Using locale settings to detect wheter to use imperial units

Question

I\'m working on an app that wants to display lengths either in centimeters (cm) or in inches(\"). Is there a way to select the right unit from the locale? In any event I\'m also

Answer 1

1. Programmatically

Making a small improvement in the solution from @vidstige

I would use getCountry().toUpperCase() to be safe and change the checks to a switch for a cleaner code. Something like this:

public static UnitLocale getFrom(Locale locale) {
    String countryCode = locale.getCountry().toUpperCase();
    switch (countryCode) {
        case "US":
        case "LR":
        case "MM":
            return Imperial;
        default:
            return Metric;
    }
}

2. From Resources

Another solution could be creating resources folders for each country like: [values_US] [values_LR] [values_MM] with a boolean resource changed to true. Then read that boolean resource from the code.