You will need to do all of the UI recreation in your activity. We don't currently have a way for an activity to ask that it be restarted, sorry. Like I said, this isn't really supported.
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Mark Nuetzmann <mark.nuetzm...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I have a settings dialog/activity where I allow the user to change the > locale. Within that activity i call > > Resources res = ctx.getResources(); > // Change locale settings on the device > DisplayMetrics dm = res.getDisplayMetrics(); > android.content.res.Configuration conf = > res.getConfiguration(); > conf.locale = new Locale(language_code.toLowerCase(), > coutry_code.toUpperCase()); > res.updateConfiguration(conf, dm); > > and call onChanged() for my settings ListView... everything changes > perfectly. Very nice. > > Then I hit the back button to go back to the previous activity > thinking everything should be switched; nope. Everything is still in > the previous locale. So I added the above code in the onResume() of > the activity thinking that would do it; nope. Also, when I click the > menu button of this activity again (not first time) I do not get > called in onCreateOptionsMenu() it just displays the previous menu. > > My question is what is the correct way to force existing activities to > reload using the new local? > > thanks. > Mark > > > On Jan 26, 10:39 pm, Raja Nagendra Kumar <nagendra.r...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Diannel thank you, Deep thank you for the complete source spippet.. > > > > On Jan 27, 1:23 am, "deepdr...@googlemail.com" > > > > <deepdr...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > ya, great, thanks, this works for me ! : > > > > > Resources res = getResources(); > > > DisplayMetrics dm = res.getDisplayMetrics(); > > > Configuration conf = res.getConfiguration(); > > > conf.locale = Locale.GERMANY; > > > res.updateConfiguration(conf, dm); > > > firstline= res.getString(R.string.firstline); > > > > > On Jan 26, 9:09 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > > > > You can't just modify the structure, you need to give a new > Configuration of > > > > new values to Resources.updateConfiguration(). > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:21 AM, deepdr...@googlemail.com < > > > > > > deepdr...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I tried : > > > > > > > Resources res = getResources(); > > > > > res.getConfiguration().locale = Locale.GERMANY; > > > > > firstline= res.getString(R.string.firstline); > > > > > > > in my onCreate() . But, although I do have > res/values-de/strings.xml > > > > > this still gives me the english string for firstline. > > > > > So it seems to me that there's no easy way to test different > languages > > > > > without an actual device for that language (?) > > > > > > > On Jan 24, 10:28 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > > > > This isn't really supported, though you can change the language > of the > > > > > > Configuration used by your Resources object. This will only > impact your > > > > > own > > > > > > app, though, not things displayed by others like your > notifications > > > > > (those > > > > > > will still use the system's locale). > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Raja Nagendra Kumar < > > > > > > > > nagendra.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Romain, > > > > > > > > > Thank You Romain, a follow up to this how do I change the > default > > > > > > > languge to choose in my application based on the menu we > provide with > > > > > > > in the andorid application.. > > > > > > > I may still want to keep my phone locale some thing deferent > than the > > > > > > > application locale. > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > Nagendra > > > > > > > > > On Jan 24, 11:16 am, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > All you need to do is place your resources in locale specific > > > > > > > > directories. For instance: > > > > > > > > > > res\ > > > > > > > > drawable-en\ > > > > > > > > values-fr\ > > > > > > > > layout-jp\ > > > > > > > > > > In your example to localize the app in English and German, > you would > > > > > > > have: > > > > > > > > > > res\ > > > > > > > > values\ > > > > > > > > strings.xml > > > > > > > > values-de\ > > > > > > > > strings.xml > > > > > > > > > > And Android will automatically pick up the right strings.xml > at > > > > > > > > runtime, depending on the locale. If you want to know more > about > > > > > > > > resources and configurations, please readhttp:// > > > > > > > code.google.com/android/devel/resources-i18n.html > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Raja Nagendra Kumar > > > > > > > > > > <nagendra.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Is there any good example to show how a single compiled > application > > > > > > > > > could support both english and say germany.. > > > > > > > > > > > The aapt approach and Resource R.java approach seems to me > that, we > > > > > > > > > may need to have one binary for english and one for germany > > > > > etc..and > > > > > > > > > so on.. > > > > > > > > > > > Like in J2ME, could we switch the language at runtime.. > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > Raja Nagendra Kumar, > > > > > > > > > C.T.O > > > > > > > > >www.tejasoft.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Romain Guy > > > > > > > > Android framework engineer > > > > > > > > romain...@android.com > > > > > > > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't > have time > > > > > > > > to provide private support. All such questions should be > posted on > > > > > > > > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them- > Hide > > > > > quoted > > > > > > > text - > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Dianne Hackborn > > > > > > Android framework engineer > > > > > > hack...@android.com > > > > > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have > time to > > > > > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public > > > > > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > > > > -- > > > > Dianne Hackborn > > > > Android framework engineer > > > > hack...@android.com > > > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to > > > > provide private support. 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