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Changing Locale within the app itself

in my application I need to "force" language let's say that I have locale in english as default polish and finnish, according to that post I had created function posted also bellow, function is called in createActivity(), but the problem is it does not work.... any idea why? Any suggestions?

private void setLocale(String localeCode){ Locale locale = new Locale(localeCode); Locale.setDefault(locale); Configuration config = new Configuration(); config.locale = locale; getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config, getBaseContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics()); }
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Reset to default
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Here is what I got so far. I know this question is resolved, but my solution is easier and more compact. No other changes are needed, no android:configurationChanges attribute for all activities in your manifest.

public class SigmaMiddleEastApplication extends PPGApplication { @Override public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) { newConfig.locale = Locale.ENGLISH; super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig); Locale.setDefault(newConfig.locale); getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(newConfig, getResources().getDisplayMetrics()); } }

BEWARE this may cause problems: What could cause an Android activity to relaunch itself infinitely when returning from camera?

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Just wrap everything around a "if(newConfig.locale!=targetLocale)" should resolve the infinite relaunch problem.
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Add the following in the manifest (for every activity) :

android:configChanges="locale"
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for this to work this must be coupled with the solution below (by Sergii)

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