Programmatically changing the language within the Android app using string resources?

Question

I am relatively new to Android and want to know how to change the language of my app on the click of a button? I have extracted all the text and stored was string resources and set up new string resource files for each of the languages. My problem is around the mainActivity.java class.

Answer 1

There is a library for the behaviour you want. It is called the localization library . You have to extend the libraries LocalizationActivity. You can than use setLanguage("en"); to change the language of your application at runtime. There is also a sample project available on the libraries GitHub page.