Android App Bundle with in-app locale change

Question

I\'ve a problem with AAB when I need to change the app locale from within the app itself(i.e. have the language change setting inside the app), the issue is that the AAB giv

Answer 1

Edit:

The PlayCore API now supports downloading the strings for another language on-demand: https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle/playcore#lang_resources

Alternative solution (discouraged):

You can disable the splitting by language by adding the following configuration in your build.gradle

android {
    bundle {
        language {
            // Specifies that the app bundle should not support
            // configuration APKs for language resources. These
            // resources are instead packaged with each base and
            // dynamic feature APK.
            enableSplit = false
        }
    }
}

This latter solution will increase the size of the app.

Answer 2

This is not possible with app bundles: Google Play only downloads resources when the device's selected languages change.

You'll have to use APKs if you want to have an in app language picker.