Change the locale at runtime?

Since API 11 you can use recreate so can make this method in your activity:

private void restartInLocale(Locale locale)
{
    Locale.setDefault(locale);
    Configuration config = new Configuration();
    config.locale = locale;
    Resources resources = getResources();
    resources.updateConfiguration(config, resources.getDisplayMetrics());
    recreate();
}

Leave a Comment