detect keyboard language(or direction of it) in react native

Question

I need to detect the keyboard language not the locale or device language or anything else. and i can't write java code. is there any way to find the language of the keyboard ?

in this case it should show 'en' or 'ltr'

in this case it should show 'fa' or 'rtl'

i am using i18n but i don't need the locale, its fixed and i can't get the info i need from it.

react-native : 0.59.5

Does this answer your question? [Keyboard Language in React Native iOS?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64009740/keyboard-language-in-react-native-ios) — XplosiVe06, Jan 20 '21 at 17:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '21 at 18:11

You can get the keyboard language if you create an native module.

Here's a example of how to get it using java for android:

private void printInputLanguages() {
   InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
   List<InputMethodInfo> ims = imm.getEnabledInputMethodList();

   for (InputMethodInfo method : ims) {
       List<InputMethodSubtype> submethods = imm.getEnabledInputMethodSubtypeList(method, true);
       for (InputMethodSubtype submethod : submethods) {
          if (submethod.getMode().equals("keyboard")) {
             String currentLocale = submethod.getLocale();
             Log.i(TAG, "Available input method locale: " + currentLocale);
          }
       }
   }
}

And here's how to do it with swift, for IOS:

var language = textfield.textInputMode?.primaryLanguage

And here's how to create a native module for react-native

detect keyboard language(or direction of it) in react native

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