Sophisticated scripts like Arabic and Indic, which requires non-trivial glyph substitution and positioning to render well are currently not supported by Android. They are planned for future revisions of the platform, but I have strictly no ETA for this.
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, a while ago I toyed around a bit with different unicode text on > Android and it was my impression that Arabic fonts (amongst others) were not > supported on the emulator at least. While, of course, I could embed a > unicode string in Arabic, it just displayed as the little boxes (but right > to left, so someone has thought about it). > I have no other information apart from that, but you might have to wait for > localized versions of Android for your target market. > > Ludwig > > 2008/11/27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> hello everyone >> >> I need some help please!!! >> can any one make application to support and reading Arabic on android >> i really need to have Arabic or Farsi on my android ((( to use on my >> website and reading BBC , and send sms ))) >> >> if anyone can help please send this application to android market to >> we can download it >> >> thanks >> john >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
