Messed up Arabic String in Android

Question

I have a String where i have to show to in a layout. In english it is showing fine but in arabic it is messed up :-

in English :- 01-Oct-2014 to 10-Nov-2014

in Arabic :- 01-Oct-2014 إلى 01-Nov-2014

The arabic rendering is like above. How can we move the to in arabic in middle ?

in Code :-

    holder.mPeriodTv.setText(presenter.getViewContext().getString(R.string.bill_period, startDate, endDate));

in arabic strings :-

    <string name="bill_period"><xliff:g id="from">%s</xliff:g> إلى <xliff:g id="todate">%s</xliff:g></string>

in english strings :-

<string name="bill_period"><xliff:g id="from">%s</xliff:g> to <xliff:g id="todate">%s</xliff:g></string>

Answer 1

• String str = "‏‏‏‏\u200f" + str ‏‏‏‏\u200f means the text is RTL

• "‏‏‏‏\u200fYour text is right to left"

• https://android.jlelse.eu/rtl-support-on-android-here-is-all-you-need-know-e13f2df512e2

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/30415888/4650581

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/23203698/4650581

• android determine if device is in right to left language/layout