Hebrew language not showing - Android
android, string
Solution
OK, you correctly have:
res/values/strings.xml
and
res/values-he/strings.xml
With the correct structure, be also sure that the strings have the very same names in each strings.xml file, or the trick won't work.
The missing strings in a translation file won't be translated and the default strings (from res/values/strings.xml) will be used instead.
For hebrew, in particular, on some devices values-he is recognized. in some others it's values-iw. So, make a copy of values-he and name it values-iw. Keep both in your structure.
Problem
I have created 2 string files one the default under `res/values/strings.xml` and the other under `res/values-he/strings.xml`. I am opening my app, while the os is configured to be in Hebrew, but still I see the values of the default strings which are in English. Is there any thing more to do? Note: in the eclipse graphical layout editor I can choose Hebrew and see that it works fine. Here is some of my default strings.xml: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <string name="app_name">MyApp</string> <string name="title_activity_splash">MyApp</string> <string name="action_settings">Settings</string> <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string> <string name="title_activity_login">Login</string> <string name="email">Email</string> <string name="password">Password</string> <string name="forgot_password">Forgot password?</string> <string name="sign_up">Sign up</string> <string name="login">Login</string> . . . ``` and here is all (for now) my hebrew strings.xml: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <string name="action_settings">הגדרות</string> <string name="hello_world">שלום עולם</string> <string name="email">דואל</string> <string name="password">סיסמא</string> <string name="forgot_password">שכחת סיסמא</string> <string name="sign_up">רישום</string> <string name="login">התחברות</string> </resources> ``` Here it in eclipse: here it on the device (device os in hebrew):