how to make application language independent of os language

Question

i'm working on application that supports multiple languages and i want to make my application language away of os language so scenario happened to me

i selected english language from my app settings and every thing is localized pretty good next i put my app in background then switched os languages to french then tried to resume my application and i found french string resources appears and if i killed the application and opened it again it will show my setting original language as i selected so can anyone help ne

Looks like this can help http://stackoverflow.com/a/4986481/2711056 — MyDogTom, Mar 05 '15 at 14:46
@MyDogTom already implemented that ,, just i want to disable change on my resources if os language is changed — user101530, Mar 05 '15 at 14:48
possible duplicate of [Set Locale programatically](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4985805/set-locale-programatically) — John R, Mar 05 '15 at 14:49
@user101530 The main idea that you change your locale in `onResume` method. If system change locale you will change it again during `onResume`. — MyDogTom, Mar 05 '15 at 14:56
@user101530 I suggest you to edit your question. Add the code of how and where you do the locale change. — MyDogTom, Mar 06 '15 at 06:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '15 at 14:47

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You need something like the following method to change the users locale:

public void setLocale(String lang) {
    myLocale = new Locale(lang);
    Resources res = getResources();
    DisplayMetrics dm = res.getDisplayMetrics();
    Configuration conf = res.getConfiguration();
    conf.locale = myLocale;
    res.updateConfiguration(conf, dm);
    Intent refresh = new Intent(this, AndroidLocalize.class);
    startActivity(refresh);
}

This should do the trick. The locale for english for example is: 'en' or for german it is 'de'.

answered Mar 05 '15 at 14:47

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this is not the state that i'm talking about, i can change my localization from my app settings freely but if the i changed os language it affects my application too – user101530 Mar 05 '15 at 16:34
Ah okay, sry I missunderstood your question. – Deutro Mar 06 '15 at 07:06

how to make application language independent of os language

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