You can change language settings for app only. Use Locale class and update default configuration. Language change only applied when activity restart or re-start application. Use following locale class
public class LocaleUtils {
private static Locale sLocale;
public static void setLocale(Locale locale) {
sLocale = locale;
if(sLocale != null) {
Locale.setDefault(sLocale);
}
}
public static void updateConfig(ContextThemeWrapper wrapper) {
if(sLocale != null && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
configuration.setLocale(sLocale);
wrapper.applyOverrideConfiguration(configuration);
}
}
public static void updateConfig(Application app, Configuration configuration) {
if(sLocale != null && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
//Wrapping the configuration to avoid Activity endless loop
Configuration config = new Configuration(configuration);
config.locale = sLocale;
Resources res = app.getBaseContext().getResources();
res.updateConfiguration(config, res.getDisplayMetrics());
}
}
}
Application class :
public class App extends Application {
public void onCreate(){
super.onCreate();
// get user preferred language set locale accordingly new locale(language,country)
LocaleUtils.setLocale(new Locale("iw"));
LocaleUtils.updateConfig(this, getBaseContext().getResources().getConfiguration());
}
@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
LocaleUtils.updateConfig(this, newConfig);
}
}
BaseActivity :
public class BaseActivity extends Activity {
public BaseActivity() {
LocaleUtils.updateConfig(this);
}
}
Above answer is taken from : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2264874/changing-locale-within-the-app-itself
Android Document : http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.html
In Android M the top solution won't work. I've written a helper class to fix that which you should call from your Application class and all Activities (I would suggest creating a BaseActivity and then make all the Activities inherit from it.
**Note**: This will also support properly RTL layout direction.
Helper class:
public class LocaleUtils {
private static Locale sLocale;
public static void setLocale(Locale locale) {
sLocale = locale;
if(sLocale != null) {
Locale.setDefault(sLocale);
}
}
public static void updateConfig(ContextThemeWrapper wrapper) {
if(sLocale != null && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
configuration.setLocale(sLocale);
wrapper.applyOverrideConfiguration(configuration);
}
}
public static void updateConfig(Application app, Configuration configuration) {
if (sLocale != null && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
//Wrapping the configuration to avoid Activity endless loop
Configuration config = new Configuration(configuration);
// We must use the now-deprecated config.locale and res.updateConfiguration here,
// because the replacements aren't available till API level 24 and 17 respectively.
config.locale = sLocale;
Resources res = app.getBaseContext().getResources();
res.updateConfiguration(config, res.getDisplayMetrics());
}
}
}
Application:
public class App extends Application {
public void onCreate(){
super.onCreate();
LocaleUtils.setLocale(new Locale("iw"));
LocaleUtils.updateConfig(this, getBaseContext().getResources().getConfiguration());
}
@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
LocaleUtils.updateConfig(this, newConfig);
}
}
BaseActivity:
public class BaseActivity extends Activity {
public BaseActivity() {
LocaleUtils.updateConfig(this);
}
}
