Hi qvark, Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen the Roadmap yet.
That's a bummer for us, but it does say q4, so hopefully the change will be right around the corner. Thanks again, Kevin On Oct 30, 10:15 am, qvark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think the API is ready yet according to their > roadmap:http://source.android.com/roadmap > > > > Q4 2008 > > Localization > > The UI and Application Framework for the Android 1.0 platform > primarily targets English-speaking regions. To enable handset > manufacturers to deploy devices in non-English-speaking countries, we > will support the following localizations: > > * Strings localized into various languages. > o Q4 2008: German > o Q1 2009: French, Italian, es_es, zh_TW, Ja, NL, CZ > * UI modifications (tabs, menus, homepage shortcuts, etc.) to > support non-English languages. > * New date and numeric formats. > > > > On Oct 29, 9:11 pm, cyntacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > I just wanted to give this a bump. > > > Has anyone successfully "internationalized" their application? For > > example, I want to determine what region the user is in (UK or US) so > > I can provide English or Metric units on the backend for calculations. > > Is this as simple as using Java's "locale", or does Android provide > > another type of support on top that I should be implementing? > > > The API says this is "coming > > soon":http://code.google.com/android/devel/resources-i18n.html#i18n > > > I realize I can provide different languages using the values-en, > > values-xx, etc. But what about determining that region in the java > > code? > > > Thanks for your help, > > > Kevin > > > On Oct 29, 7:07 am, cyntacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Last I read here on the board Android did not yet fully support > > > internationalization (even though we have the directories for > > > different languages, etc). > > > > 1) Is this true? > > > 2) Will the normal Java syntax involving Locales be a valid work > > > around? > > > > I ask because our application needs to know whether to use metric > > > units or not. Just wondering what the best way to determine this may > > > be on Android for the UK release today. > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > Kevin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
