Question

On iOS there’s a handy function on NSNumber

localizedStringWithStyle:

Which will format a numeric value into a string using digits appropriate to that region (possibly Western, possible Arabic, etc).

I assume in Java on Android a NumberFormat object (or similar) could be configured to do this but I’m not sure how.

So my question. In Android how to you format a number in locale specific digits?

Answer 1

When you instantiate the NumberFormat object, you call it like this:

NumberFormat formatter = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.US);

You can pick from the list of static Locales or call NumberFormat.getAvailableLocales() to search for a locale which matches your desired output.