Inflating a view with custom locale in Android

Question

I'm using a LayoutInflater to inflate a custom layout to generate invoices and receipts as Bitmaps then I send them to the printer or export them as png files, Like this:

LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(getContext());
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.layout_invoice, null);
// Populate the view here...

int widthMeasureSpec = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(paperWidth, View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY);
int heightMeasureSpec = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
view.measure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);

int width = view.getMeasuredWidth();
int height = view.getMeasuredHeight();

view.layout(0, 0, width, height);

Bitmap reVal = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(reVal);
view.draw(canvas);

Now this code works perfectly but it inflates the view in the device's current language. Sometimes i need to generate invoices in other language, Is there any way to inflate that view in custom locale?

Note: I tried to change the locale before inflating the view and reset it afterwards:

Resources resources = context.getResources();
Configuration configuration = resources.getConfiguration();
configuration.locale = new Locale("fr");
// Inflate the view
// ...
// Reset the locale to the original value

But it doesn't work for some reason. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You can create localized context with this simple class

public class LocalizedContextWrapper extends ContextWrapper {

    public LocalizedContextWrapper(Context base) {
        super(base);
    }

    public static ContextWrapper wrap(Context context, Locale locale) {
        Configuration configuration = context.getResources().getConfiguration();
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
            configuration.setLocale(locale);
            context = context.createConfigurationContext(configuration);
        } else {
            configuration.locale = locale;
            context.getResources().updateConfiguration(
                    configuration,
                    context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics()
            );
        }

        return new LocalizedContextWrapper(context);
    }
}

And use this it like that

Context localizedContext = LocalizedContextWrapper.wrap(context, locale);