Changing Locale in Android Emulator

Question

I'm just starting to learn Android development. I have included a EditText component in my view and started the emulator in Eclipse.

When I type in the Textbox, the auto suggestions are coming up in Chinese language but I want to change this to English.

How do I change this Locale and Android Emulator?

I'm using the Android 2.1 for development.

On the Google emulator, you can set the language on the command line, when you launch the emulator. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2417427/changing-the-android-emulator-locale-automatically — Mr-IDE, Aug 18 '19 at 14:23

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '13 at 11:27

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I am using the emulator with Android 4.2 + 4.3 and there is an app to set the locale called "Custom Locale".

Start emulator -> Launcher -> Custom Locale
=> Select the desired language from the list
=> Confirm with e.g "Select 'de_DE'"

answered Aug 27 '13 at 11:27

intertag

This is still true and is the correct answer in how to change the local in the emulator. – Krtko Apr 13 '18 at 21:06
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The region specifications (e.g. en_GB) often do not work properly in the emulator when using this method (uses the "en" resource, not the "en-rGB" resource), but do work when using the Language & Input (or Language & Keyboard) settings option like @Maaalte posted – Tyler V Jul 10 '18 at 03:07
I don't have it with SDK 28. – Dmitry Sep 16 '18 at 01:53
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FYI with API 28: Settings > Languages & Input > Language, change – aquaflamingo Feb 19 '19 at 17:14

denys · Answer 2 · 2019-03-13T07:51:23.803

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My solution is to use preinstalled on android emulator "Custom locale" application. Simply send intent with extra language parameter to it as below:

adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.intent.action.SET_LOCALE --es com.android.intent.extra.LOCALE EN

edited Mar 13 '19 at 07:51

answered Jan 14 '17 at 19:52

denys

The only answer i found that makes it from the command line, this is perfect because i only have ssh access to the build machine and emulators there only, thank you so much – Lea2501 Apr 28 '20 at 17:07

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 02 '11 at 12:10

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No Need to change local, just long press on the EditText widget, on the popup menu select input method, and change to the android keyboard.

answered Mar 02 '11 at 12:10

alvin

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 02 '11 at 12:17

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I'm using 2.3.3, but it should be similar:

Start emulator -> Launcher -> Settings -> Language & keyboard -> Select language

answered Mar 02 '11 at 12:17

Maaalte

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