I want to write a application that can display either english or chinese. I have already prepared 2 string.xml which is value/strings.xml and value-zh-rHK/strings.xml. But I have no idea how to change the language via ListPreference of android.
xml/preferences.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SwitchPreference
    android:key="pref_nightmode"
    android:title="@string/nightmode"
    android:defaultValue="false">
</SwitchPreference>
<ListPreference
    android:key="pref_lang"
    android:title="@string/lang"
    android:dialogTitle="Choose Language"
    android:entries="@array/lang"
    android:entryValues="@array/lang_value"
    android:defaultValue="@string/lang_default">
</ListPreference>
and the Preferences.java
public class Preferences extends BaseActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setTitle(drawer_menu[5]);
    getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(R.id.content_frame, new MainPreferenceFragment()).commit();
}
public static class MainPreferenceFragment extends PreferenceFragment {
    String locale;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences);
        PreferenceManager pm = getPreferenceManager();
        ListPreference lang = (ListPreference) pm.findPreference("pref_lang");
        if(lang.getValue().equals("English")) {
            locale = "en_US";
        } else {
            locale = "zh_HK";
        }
    }
}
The activity extends BaseActivity because I have a drawer menu right there.
 
    