Localize Android application so I can switch locale inside app

Question

How do I localize application so it uses specific locale regardless of what locale set on device? I want make it possible for users to set language of their choice.

So far I have code like this in my Application class:

@Override public void onCreate() { //Set locale String l = Preferences.getLocale(getApplicationContext()); if (!l.equals("")) { Locale locale = new Locale(l); Locale.setDefault(locale); Configuration config = getBaseContext().getResources().getConfiguration(); config.locale = locale; getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration( config, getBaseContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics()); } LogData.InsertMessage(getApplicationContext(), "Application started"); }

Problem that I have is that it seems like I display in set locale just fine (TextViews) But Menu captions and toasts will fall to default locale.

Is there any 1-2-3 on how to get it working properly? I uses 2.2 version

Why would you do such a thing? Do you expect your users to have their device set to one language and want your app to use a different one? — Noah Witherspoon
– Noah Witherspoon, Commented May 30, 2011 at 21:16
@Noah Just today we had an issue. All users in and but some phones like IVO do not allow anything but English/Spanish. Allowing localizing at app level really helps those people. — katit
– katit, Commented Jun 30, 2011 at 22:50

JJD · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-18 08:59:29Z

Ok, I figured why I had this problem.. I needed to override onConfigurationChanged in my application class. That is much more elegant solution than to specify locale on each Activity.

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