Issue: my project supports 68 languages, several of which are RTL languages (Farsi, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.). We use Crowdin for translation of our base English text. Sometimes when I import the latest translations, my strings.xml file contains improperly formatted string resources. For example, a string formatting arg like %s might be inverted (s%) or even just plain wrong (a dangling %). This can lead to runtime crashes.
I would like to be able to easily edit my strings.xml file, but the default behavior of Android Studio is to render RTL text from right-to-left. This makes it impossible to edit directly in the IDE with a LTR keyboard layout.
How do I disable RTL "support" in Android Studio so I can easily edit text files with mixed RTL and LTR text?
After a brief discussion with the JetBrains team, I found the answer here. With Linux, you can hit the hotkey Ctrl+Alt+Shift+/ and click on the Registry option. Search for editor.disable.rtl and check the box to disable RTL support. Restart Android Studio. Done!