The problem with languages (locales) seems to be more related to the wireless company than the phone makers. I recently taught a course on developing Android apps, and there were several different phones used by myself and my students. Those who had AT&T phones, for example, seemed to have a lot of languages preinstalled, but those with Verizon had only two or three languages. The situation is likely related to their respective technologies (GSM versus CDMA; see http://www.cellutips.com/gsm-vs-cdma-which-one-is-the-best-for-you/) and their target markets. My Motorola Droid X (Verizon) for example, has only English and Spanish, but during the course I also had access to a Samsung Captivate (AT&T), and it had a lot of languages preinstalled. In general one should always develop using string resources and other techniques so that the application could easily be modified to support other locales.
On Jun 8, 9:21 pm, Chris <crehb...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's awful. My HTC Magic which came out in 2009 supports ~40 > languages/varieties. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en