new locale in android (urdu/pakistan)

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I am a beginner in android. making my first app, all i want to do is localize my app to urdu language/pakistan. what should i do. Where I can get the list of all android locale?

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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This post may be helpful, code of Urdu - Pakistan is ur-PK, which may not be present for your use. List of all android locale can be found here or here. Also take a look at localization tutorial

If you want to use urdu font for showing text in a view(say TextView) then:

Code for setting custom font to TextView:

Assuming you have a urdu ttf font say(URDU.ttf) font in fonts folder under assets folder:

 Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/URDU.ttf");               
    TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtview);
    tv.setTypeface(tf);

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answered May 18 '12 at 21:00

Imran Rana

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@Haris do you want to provide localization even though it is not available or just want to show urdu? – Imran Rana May 18 '12 at 21:19
I want to localize it in urdu/pakistan, not merely writing urdu – Haris May 28 '12 at 19:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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You might want to look this question. Also for urdu-pakistan you might get the code from here

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answered May 18 '12 at 20:42

Gökhan Barış Aker

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new locale in android (urdu/pakistan)

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Code for setting custom font to TextView: