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Asked: 2026-06-12T04:16:16+00:00

I’m not sure if this is a silly question or not but I have

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I’m not sure if this is a silly question or not but I have an app that I need to make available to other languages. I have read a lot about this but I am confused on how to go about it. Do I actually need to translate the entire app into whichever languages I would like or will the system do that? I read the Android doc about using localization (Android docs) and many forum posts. I have read about changing the Configuration in the app but even changing the locale on my device doesn’t work. Can anyone please point me in the right direction for this? I want the user to be able to change languages for the app itself as it may be passed around between people with different preferences. Thanks in advance!

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  1. Editorial Team

    Basically you need to put strings that you want translated into a file

    res/values/strings.xml

    for the default en locale and then e.g. refer to such an entry in code via Resources.getString(R.string.theId) or in other xml files via @string/theId,
    where theId represents the id of the entry as e.g. in

    <string name="theId">Username</string>

    in the xml file.

    Now to translate it you create additional

    res/values-<lc>/strings.xml

    files where stands for the respective 2 letter locale code.

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