Is there any way to force left to right layouts when the device language is any rtl language?
All XML Screens got broken when the language is changed to Arabic?
You can forcefully disable rtl by changing its property supportRtl="false" in your AndroidManifest.xml file.
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I am programming an Android application. This application isn't translated to any right to left language (like Arabic or Hebrew). I've noticed that right to left language people has it in English, but with right to left layout. The drawer menu is on the right instead of the left and the text is right aligned.
What is the good practice to manage this? Should I let the RTL layout because they are used to it or should I force LTR layout because the app is in English?
If you’re not supporting RTL languages you should not support RTL layouts (LTR languages looks pretty bad in RTL languages).
Just add android:supportRtl="false" attribute in your manifest's application tag.
It should solve it.
Even though false is the default value, one of your dependencies can override it to true if you don't set it explicitly.
Confirm that this is the issue by checking the final merged manifest if android:supportRtl is true.
I'm working in app but the language will be Arabic even the Activity name.
To show activity name to right in RTL language, you have to change the device language to RTL
Change the Display Language:
Tap the Settings app
Tap the "Language & input" option
Tap the "Language" option
Select any RTL language [Arabic] from the list of languages.
Check more details here
I think you mean how to enable RTL support for your application?
In order to support RTL in your app, you first need to add android:supportsRtl="true" to the element in your manifest file.
If you want to force any layout to LTR then just add android:layoutDirection="ltr" to that view.
It's also recommended that you use "start" and "end" instead of "left" and "right" when designing your layouts.
I have developed an app in English language. When i change my android language to a right-to-left (later rtl) language , my app goes rtl layout but I don't want that. I want my app layout to stay left-to-right (later ltr) whether android language is ltr or rtl.
I know there is layoutdirection in a activity attributes but it's not for APIs below 17.
I'd still say to use this:
Add in styles.xml in your Base App theme style:
<item name="android:layoutDirection">ltr</item>
17+ is legitimate.
Just do this in manifest
android:supportsRtl="false"
with support rtl your layout in english is still ltr.
rtl is on only for languages how japanese and so on.
the most devices are already API 17+.
On emulator or device you can change main language, so you can use rtl or rtl layout depend on selected language.
Try to put all of your resources (layouts, strings, drawable ... etc) in rtl language folder like
layout-ar and remove default layout folder
also use values-ar, drawable-ar .... etc only
i think this will force android to read from it.
In Settings of my Android app, I use many of checkboxPreferences. When the locale selected is English, text appears at the Left side and Check box at the right side.
Text ------------------Checkbox
When I change locale to Arabic, I want to get this format:
Checkbox---------------Text
But it keeps the same as English locale. I don't know what to do. Can someone help me?
To take advantage of RTL layout mirroring, simply make the following changes to your app:
Declare in your app manifest that your app supports RTL mirroring. Add android:supportsRtl="true" to the element in your manifest file.
Change all of your app's "left/right" layout properties to new "start/end" equivalents.
For more details follow the link
Use RelativeLayout as the parent layout and then add layout_alignParentStart or layout_alignParentEnd attributes for Text / Checkbox views.
Please note, this only works from API v17 on.
I have a custom video player Activity.
I am forced to enable RTL Support in my Application.
But doing so will result in a Right-To-Left aligned ProgressBar. (And that looks ugly)
I want my ProgressBar to stay LTR in my RTL enabled Application.
Is there any solution?
P.S. I am using Android 4.2.2
Okay there is a simple solution for 4.2 and higher:
You can set the android:layoutDirection property in XML, it can have either rtl or ltr values.
The property overrides android:supportsRtl property in "application" segment of your manifest file.