Get the current language in device

Question

How can we get the current language selected in the Android device

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The correct way of getting the language of your device is the following:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
    return context.getResources().getConfiguration().getLocales().get(0);
} else {
    return context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale;
}

Hope it helps.

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To save others time and or confusion I wanted to share that I have tried the two alternatives proposed by Johan Pelgrim above and on my device they are equivalent - whether or not the default location is changed    So my device s default setting is English United Kindom  and in this state as expected both Strings in Johan s answer give the same result   If I then change the locale in the phone settings  say to italiano Italia   and re-run then both Strings in Johan s answer give the locale as italiano Italia    Therefore I believe Johan s original post to be correct and gregm s comment to be incorrect

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This solution worked for me   This will return you the android device s language  not the app s local language   String locale   getApplicationContext   getResources   getConfiguration   locale getLanguage      This will return  en  or  de  or  fr  or whatever your device language is set to

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Locale getDefault   getDisplayLanguage     will give you Written name for the Language  for example  English  Dutch  French  Locale getDefault   getLanguage     will give you language code  for instance  en  nl  fr  Both methods return String

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If you want to get the selected language of your device  this might help you   Locale getDefault   getDisplayLanguage

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My solution is like this      SuppressWarnings  deprecation   public String getCurrentLocale2         return Resources getSystem   getConfiguration   locale getLanguage        TargetApi Build VERSION CODES N  public Locale getCurrentLocale         getResources        return Resources getSystem   getConfiguration   getLocales   get 0       and then   if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES N                    Log e  Locale   getCurrentLocale   getLanguage                   else                   Log e  Locale   getCurrentLocale2   toString                     shown ---  en

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The others have given good answers for the device language   if you wish the app language the easiest way to do it is by adding  an app lang key to your strings xml file  and specify the lang for each of the langs as well   That way  if your app s default language is different from the device language  you can chose to send that as parameter for your services

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What worked for me was   Resources getSystem   getConfiguration   locale    Resources getSystem   returns a global shared Resources object that provides access to only system resources  no application resources   and is not configured for the current screen  can not use dimension units  does not change based on orientation  etc    Because getConfiguration locale has now been deprecated  the preferred way to get the primary locale in Android Nougat is   Resources getSystem   getConfiguration   getLocales   get 0     To guarantee compatibility with the previous Android versions a possible solution would be a simple check   Locale locale  if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES N        locale   Resources getSystem   getConfiguration   getLocales   get 0     else         noinspection deprecation     locale   Resources getSystem   getConfiguration   locale      Update  Starting with support library 26 1 0 you don t need to check the Android version as it offers a convenient method backward compatible getLocales     Simply call     ConfigurationCompat getLocales Resources getSystem   getConfiguration

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You can try to get locale from system resources   PackageManager packageManager   context getPackageManager    Resources resources   packageManager getResourcesForApplication  android    String language   resources getConfiguration   locale getLanguage

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You can  extract  the language from the current locale  You can extract the locale via the standard Java API  or by using the Android Context   For instance  the two lines below are equivalent   String locale   context getResources   getConfiguration   locale getDisplayName    String locale   java util Locale getDefault   getDisplayName

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Answers above don t distinguish between simple chinese and traditinal chinese  Locale getDefault   toString   works which returns  zh CN    zh TW    en US  and etc     References to   https   developer android com reference java util Locale html  ISO 639-1 is OLD

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You can use this  boolean isLang   Locale getDefault   getLanguage   equals  xx      when  xx  is any language code like  en    fr    sp    ar       and so on

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public class LocalUtils        private static final String LANGUAGE CODE ENGLISH    en            returns application language eg  en    fa         public static String getAppLanguage             return Locale getDefault   getLanguage                  returns device language eg  en    fa         public static String getDeviceLanguage             return ConfigurationCompat getLocales Resources getSystem   getConfiguration    get 0  getLanguage               public static boolean isDeviceEnglish             return getDeviceLanguage   equals new Locale LANGUAGE CODE ENGLISH  getLanguage                public static boolean isAppEnglish             return getAppLanguage   equals new Locale LANGUAGE CODE ENGLISH  getLanguage                   Log i  AppLanguage         LocalUtils getAppLanguage     Log i  DeviceLanguage      LocalUtils getDeviceLanguage     Log i  isDeviceEnglish     String valueOf LocalUtils isDeviceEnglish      Log i  isAppEnglish        String valueOf LocalUtils isAppEnglish

