Android change language

In android you can change language, textview or image etc, by this tutorial you will learn how to change the language, first you have to create ChangeLanguage class which contain static method call changeLanguage and changeLanguage method call in all UI class that you want to change the language.

ChangeLanguage.java

package montercodz.blogspot.com;

import java.util.Locale;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.util.Log;

public class ChangeLanguage {
 public static String ENGLISH = "en";
 public static String FRENCH = "fr";
 public static String LANGUAGE = "fr";
 
 public static void changeLanguage(Context context,String language){
  Locale localeSetting = new Locale(language);
     Locale.setDefault(localeSetting);
     Configuration configSetting = new Configuration();
     configSetting.locale = localeSetting;
     context.getResources().updateConfiguration(configSetting, null);
     Log.d("Localization.java","Language have been changed!");
 }
}

MainClass.java

package montercodz.blogspot.com;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainClass extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
 private Button btnEnglish;
 private Button btnFrench;
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        btnEnglish = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnEnglish);
        btnFrench = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnFrench);
        
        //set Button listener
        btnEnglish.setOnClickListener(this);
        btnFrench.setOnClickListener(this);
    }
 @Override
 public void onClick(View v) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  if(btnEnglish == v){
   //set English language start
   ChangeLanguage.LANGUAGE = ChangeLanguage.ENGLISH;
   ChangeLanguage.changeLanguage(this,ChangeLanguage.LANGUAGE);
   Intent i = new Intent(getApplication(),SecodeUserInterface.class);
   startActivity(i);
  }else if(btnFrench == v){
   //set French language start
   ChangeLanguage.LANGUAGE = ChangeLanguage.FRENCH;
   ChangeLanguage.changeLanguage(this,ChangeLanguage.LANGUAGE);
   Intent i = new Intent(getApplication(),SecodeUserInterface.class);
   startActivity(i);
  }
 }
}

SecodeUserInterface.java

package montercodz.blogspot.com;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SecodeUserInterface extends Activity{
 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  //set language change be fore setContentView this set use in all UI language change
  ChangeLanguage.changeLanguage(this, ChangeLanguage.LANGUAGE);
  setContentView(R.layout.second_user_interface);
 }
}

main.xml

second_user_interface.xml

String.xml (for english)

 Change Language Example
    Language description changes depending on language

String.xml (for French)

    Changements langage de description de fonction de la langue

to change with other language you need to change your directory name click Here for more language.

AndroidManifest.xml

your directory should look like this bellow picture

this is your buttonDrawable Image

Source code you can download here

Change language Source code download