How to change android app language without changing phone language?

Question

I want user to select a language inside the app. Once the language is selected, I want the strings to use the particular language.

If I change the phone language, then my app runs on the set language.

I am not able to find any way to set a language without changing the phone language. In addition, the changes should be reflected once the language is set.

Could anyone please suggest a way to do it?

@JhamanDas actually I am a newbie to localization. Could you please share resource guide, link or something? — Sujit Devkar
– Sujit Devkar, Commented Oct 9, 2016 at 10:53
yes sure, make strings file like fi u want to use arabic language create values-ar folder and created strings resource file — Jhaman Das
– Jhaman Das, Commented Oct 9, 2016 at 10:55
Try to read this first. stackoverflow.com/a/12954037/4198633 and stackoverflow.com/a/10596034/4198633. This should do the trick... — TroniPM
– TroniPM, Commented Oct 9, 2016 at 10:55

aloj · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-09 11:06:42Z

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Try this

public static void changeLang(Context context, String lang) { Locale myLocale = new Locale(lang); Locale.setDefault(myLocale); android.content.res.Configuration config = new android.content.res.Configuration(); config.locale = myLocale; context.getResources().updateConfiguration(config, context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics()); }

Lang parameter should be "en" for English, "it" for Italian... After that you should restart your activity/fragment

answered Oct 9, 2016 at 11:06

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9 Comments

Avi Parshan Over a year ago

What's the best way to restart the activity? And how can I implement this into settings?

Sam Over a year ago

@Avi, just simply called recreate() in Activity after changing the language.

Maulik Dodia Over a year ago

Without recreating activity or fragment is it possible?@aloj, @Sam

Sam Over a year ago

@MaulikDodia yes, it is possible. aloj code does work!

zeleven Over a year ago

The solution just work in the current activity, if you back to the previous activity it doesn't work any more.

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