Android Tutorial - Supporting Different Languages in android

Android is one of only a handful couple of well known portable working frameworks having a great many clients more than 190 nations and developing step by step. So when you are pointing your application to be all inclusive effective, it is dependably a smart thought to make the application limited.

While restricting, you ought to consider utilizing suitable content, sound, money, numbers and representation relying on the district or nation. Be that as it may, this instructional exercise just covers restricting strings i.e supporting different dialects. Restricting with Resources clarifies about different things ought to be considered while confining your application.
In this article we are going to assemble a Multi-Language upheld application that backings French, German, Hindi and Japanese.
Creating New Project
Create a new project in Eclipse by successful to File ⇒ New ⇒ Android Application Project and fill the required information.

bg_button_rounded.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">
  
    <!-- view background color -->
    <solid
        android:color="@color/bg_button_login" >
    </solid>
  
    <!-- If you want to add some padding -->
    <padding
        android:left="5dp"
        android:top="5dp"
        android:right="5dp"
        android:bottom="5dp"    >
    </padding>
  
    <!-- Here is the corner radius -->
    <corners
        android:radius="6dp"   >
    </corners>
  
</shape>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<shape

xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

android:shape="rectangle">

<solid

android:color="@color/bg_button_login" >

</solid>

<padding

android:left="5dp"

android:top="5dp"

android:right="5dp"

android:bottom="5dp" >

</padding>

<corners

android:radius="6dp" >

</corners>

</shape>

bg_form_rounded.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">
  
    <!-- view background color -->
    <solid
        android:color="@color/white" >
    </solid>
  
    <!-- If you want to add some padding -->
    <padding
        android:left="5dp"
        android:top="5dp"
        android:right="5dp"
        android:bottom="5dp"    >
    </padding>
  
    <!-- Here is the corner radius -->
    <corners
        android:radius="6dp"   >
    </corners>
  
</shape>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<shape

xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

android:shape="rectangle">

<solid

android:color="@color/white" >

</solid>

<padding

android:left="5dp"

android:top="5dp"

android:right="5dp"

android:bottom="5dp" >

</padding>

<corners

android:radius="6dp" >

</corners>

</shape>

bg_gradient.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle" >
 
    <gradient
        android:gradientRadius="750"
        android:endColor="@color/bg_gradient_end"
        android:startColor="@color/bg_gradient_start"
        android:type="radial" />
</shape>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

android:shape="rectangle" >

<gradient

android:gradientRadius="750"

android:endColor="@color/bg_gradient_end"

android:startColor="@color/bg_gradient_start"

android:type="radial" />

</shape>

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/bg_gradient"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >
 
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:orientation="vertical">
 
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"
            android:text="@string/welcome"
            android:textColor="@color/white"
            android:textSize="45dp"
            android:textStyle="bold" />
 
        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@drawable/bg_form_rounded"
            android:orientation="vertical" >
 
            <EditText
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
                android:background="@null"
                android:hint="@string/email"
                android:padding="5dp"
                android:singleLine="true"/>
 
            <EditText
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:background="@null"
                android:hint="@string/password"
                android:inputType="textPassword"          
                android:padding="5dp" />
        </LinearLayout>
 
        <Button
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
            android:background="@drawable/bg_button_rounded"
            android:text="@string/login"
            android:textColor="@color/white"/>
    </LinearLayout>
     
    <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/signup"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_marginBottom="25dp"
        android:textColor="@color/white"/>
 
</RelativeLayout>

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="match_parent"

android:background="@drawable/bg_gradient"

android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<LinearLayout

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_centerInParent="true"

android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"

android:layout_marginRight="15dp"

android:gravity="center"

android:orientation="vertical">

<TextView

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"

android:text="@string/welcome"

android:textColor="@color/white"

android:textSize="45dp"

android:textStyle="bold" />

<LinearLayout

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:background="@drawable/bg_form_rounded"

android:orientation="vertical" >

<EditText

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"

android:background="@null"

android:hint="@string/email"

android:padding="5dp"

android:singleLine="true"/>

<EditText

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:background="@null"

android:hint="@string/password"

android:inputType="textPassword"

android:padding="5dp" />

</LinearLayout>

<Button

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_marginTop="25dp"

android:background="@drawable/bg_button_rounded"

android:text="@string/login"

android:textColor="@color/white"/>

</LinearLayout>

<TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:text="@string/signup"

android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"

android:gravity="center_horizontal"

android:layout_marginBottom="25dp"

android:textColor="@color/white"/>

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package info.codebind.multilanguageapp;
 
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
         
        getActionBar().hide();
    }
}

package info.codebind.multilanguageapp;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.view.Menu;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

getActionBar().hide();

}

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