Is there a android attribute to disable locale change in my app

Question

When user changes the system locale from US to China. I don't want to change the language from English to Chinese in my app, I expect that my app's language still in English.

May I do this by setting a android attribute in AndroidManifest.xml?

Thanks

If you don't provide alternate strings.xml for other Locales you application language won't change. — Arpit Ratan, Jun 18 '16 at 06:58
yes it is, but my app provides both strings.xml. I don't want to remove them. I think this is a weird requirement. — steve Lee, Jun 18 '16 at 07:06
Is this what you need? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4985805/set-locale-programatically — Emran, Jun 18 '16 at 07:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 16 '17 at 13:06

I think it would be better to do this once and put your code in your application class

    public class MyApplication extends Application {

    @Override
    protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
        Resources res = base.getResources();

        Locale locale = new Locale("en");
        Locale.setDefault(locale);

        Configuration config = new Configuration();
        config.locale = locale;

        res.updateConfiguration(config, res.getDisplayMetrics());

        super.attachBaseContext(base);
    }
}

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:40

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If you just want the Chinese xml to stay in the app but not plan in using it, you can simply comment all its content, and the App will consider only the English strings

answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:40

Lobo Mau

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 18 '16 at 07:11

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You can use below code to maintain locale as per your requirement,

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

answered Jun 18 '16 at 07:11

Vickyexpert

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Thank Vickyexpert. If I can do this in the androidManifest.xml, I think it will be perfect. – steve Lee Jun 18 '16 at 07:21

Is there a android attribute to disable locale change in my app

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