On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:04 AM, omar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > Each day I read a new thread in Arabic forums about someone frustrated > that Android doesnt support Arabic, and what made things worse is that > in this page: http://d.android.com/sdk/android-2.3.html , Arabic is > mentioned as its supported in Gingerbread, and I was lucky enough to > not rush and buy the Nexus S to discover it actually doesnt support > Arabic.
That was a decision by Samsung, presumably. > So the question is: Will future Android releases receive native Arabic > support? Android is an operating system. Android supports Arabic today (though my understanding is that RTL support is better in Android 3.x). Whether any given device manufacturer elects to include Arabic in their firmware is up to the device manufacturer. Third-party firmwares (e.g., CyanogenMod) may include support for more languages than a given device supports from the manufacturer -- you'd need to see what their support is for Arabic. > Will Ice Cream Sandwich have Arabic support? Considering that Gingerbread has Arabic support, and that Google has not dropped support for any language AFAIK, one would presume that ICS will have Arabic support. Whether any given ICS device has Arabic support is up to the device manufacturer. If you feel that device manufacturers are not supporting Arabic enough, please take up your issues with the device manufacturers in question. And, of course, absolutely none of this has anything whatsoever to do with this list. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android 3.0 Programming Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
