Language options in Android

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I am developing an android application in which there is a drop down button,drop down is having 3 languages as option,on selecting a particular language,the entire application should change to that language.My application is ready with drop down button having 3 languages as its option,but i don't know how to change entire application in that particular chosen language.Please help me on this....

Perhaps you could create a separate layout for each language and replace it based on the selection? — Raul Marengo, Jan 18 '12 at 11:50
Either this, or create a table which maps a language to a list of strings. When user selects different language you will need to pull strings from that table and manually set new text labels for all UI controls in code — Anton, Jan 18 '12 at 12:58
Geesh, people start reading questions before casting your votes.. — Anton, Jan 18 '12 at 13:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '12 at 11:52

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For this you have to make a different String.xml in three language.
btw what type of data you want to show is that a static or get from other resource.

answered Jan 18 '12 at 11:52

deepak Sharma

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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Android is designed to support localization. You can achieve your aim by adding alternative String.xml files each stored in a locale-specific resource directory. There is plenty of information about localization in Android Developer's Dev Guide.

Here is the link: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/localization.html

Also a problem similar to yours was already discussed: multilanguage app: best way?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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answered Jan 18 '12 at 12:14

Korhan Ozturk

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I believe the question is not how to support changes in system locale, but rather how to allow the user to select a different language within the app. And that functionality is not greatly supported by the Android framework – Anton Jan 18 '12 at 12:57
Anton, you are right, but I think this is the case by design. If the user sets his phone to a preferred language, why should he want to switch the language of a single app to another language. In my opinion, the app shouldn't try to bypass android i18n mechanisms. – henrik Jan 18 '12 at 13:42

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 18 '12 at 14:11

Button s = (Button) findViewById(R.id.ProfileLanguageButtton);

        s.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                try {
                    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
                    intent.setClassName("com.android.settings",


        "com.android.settings.LanguageSettings");
                    startActivity(intent);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    // TODO: handle exception
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });

Language options in Android

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