How to write text in Hebrew on the button

Question

This is my button in main.xml

<Button
    android:id="@+id/checkInButton"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:text="@string/checkIn"
    android:textDirection="anyRtl"
    android:textStyle="bold" />

Are there any property in order to make it RTL, in other words from right to left?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7874125/how-to-write-text-right-to-left-arabic-textin-android Check this if helps — Ritaban, Sep 01 '13 at 08:28
What's the lowest version of Android that you want this to work on? The answer varies. — Ted Hopp, Sep 03 '13 at 14:59
Usually you will simply see it work OK when you use the string resource in utf-8. Is there some specific problem in your app? Which version of Android do you run? — Alex Cohn, Sep 12 '13 at 15:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 02 '13 at 07:54

Google Android Developers have a few directives that might help you with this.

android:layoutDirection — attribute for setting the direction of a component's layout.
android:textDirection — attribute for setting the direction of a component's text.
android:textAlignment — attribute for setting the alignment of a component's text.
getLayoutDirectionFromLocale() — method for getting the Locale-specified direction.

How to write text in Hebrew on the button

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