Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks Kostya. On Monday, February 4, 2013 11:15:58 PM UTC+10, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: > > Editing the values / entries lists for each locale is going be error > prone... > > I'd consider a Preference subclass that works like ListPreference but > sorts the values and entries arrays, keeping in sync, before presenting the > entries list to the user. > > You might want to refer to the source code for ListPreference: > > > https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/heads/master/core/java/android/preference/ListPreference.java > > -- K > > On Monday, February 4, 2013 5:07:36 PM UTC+4, William Ferguson wrote: >> >> But that gains nothing over adding them as static lists inside the >> resource files. >> It's not like I'm going to changing the names of countries on a daily >> basis. >> >> In either case I will need to construct the ordered lists for each >> Locale. But if I put them in a DB then I've lost visibility over >> localisation of those resources. >> >> William >> >> >> On Monday, February 4, 2013 10:46:44 PM UTC+10, lbendlin wrote: >>> >>> As I said, I would create a SQLite table with locale, language code and >>> language title. Then you can do a database query that filters by the >>> current locale and retrieves language code and title sorted by the title. >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, February 3, 2013 5:46:45 PM UTC-5, William Ferguson wrote: >>> >>>> OK, I guess I mustn't have expressed myself clearly. >>>> I can't see how a preference is going to help here. >>>> >>>> I can provide an explicit ordering in each an every resource locale >>>> that suits that locale. But I'm wondering whether there is a programmatic >>>> (or other) way to ensure that the values displayed by a ListPreference are >>>> in alpha order for the current locale? >>>> >>>> William >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, February 2, 2013 12:50:49 PM UTC+10, lbendlin wrote: >>>>> >>>>> smells like a database driven custom preference to me. >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, February 1, 2013 9:13:09 PM UTC-5, William Ferguson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> What's the optimal way to ensure that the values in a ListPreference >>>>>> are alpha ordered according to the current locale? >>>>>> >>>>>> Eg if my list contains languages >>>>>> <string-array name="language_keys"> >>>>>> <item>cs</item> >>>>>> <item>da</item> >>>>>> <item>de</item> >>>>>> <item>en</item> >>>>>> <item>es</item> >>>>>> <item>fi</item> >>>>>> </string-array> >>>>>> >>>>>> <string-array name="language_values"> <!-- English displays --> >>>>>> <item>Czech</item> >>>>>> <item>Danish</item> >>>>>> <item>German</item> >>>>>> <item>English</item> >>>>>> <item>Spanish</item> >>>>>> <item>Finnish</item> >>>>>> </string-array> >>>>>> >>>>>> <string-array name="language_values"> <!-- German displays --> >>>>>> <item>Tschechisch</item> >>>>>> <item>Dänisch</item> >>>>>> <item>Deutsch</item> >>>>>> <item>Englisch</item> >>>>>> <item>Spanisch</item> >>>>>> <item>Finnisch</item> >>>>>> </string-array> >>>>>> >>>>>> Should I replicate the keys and values in all resource locales and >>>>>> change their order to suit? Or is their some way that I haven't found >>>>>> yet >>>>>> where I can readily apply a sort to the ListPreference keys and values? >>>>>> >>>>>> William >>>>>> >>>>>
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