[SOLVED] How i can make the whole android app text from the left to right?

How i can make the whole android app text from the left to right?

i am creating an android app, my phone language in Arabic and i do not want to change that, but i am building the app for left to right users, is there a setting i can put that when i debug on my personal phone to recognizes to debug from left to right opposite to my phone language?

i am thinking about using an simulator but i do not want to deal with the slowness of the android studio

Solution

You can always design it in LTR and it won't change. If it changes you could do this to force LTR your application.

=> You can add this to your manifest

android:supportsRtl="false"

=> You can even add it to your application theme in the res/styles.

  <!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="android:screenOrientation">portrait</item>

    <!-- your ltr theme -->
    <item name="android:layoutDirection">ltr</item>
</style>

=> The last way is to add it programmatically in your activity.

//Java
getWindow().getDecorView().setLayoutDirection(View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR);

//Kotlin 
window.decorView.layoutDirection = View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR