{"id":77394,"date":"2020-05-02T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T03:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/?p=77394"},"modified":"2021-02-25T16:05:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:35:50","slug":"android-localization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/android-localization\/","title":{"rendered":"Localization in Android – Step by Step Implementation"},"content":{"rendered":"

So let\u2019s get started with this article on Localization in Android<\/strong>, here we will learn about\u00a0 Android Localization and implement it. Android supports various languages and cultures that is one of the main reasons for its popularity.<\/p>\n

\"Localization<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you Remember? We read that Android supports various Languages thus, helping people all over the world in a different way.<\/p>\n

Explore Top Android Features<\/a> with DataFlair\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Localization in Android<\/h2>\n

The applications that we use in Android devices can be specific to a particular language. That is where Localization<\/strong> comes in the role. Localization is a process that changes the string into various different languages based on user requirements. In this tutorial, we will implement it practically in our application.<\/p>\n

Localization can be done for Dates and time as well. Localizing the string is good for the users, but, how about localizing the date and the time? Yes, it can be done too. Luckily, Android SDK includes the classes that format dates and times according to the locale. In Android SDK these date and time are handled using Date<\/strong> class from java.util<\/strong> namespace. To return the current date and time, you can use java.util.Calendar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You can code it this way to return the Date and the Time:<\/p>\n

Date date= Calendar.getInstance().getTime(); \/\/ this will get the date and the time\r\njava.text.DateFormat date_format; \/\/This will get the standard format\r\nDate_format = android.text.format.DateFormat.getDateFormat(this);<\/pre>\n
And for Time:<\/p>\n
java.util.Date date_today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();\r\njava.text.DateFormat time_format;\r\ntime_format = android.text.format.DateFormat.getTimeFormat(this);\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
Language Codes and Folder names:<\/h3>\n
To implement it in our application we need to first create separate \u2018values\u2019 files in the resource folder specifying the language code.<\/p>\n
Few of the common language codes<\/strong> that are used in Android are mentioned below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Language<\/b><\/td>\nCode<\/b><\/td>\nFolder Name<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arabic<\/span><\/td>\nar<\/span><\/td>\nvalues-ar<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bengali<\/span><\/td>\nbn<\/span><\/td>\nvalues-bn<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bulgarian<\/span><\/td>\nbg<\/span><\/td>\nvalues-bg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chinese<\/span><\/td>\nzh<\/span><\/td>\nvalues-zh<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
French<\/span><\/td>\nfr<\/span><\/td>\nvalues-fr<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
German<\/span><\/td>\nde<\/span><\/td>\nvalues-de<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japanese<\/span><\/td>\nja<\/span><\/td>\nvalues-ja<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tibetan<\/span><\/td>\nbo<\/span><\/td>\nvalues-bo<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hindi<\/span><\/td>\nhi<\/span><\/td>\nvalues-hi<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telugu<\/span><\/td>\nte<\/span><\/td>\nvalues-te<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Punjabi<\/span><\/td>\npa<\/span><\/td>\nvalues-pa<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
The above mentioned code and folder names would be mentioned in the strings.xml file, where the string code would be mentioned as:<\/p>\n