In xamarin, how to get the current language of the device for Android?

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How could I get the current language of the device in Xamarin (for Android)?

Got the language with context.Resources.Configuration.Locale.Language

@TronicZomB yes I do not know in Xamarin how to use something like Locale.getDefault().getLanguage() — user769923, Mar 25 '13 at 15:38
got the language with context.Resources.Configuration.Locale.Language — user769923, Mar 25 '13 at 16:29

score 30 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 27 '16 at 14:22

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Here's a cross platform version I use. Obviously you can pull whatever property you need from CurrentUICulture.

return CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.TwoLetterISOLanguageName;

Maybe it will help someone else.

edited Jul 27 '16 at 14:22

Misa Lazovic

answered Jul 27 '16 at 14:01

Eric LeVan

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`using System.Globalization;` Mind that there have been occasional bugs with this. – Wtower Feb 04 '19 at 17:53
@Wtower errr What bug?? Seriously this important for my app! – user1034912 Sep 10 '21 at 00:31

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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The RegionInfo class appears to have access for various ways to read that language information and use in your comparisons.

Based on this question, I went to the Xamarin documentation looking for the answer: Get the current language in device

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

Community

answered Mar 25 '13 at 16:34

Martin

Thanks Martin. The RegionInfo can get me some region names. I have got the current language by context.Resources.Configuration.Locale.Language. – user769923 Mar 26 '13 at 08:51

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