How to ask android to get a string from a specified file?

Question

I have string.xml into files values-ar , values-fr and I want to get a string value from one of them manually. for example:

R.string-ar....
R.string-fr....

I know that the system search the string according to the system language or the app language. but I want to get a string from a specified file regardless of the system or the app language!

i think you have to set the locale to FR or AR then get the string, otherwise, i think you have to parse the XML values-xx file yourself. — Yazan, Sep 01 '14 at 06:32
it might be ineffective. changing local does not effect the view (activity)\ unless its reloaded or app restarted, so you can set locale get value, roll back to 1st locale and keep on — Yazan, Sep 01 '14 at 06:36
It's kind of a hack, but I'd do the very same way - no other way comes to my mind. — Phantômaxx, Sep 01 '14 at 06:38

Yazan · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-01T07:15:42.610

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here you go

Locale current = getResources().getConfiguration().locale;

Locale newlocale = new Locale("fr");
setLocale(newlocale );
String value = getResources().getString(R.string.username);//fr string
setLocale(current );


public void setLocale(Locale locale){
Locale.setDefault(locale);
Configuration config = new Configuration();
config.locale = locale;
getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config,
      getBaseContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
}

edited Sep 01 '14 at 07:15

answered Sep 01 '14 at 06:56

Yazan

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edit was made, Locale.setDefault(locale); first line of the function was newlocale (wrong) – Yazan Sep 01 '14 at 06:59
Yazan can you take a look at my question? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25566116/android-spanned-text-while-deleting-smiles-shows-text – Nadir Novruzov Sep 01 '14 at 07:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 01 '14 at 06:59

This is changing locale programmatically, but you need to call this in every activity onCreate

Resources res = context.getResources();
// Change locale settings in the app.
DisplayMetrics dm = res.getDisplayMetrics();
android.content.res.Configuration conf = res.getConfiguration();
conf.locale = new Locale(language_code.toLowerCase());
res.updateConfiguration(conf, dm);

How to ask android to get a string from a specified file?

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