Localization is not working in nougat devices

Question

Changing locale programmatically like below,

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

        Resources.getSystem().updateConfiguration(config, null);

Is not working for nougat devices, It automatically changes to english when we switch from one activity to another

In other devices is it working well while switching from one activity to another ? — Piyush, Nov 04 '16 at 12:06
yes.. It is working fine.. only the nougat devices I faced this issue — Vennila, Nov 04 '16 at 12:06
I had similar issue when launching webview. Here is the question with complete solution http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40486932/android-nougat-7-1-resets-locale-after-launching-webview — Maher Abuthraa, Mar 10 '17 at 09:46

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '16 at 09:11

Nougat has deprecated the config.locale. Use setLocales() instead.

Configuration config = activity.getBaseContext().getResources().getConfiguration();

Locale locale = Utils.stringToLocale(stringLanguage);
Locale.setDefault(locale);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
      config.setLocales(new LocaleList(locale));
} else {
      config.locale = locale;
}
activity.getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config,
            activity.getBaseContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

Localization is not working in nougat devices

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