug 31 '13 at 17:33

CommonsWare

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '14 at 19:59

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Try raw-tl (Tagalog is the filipino language).

answered Jul 02 '14 at 19:59

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 31 '13 at 19:04

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Ok. Nothing seems to work. Neither raw-ph, raw-rPH or raw-fil. I am going ahead with custom handling by using:

Locale.getDefault().getLanguage().equals("fil"){
    //load resources from another location
}

edited Aug 31 '13 at 19:04

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answered Aug 31 '13 at 18:09

Piyush-Ask Any Difference

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Locale.getDefault().getLanguage().equals("fil") == 'values-tl' as a resource directory. I had hard time to find the right one tho. I actually searched for phillippines flag in Intellij Translation Edtitor :) @strange-coroner answer is right – Srneczek Dec 09 '15 at 13:15

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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For Android Studio, try using this. create another values folder named

values-tl-rPH

place your strings.xml that contains your Filipino strings inside this folder.

now to make your app use those strings. change your app locale by using this consider also seeing this

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Sep 21 '16 at 03:07

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 31 '13 at 17:59

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It doesn't look like you can support Filipino or Tagalog as languages, but you can support the Philippines as a region using raw-rPH.

answered Aug 31 '13 at 17:59

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 13 '16 at 19:50

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For Android studio, I used values-tl for the values folder and it works for Tagalog.

answered May 13 '16 at 19:50

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 12 '17 at 11:02

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Create a folder name with Values-fil. For Further information
You can look at this link

answered Mar 12 '17 at 11:02

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Supporting the Filipino language

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