Locator

An Android Gradle plugin for automating the new localization features introduced together with Android 13.

What this library does

Generating locale-config.xml files for each variant and flavor.

What this library (still) doesn’t

Configure the manifest automatically to take the created locale config file (#1).

Using

First, add the plugin to your project’s classpath:

buildscript {
    dependencies {
        classpath("com.arnyminerz.locator:locator:1.0.0")
    }
}

And to the plugins section of your build.gradle(.kts) file:

plugins {
    id("com.arnyminerz.locator")
}

Now go to your application’s manifest, and select the locale-config, for example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

    <application
            android:allowBackup="true"
            android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
            android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
            android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
            android:supportsRtl="true"
            android:theme="@style/Theme.Locator"
            android:localeConfig="@xml/locales_config"
            tools:targetApi="31">
        <activity
                android:name=".MainActivity"
                android:exported="true">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

Now build the project, and everything should be ready to go. You can access the locales keys with BuildConfig.TRANSLATION_ARRAY. There’s also BuildConfig.LOCALES, which provides the same options, already converted into Locale.

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