Couple of issues: - In Hong Kong, most people speak Cantonese, while in Hong Kong, they speak Mandarin. Even though they both use Traditional Chinese characters, they won't understand each other's writing. You need two sets of localization to support both.
- Singapore is a bad example as no app is localized into Chinese as the official language is English and you are not required or expected to provide Chinese translation of anything. Other than in Chinatown, you essentially see no Chinese signage in Singapore. I live in Singapore. And when there is Chinese signage, like on public transportation, it's always alongside Bahasa Malay and Tamil signage. Also, most native Chinese speakers here are not Mandarin speakers, but other Chinese dialects. No idea if the other dialects use Simplified or Traditonal characters. Back to your example, I would put Simplified Chinese Mandarin resources into "zh" and Traditional Chinese Mandarin resources "zh- rTW" and Cantonese resources (Traditional characters) into "zh-rHK", if zh-HK is supported on Android. If not, I'd pick one of the countries where you think you will get more users from and put that into "zh-rTW". On Aug 6, 9:09 pm, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > I've configured my app with both Simplified and Traditional Chinese > localization by using values-zh-rCN and values-zh-rTW folders. > > How does Android use that region component? For example, what about > users living in, say, Singapore (where Simplified is used) and Hong > Kong (where Traditional is used)? > > I'm guessing "zh-rCN" and "zh-rTW" are treated in combination. So that > in Singapore the locale will be set to "zh-rCN" and in Hong Kong, the > locale will be set to "zh-rTW". Is this correct? > > Is it a safer strategy to place Simplified localization in "values-zh" > and Traditional localization in "values-zh-rTW"? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
