EditText in Spanish - android

I have the following EditText:
EditText et1 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtSp);
When user types in this EditText, it should display text in Spanish instead of English.
How can I achieve this?
Note: My application's language is English.


You can change the locale at runtime using that code:
Resources res = getApplicationContext().getResources();
Locale locale = new Locale("en"); //<--- use your locale code here
Locale.setDefault(locale);
Configuration config = new Configuration();
config.locale = locale;
res.updateConfiguration(config, res.getDisplayMetrics());
I assume you need to reset your layout afterwards too.


According to this post, it is not possible to change the locale for a currently running app.
Google Groups -> Android Developers
The "DH" that Richard mentions in this post is an Android Framework Engineer. Look at Richard's previous post for a link to her comments.

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