I am pretty sure that if a character doesn't exist in the current font, it will be retrieved from the system's callback font.
I can't tell you what languages Android will support. Eventually it will be many of them, but it just depends on who makes what devices running Android in whatever languages they want. Once the basic localization support is done, adding new language is mostly a matter of translating strings and adding characters to fonts if needed; this is something many people will be doing, completely outside of the core platform development. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:25 PM, j <[email protected]> wrote: > > As Android adds support for new languages besides English, my utility > app should ideally support those languages without modification to the > apk. Ideally, I would like to use a custom font instead of the > default Android font (I believe there are only 2 fonts that come with > Android platform). The defaults fonts will automaticly support those > additionally languages I suppose. Since my app is using custom (.ttf > file) TrueType font, any tips on how to design (In my case, I will > probably purchase fonts from a third party instead of designing on my > own) ttf font that is future proof as new languages are added? Is > there a list of languages which Android will support? > > On Dec 15, 5:58 pm, "Dianne Hackborn" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The 1.0 platform only supports English; future versions will support > other > > languages. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ok. thanks. > > > > > I seem unable to find anything on the G1 that allows me to change > > > anything related to the language settings of the device. Is this > > > implemented on the G1? > > > > > Mark > > > > > On Dec 9, 5:41 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Mark wrote: > > > > > However, we are trying to build an app that allows the user to > > > > > dynamically change the language the UI and content is presented in. > > > > > > Urk. > > > > > > > I > > > > > realize I could roll-my-own implementation but I was hoping there > was > > > > > a standard way to support changing the locale. > > > > > > There might be, but I suspect it would be for the phone as a whole, > not > > > > for an individual activity. > > > > > > -- > > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 1.9 > Published! > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
