How to restore an Android app's default locale

Question

I have this Android app that\'s localized in several languages. If the appropriate string for the device\'s locale exists, the app automatically displays it. So far, so good.

Answer 1

Locale defaultLocale = Locale.getDefault();

Edit: Sorry, I just realized this does not in fact answer your question, since you're overriding the default to effect your change.

Answer 2

I resolved this issue by storing the existing setting on first run of the app (before any changes are made to the default locale). In a block that only runs the first time my app runs, I call:

m_preferences.edit().putString(
                        MyConstants.PREFERENCE_SYSTEM_LANGUAGE,
                        getResources().getConfiguration().locale.getLanguage()
                        ).commit();

Later, when I need to retrieve it:

languageToLoad = m_preferences.getString(
                        MyConstants.PREFERENCE_SYSTEM_LANGUAGE,
                        MyConstants.LANGUAGE_DEFAULT);

When changing the language, I save that in another preference and handle the updates to the view.

Edit: After poking around a bit more, I found the system setting. I switched to using this, rather than the above code.

Resources.getSystem().getConfiguration().locale.getLanguage();