Android Context.getResources.updateConfiguration() Deprecated


Answer :

Inspired by Calligraphy, I ended up creating a context wrapper. In my case, I need to overwrite system language to provide my app users with the option of changing app language but this can be customized with any logic that you need to implement.

    import android.annotation.TargetApi;     import android.content.Context;     import android.content.ContextWrapper;     import android.content.res.Configuration;     import android.os.Build;          import java.util.Locale;          public class MyContextWrapper extends ContextWrapper {      public MyContextWrapper(Context base) {         super(base);     }      @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")     public static ContextWrapper wrap(Context context, String language) {         Configuration config = context.getResources().getConfiguration();         Locale sysLocale = null;         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {             sysLocale = getSystemLocale(config);         } else {             sysLocale = getSystemLocaleLegacy(config);         }         if (!language.equals("") && !sysLocale.getLanguage().equals(language)) {             Locale locale = new Locale(language);             Locale.setDefault(locale);             if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {                 setSystemLocale(config, locale);             } else {                 setSystemLocaleLegacy(config, locale);             }                      }         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {              context = context.createConfigurationContext(config);         } else {              context.getResources().updateConfiguration(config, context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics());             }         return new MyContextWrapper(context);     }      @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")     public static Locale getSystemLocaleLegacy(Configuration config){         return config.locale;     }      @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.N)     public static Locale getSystemLocale(Configuration config){         return config.getLocales().get(0);     }      @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")     public static void setSystemLocaleLegacy(Configuration config, Locale locale){         config.locale = locale;     }      @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.N)     public static void setSystemLocale(Configuration config, Locale locale){         config.setLocale(locale);     } }

and to inject your wrapper, in every activity add the following code:

@Override protected void attachBaseContext(Context newBase) {     super.attachBaseContext(MyContextWrapper.wrap(newBase,"fr")); }

UPDATE 22/12/2020 After android Material library implementation of ContextThemeWrapper to support dark mode, the language setting would break and language setting is lost. After months of head scratching, problem was resolved by adding the following code to Activity and Fragment onCreate method

Context context = MyContextWrapper.wrap(this/*in fragment use getContext() instead of this*/, "fr");    getResources().updateConfiguration(context.getResources().getConfiguration(), context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

UPDATE 10/19/2018 Sometimes after orientation change, or activity pause/resume the Configuration object resets to default system Configuration and in result we will see the app displaying English "en" text even though we wrapped the context with French "fr" locale. Therefore and as a good practice, never retain the Context/Activity object in a global variable in activities or fragments.

furthermore, create and use the following in a MyBaseFragment or MyBaseActivity:

public Context getMyContext(){     return MyContextWrapper.wrap(getContext(),"fr"); }

This practice will provide you with 100% bug free solution.


Probably like this :

Configuration overrideConfiguration = getBaseContext().getResources().getConfiguration(); overrideConfiguration.setLocales(LocaleList); Context context  = createConfigurationContext(overrideConfiguration); Resources resources = context.getResources();

Bonus : A blog article who use createConfigurationContext()


Inspired by Calligraphy & Mourjan & myself, i created this.

first you must create a subclass of Application:

public class MyApplication extends Application {     private Locale locale = null;      @Override     public void onCreate() {         super.onCreate();          SharedPreferences preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);          Configuration config = getBaseContext().getResources().getConfiguration();          String lang = preferences.getString(getString(R.string.pref_locale), "en");         String systemLocale = getSystemLocale(config).getLanguage();         if (!"".equals(lang) && !systemLocale.equals(lang)) {             locale = new Locale(lang);             Locale.setDefault(locale);             setSystemLocale(config, locale);             updateConfiguration(config);         }     }      @Override     public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {         super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);         if (locale != null) {             setSystemLocale(newConfig, locale);             Locale.setDefault(locale);             updateConfiguration(newConfig);         }     }      @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")     private static Locale getSystemLocale(Configuration config) {         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {             return config.getLocales().get(0);         } else {             return config.locale;         }     }      @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")     private static void setSystemLocale(Configuration config, Locale locale) {         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {             config.setLocale(locale);         } else {             config.locale = locale;         }     }      @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")     private void updateConfiguration(Configuration config) {         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {             getBaseContext().createConfigurationContext(config);         } else {             getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config, getBaseContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics());         }     } }

then you need set this to your AndroidManifest.xml application tag:

<application     ...     android:name="path.to.your.package.MyApplication"     >

and add this to your AndroidManifest.xml activity tag.

<activity     ...     android:configChanges="locale"     >

note that pref_locale is a string resource like this:

<string name="pref_locale">fa</string>

and hardcode "en" is default lang if pref_locale is not setted


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