set Locale to Context - Android Internationalization

Android examples for Internationalization:Locale

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set Locale to Context

Demo Code

/*//from   w ww  .  ja  v a2 s. c o m
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Ouadban Youssef(tafayor.dev@gmail.com)
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
//package com.java2s;

import android.content.Context;

import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.content.res.Resources;

import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    public static void setLocale(Context ctx, String lang) {
        Locale locale;

        /* if(lang.equals("zh") || lang.equals("zh-HK") || lang.equals("zh-")) locale = Locale.TRADITIONAL_CHINESE;
         else if(lang.equals("zh-CN")) locale = Locale.SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE;
         else    locale = new Locale(lang);*/

        locale = new Locale(lang);
        Resources res = ctx.getResources();
        DisplayMetrics dm = res.getDisplayMetrics();
        Configuration conf = res.getConfiguration();
        conf.locale = locale;
        res.updateConfiguration(conf, dm);
    }
}

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