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AndroidLocaleManager

AndroidLocaleManger is a locale manager for Android:

  • Change locale at runtime
  • Supports multiple language
  • Change locale according to system locale
  • Easy to use

multi-language app

Requirements

  • Api 14+

Installation

Add JitPack to repositories in your project's root build.gradle file:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        ...
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    }
}

Add the dependency to your module's build.gradle file:

dependencies {
    ...
    implementation 'com.github.MostafaTaghipour:localemanager:1.0.0'
}

Usage

  • Wrap the Activity Context:
override fun attachBaseContext(newBase: Context) {
    super.attachBaseContext(LocaleManager.getInstance().wrapContext(newBase))
}
  • Any time you need to change the locale of the application using the following code
LocaleManager.getInstance().setCurrentLocale(this /*context*/, Locale("fa" /* your desired language*/))
  • Thats it, enjoy it

BroadcastReceiver

There is a BroadcastReceiver that fired when app locale did changed

private lateinit var localeReceiver: AppLocaleChangeReceiver

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

    //register BroadcastReceiver
    val filter = IntentFilter()
    filter.addAction(LocaleManager.APP_LOCALE_CHANGED_BROADCAST_ACTION)
    this.localeReceiver = AppLocaleChangeReceiver()
    this.localeReceiver.setListener(this)
    registerReceiver(this.localeReceiver, filter)
}

override fun onAppLocaleChanged(newLocale: Locale) {
    // app locale changed
}

override fun onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy()
    //unregister BroadcastReceiver
    unregisterReceiver(this.localeReceiver)
}

Author

Mostafa Taghipour, [email protected]

License

AndroidLocaleManager is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.