Android get current Locale not default

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How do I get the user s current Locale in Android   I can get the default one  but this may not be the current one correct   Basically I want the two letter language code from the current locale  Not the default one  There is no Locale current

User · Accepted Answer

The default Locale is constructed statically at runtime for your application process from the system property settings  so it will represent the Locale selected on that device when the application was launched   Typically  this is fine  but it does mean that if the user changes their Locale in settings after your application process is running  the value of getDefaultLocale   probably will not be immediately updated   If you need to trap events like this for some reason in your application  you might instead try obtaining the Locale available from the resource Configuration object  i e   Locale current   getResources   getConfiguration   locale    You may find that this value is updated more quickly after a settings change if that is necessary for your application

User · Answer

I  ve used this   String currentLanguage   Locale getDefault   getDisplayLanguage    if  currentLanguage toLowerCase   contains  en           do something

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If you are using the Android Support Library you can use ConfigurationCompat instead of  Makalele s method to get rid of deprecation warnings   Locale current   ConfigurationCompat getLocales getResources   getConfiguration    get 0     or in Kotlin   val currentLocale   ConfigurationCompat getLocales resources configuration  0

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From getDefault s documentation      Returns the user s preferred locale  This may have been overridden for this process with setDefault Locale     Also from the Locale docs      The default locale is appropriate for tasks that involve presenting data to the user    Seems like you should just use it

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Android N  Api level 24  update  no warnings       Locale getCurrentLocale Context context           if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES N               return context getResources   getConfiguration   getLocales   get 0             else                noinspection deprecation             return context getResources   getConfiguration   locale

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As per official documentation ConfigurationCompat is deprecated in support libraries You can consider using LocaleListCompat getDefault   0  toLanguageTag   0th position will be user preferred locale To get Default locale at 0th position would be LocaleListCompat getAdjustedDefault

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All answers above - do not work   So I will put here a function that works on 4 and 9 android  private String getCurrentLanguage       if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES N         return LocaleList getDefault   get 0  getLanguage         else        return Locale getDefault   getLanguage

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