ListView layout inconsistent rendering with RTL languages (Arabic)

Question

I have simple ListView with ArrayAdapter which is working just fine. The problems start with RTL language (Arabic in this case).

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Answer 1

To support RTL alignment you first need to add android:supportsRtl="true" to the element in your manifest file.

Major thing:-

• If your app only supports API ≥ 17, replace all the layout_marginLeft/layout_marginRight/paddingLeft/paddingRight or any other Left and Right layout property with Start and End equivalent. For example android:paddingLeft will be replaced with android:paddingStart.
• If your app supports API<17 then instead of replacing the Left and Right layout properties, add their Start and End layout property equivalent alongside.

Or you can just do for all layouts using Android Studio > Refactor > Add RTL support where possible…

For more references on RTL follow this article for drawables as well here It will surely solve your problem using each step.