It's a problem we are aware of and Android 4.0 is a step in this direction. We've improved support for BiDi text and we will continue our effort towards proper CTL support.
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > You are unlikely to receive an official response from Google on this list. > > Afaik Google does not directly target markets with the core Android > operating system. Device manufacturers decide which markets they wish to > target and so they may either add their own customisations or submit > customisations for any specific market to Google. > > If you wish to resolve the issues you mention please contribute those > patches in the way described at > http://source.android.com/source/submit-patches.html > > Al. > -- > T: @alsutton W: www.funkyandroid.com > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or > it's subsidiaries. > > On 4 Nov 2011, at 09:47, Sahaja wrote: > > Since May 2009 there have been many issues posted to the Android issue > tracker< http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/> complaining about > the lack of proper complex text layout (CTL) support on Android > devices - particularly with regard to Indic scripts and languages - > yet little seems to have been done to address this. > > Related issues include: : > > 1618, 2600, 3008, 3027, 3029, 4153, 5925, 4153, 6283, 8103, 9045, > 9248, 9859, 10685, 10750, 11999, 12674, 12981, 13022, 13967, 14234, > 15171, 15895, 16306, 16939, 16144, 17011, 17279, 17291, 17445, 17563, > 17573, 17576, 17803, 17850, 17992, 18178, 18235, 18392, 18859, 18936, > 18950, 19050, 19352 19410, 19466, 19470, 19691, 19735, 19946, 19963, > 21284, 20141, 20161, 20198, 20485, 20486, 20655, 20744, 20772, 20785. > 21196, 21382 > > This is not something difficult to fix. OpenSource code (Pango/ > Harfbuzz) exists in most Linux distributions to handle this. Yet, for > some reason, Google has not implemented complex script support in > Android. > > This affects use of hundreds of South and South East Asian languages > including Bengali, Dzongkha, Farsi, Gujarati, Kannada, Khmer, Hindi, > Malayalam, Marathi, Myanmar, Nepali, Sinhala Tamil, Telegu, Thai, > Tibetan, Urdu as well as many Africa languages. > > Adding fonts and input methods does not help without the underlying > complex script support. > > Right now there is far better support for these scripts on Apple > iPhone, Linux phones and even Symbian devices. > > Why does it seem like Google / Android is doing very little to address > this matter? Aren't they interested in the huge South Asian market? > > - Chris > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en. > -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en.
