Localing the app makes dialogues look too small

Question

After I translated my app, I made it possible for users to change their locale. Doing so made dialogues I show look too small. Why? How can I fix it?

Code for localizing:

    Locale.setDefault(locale);
    Configuration config = new Configuration();
    config.locale = locale;
    getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config,
          getBaseContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

Code for showing a dialog:

    final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(mContext);
    dialog.setTitle(context.getResources().getString(R.string.rate) + APP_TITLE + "!");

    LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(mContext);
    ll.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);

    TextView tv = new TextView(mContext);
    tv.setText(context.getResources().getString(R.string.if_you_enjoy_using)
            + APP_TITLE
            + context.getResources().getString(
                    R.string.please_take_a_moment_to_rate_it_thanks_for_your_support));
    tv.setWidth(240);
    tv.setPadding(4, 0, 4, 10);

    if (Locale.getDefault().getLanguage().equals("ja"))
    {
        tv.setTextSize(13);
    }

    ll.addView(tv);

    Button b1 = new Button(mContext);
    b1.setText(context.getResources().getString(R.string.rate) + APP_TITLE);
    b1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
    {
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            <code>
        }
    });

    ll.addView(b1);

    Button b2 = new Button(mContext);
    b2.setText(R.string.remind_me_later);
    b2.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
    {
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            <code>
        }
    });

    ll.addView(b2);

    Button b3 = new Button(mContext);
    b3.setText(R.string.no_thanks);
    b3.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
    {
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            <code>
        }
    });

    ll.addView(b3);

    dialog.setContentView(ll);
    dialog.show();

The dialogues: Before:

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After:

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After debugging the problem is with this:

getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config,
          getBaseContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

If I drop it, the dialogues return to normal, but the app is not localized...

Have you tried just removing getDisplayMetrics() from your code? As the localization resources are updated just with getResources. — KBorja, Nov 13 '14 at 09:39
So what should I do? getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config, getBaseContext().getResources()); doesn't compile... If I remove the whole getBaseContext the app is not translated correctly. — Ran, Nov 13 '14 at 16:45
My bad, maybe instead of create a new Configuration object you can try this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2900023/change-language-programatically-in-android where they get the context configuration, change the locale and update it. — KBorja, Nov 13 '14 at 20:23

Localing the app makes dialogues look too small

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