Android Localization Tutorial

What is Localization?
Is the process of adapting a product or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look-and-feel.

What are we going to do?
This time we will have to make an android localization and variety of languages.
Check the latest language code.

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We are going to create a four (values) in resources folder:

1.values-ar
2.values-en
3.values-hi
4.values-ta

Copy this String.xml and styles.xml to the values(values-ar,values-en..etc)

Note that you can change it into the your real language.

    Androidlocalization
    Hello world!
    AndroidLocalize
    It is just a test
    Select the language
    Choose the language

      
       
        ?????
        ?????
        English
          algerian
    

please note that the (ar,en,hi,ta) is the language code(ar-arabic, en-english, hi-hindi, ta-tamil) 

activity_main.xml

MainActivity.java

import java.util.Locale;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
	int selected =0;
	int temp;String text="";
	
	Button btn;
	Locale myLocale;

	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
		
	
	}
	
	public void SelectLanguage (View v){
		build_popup();
	}
	

	public void setLocale(String lang) {

		myLocale = new Locale(lang);
		Resources res = getResources();
		DisplayMetrics dm = res.getDisplayMetrics();
		Configuration conf = res.getConfiguration();
		conf.locale = myLocale;
		res.updateConfiguration(conf, dm);
		Intent refresh = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
		startActivity(refresh);

	}




	private void build_popup() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
		builder.setTitle("Alarm Type!");
		
		builder.setSingleChoiceItems(R.array.languages, selected, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

			@Override
			public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				temp = which;
			}

			
			
		});
		
		builder.setPositiveButton("OK",new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
			
			@Override
			public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				selected = temp;
				
				switch(selected) {
				
				case 0:text = "?????";
				setLocale("ta");
				
				
				//Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "You Select " + text, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				break;
				
				case 1:text = "?????";
				
				setLocale("hi");
				
				break;
				
				case 2:text = "English";
				setLocale("en");
				break;
				
				case 3:text = "English";
				setLocale("ar");
				break;
								
				}
				
				
			//	Vibratetext2.setText(text);
				//Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "You Selected " + text, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				
			}
		});
		
		builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel",new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
			
			@Override
			public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			dialog.cancel();	
			}
		});
		
		AlertDialog al =builder.create();
		al.show();
	}

}

strings.xml

    Androidlocalization
    Hello world!
    AndroidLocalize
    TEST
    Select the language in which you want to greet Sachin!!!!
    Choose the language

      
     
        ?????
        ?????
         English
          algerian