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public void GetDefaultLanguage          try           String langue   Locale getDefault   toString              --- gt  en US                    Log i  TAG   Locale getDefault   getLanguage               --- gt  en         Log i  TAG   Locale getDefault   getISO3Language           --- gt  eng         Log i  TAG   Locale getDefault   getCountry                --- gt  US         Log i  TAG   Locale getDefault   getISO3Country            --- gt  USA         Log i  TAG   Locale getDefault   getDisplayCountry         --- gt  United States         Log i  TAG   Locale getDefault   getDisplayName            --- gt  English  United States          Log i  TAG   Locale getDefault   toString                  --- gt  en US         Log i  TAG   Locale getDefault   getDisplayLanguage        --- gt  English                      if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP                langue   Locale getDefault   toLanguageTag           --- gt  en-US             url Api   getUrlMicrosoftLearn langue               Log i  TAG   url Api                Log i  TAG   langue             else              langue   langue replace      -           --- gt  en-US             url Api   getUrlMicrosoftLearn langue               Log i  TAG   url Api                Log i  TAG   langue                   catch  Exception ex            Log i  TAG    Exception GetDefaultLanguage     ex            public String getUrlMicrosoftLearn String langue        return  https   docs microsoft com   langue   learn

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here is code to get device country  Compatible with all versions of android even oreo   Solution  if user does not have sim card than get country he is used during phone setup   or current language selection    public static String getDeviceCountry Context context        String deviceCountryCode   null       final TelephonyManager tm    TelephonyManager  context getSystemService Context TELEPHONY SERVICE            if tm    null                deviceCountryCode   tm getNetworkCountryIso                   if  deviceCountryCode    null  amp  amp  deviceCountryCode length    lt  3            deviceCountryCode   deviceCountryCode toUpperCase              else           deviceCountryCode   ConfigurationCompat getLocales Resources getSystem   getConfiguration    get 0  getCountry   toUpperCase                 Log d  countryCode           deviceCountryCode        return deviceCountryCode

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if API level is 24 or above  use LocaleList getDefault   get 0  getLanguage   else use Locale getDefault getLanguage   private fun getSystemLocale     if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES N        LocaleList getDefault   get 0  language   else       Locale getDefault   language    reference  https   developer android com guide topics resources multilingual-support

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To add to Johan Pelgrim s answer  context getResources   getConfiguration   locale Locale getDefault     are equivalent because android text format DateFormat class uses both interchangeably  e g   private static String zeroPad int inValue  int inMinDigits        return String format Locale getDefault      0    inMinDigits    d   inValue       and  public static boolean is24HourFormat Context context        String value   Settings System getString context getContentResolver                Settings System TIME 12 24        if  value    null            Locale locale   context getResources   getConfiguration   locale              snip the rest

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If you choose a language you can t type this Greek may be helpful   getDisplayLanguage   toString     English getLanguage   toString     en  getISO3Language   toString     eng getDisplayLanguage      English getLanguage     en getISO3Language     eng   Now try it with Greek  getDisplayLanguage   toString              getLanguage   toString     el getISO3Language   toString     ell getDisplayLanguage               getLanguage     el getISO3Language     ell

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You can use this code to find out keyboard current   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   InputMethodSubtype ims   imm getCurrentInputMethodSubtype    String locale   ims getLocale

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if Locale getDefault   getDisplayName   equals                           your code here

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As described in Locale reference the best way to get language is   Locale getDefault   getLanguage     this method returns string with language id according to ISO 639-1 standart

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There are two languages   Default language of OS   Locale getDefault   getDisplayLanguage      Current language of Application    getResources   getConfiguration   locale getDisplayLanguage     return string

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I ve checked the Locale methods on my Android 4 1 2 device  and the results   Locale getDefault   getLanguage         --- gt  en       Locale getDefault   getISO3Language     --- gt  eng  Locale getDefault   getCountry          --- gt  US  Locale getDefault   getISO3Country      --- gt  USA  Locale getDefault   getDisplayCountry   --- gt  United States  Locale getDefault   getDisplayName      --- gt  English  United States   Locale getDefault   toString            --- gt  en US Locale getDefault   getDisplayLanguage  --- gt  English Locale getDefault   toLanguageTag       --- gt  en-US

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If you want to check a current language  use the answer of  Sarpe   Thorbear    val language   ConfigurationCompat getLocales Resources getSystem   configuration   get 0   language    Check here the language  val format   if  language     ru    d MMMM yyyy     else  d MMMM yyyy  val longDateFormat   SimpleDateFormat format  Locale getDefault

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If you want to do specific task for users resides in India who speaks Hindi then use below if condition  if Locale getDefault   getDisplayName   equals                       Block executed only for the users resides in India who speaks Hindi

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