androidandroid-studioandroid-edittextandroid-virtual-keyboard

How to set a default language for the virtual keyboard of an EditText


I'm wanted to know if there any way i could set the default language of the virtual keyboard of an EditText in Android?

Every time i get focus on my EditText it opens the virtual keyboard with my native language instead of English.

I guess it something with the device settings, but if there is a way to program that in Android development that would be terrific.


Solution

  • LocaleHelper” is the solution all you need. You just have to initialize locale on your application’s main class. After that all your language changes will persist.

    In application class make following changes:

        public class MainApplication extends Application {
        @Override
        public void onCreate() {
            super.onCreate();
            LocaleHelper.onCreate(this, "en");
        }
    }
    

    LocalHelper.java will be:

    public class LocaleHelper {
    
    private static final String SELECTED_LANGUAGE = "Locale.Helper.Selected.Language";
    
    public static void onCreate(Context context) {
        String lang = getPersistedData(context, Locale.getDefault().getLanguage());
        setLocale(context, lang);
    }
    
    public static void onCreate(Context context, String defaultLanguage) {
        String lang = getPersistedData(context, defaultLanguage);
        setLocale(context, lang);
    }
    
    public static String getLanguage(Context context) {
        return getPersistedData(context, Locale.getDefault().getLanguage());
    }
    
    public static void setLocale(Context context, String language) {
        persist(context, language);
        updateResources(context, language);
    }
    
    private static String getPersistedData(Context context, String defaultLanguage) {
        SharedPreferences preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
        return preferences.getString(SELECTED_LANGUAGE, defaultLanguage);
    }
    
    private static void persist(Context context, String language) {
        SharedPreferences preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
        SharedPreferences.Editor editor = preferences.edit();
    
        editor.putString(SELECTED_LANGUAGE, language);
        editor.apply();
    }
    
    private static void updateResources(Context context, String language) {
        Locale locale = new Locale(language);
        Locale.setDefault(locale);
    
        Resources resources = context.getResources();
    
        Configuration configuration = resources.getConfiguration();
        configuration.locale = locale;
    
        resources.updateConfiguration(configuration, resources.getDisplayMetrics());
    }
    

    }

    For detail description you refer this link.

    Hope it will help you.