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Created December 13, 2012 06:32
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when we want to change android system default language on our own application,we can use java reflection mechanism to invoke android non public methods
updateLanguage(Locale.SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE);
updateLanguage(Locale.ENGLISH);
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private void updateLanguage(Locale locale) {
Log.d("ANDROID_LAB", locale.toString());
try {
Object objIActMag, objActMagNative;
Class clzIActMag = Class.forName("android.app.IActivityManager");
Class clzActMagNative = Class.forName("android.app.ActivityManagerNative");
Method getDefault = clzActMagNative.getDeclaredMethod("getDefault");
// IActivityManager iActMag = ActivityManagerNative.getDefault();
objIActMag = getDefault.invoke(clzActMagNative);
// Configuration config = iActMag.getConfiguration();
Method getConfiguration = clzIActMag.getDeclaredMethod("getConfiguration");
Configuration config = (Configuration) getConfiguration.invoke(objIActMag);
config.locale = locale;
Class[] clzParams = { Configuration.class };
Method updateConfiguration = clzIActMag.getDeclaredMethod(
"updateConfiguration", clzParams);
updateConfiguration.invoke(objIActMag, config);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
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