Changing Localization programatically during runtime no longer working on pre-Oreo sdk 26 after migrating to androidX

Question

I was able to change localization programatically during runtime using the methods explained in this article. I was able to change the language of the app. + layout direction + toolbar language.

Here's My code:

build.gradle

 buildTypes {
        debug {
            pseudoLocalesEnabled true
        }
dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
    implementation 'com.jakewharton:process-phoenix:2.0.0'
}

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public class App extends Application {

    @Override
    protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
        super.attachBaseContext(LocaleManager.setLocale(base));
    }

    @Override
    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
        LocaleManager.setLocale(this);
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 26) {
            ProcessPhoenix.triggerRebirth(this); //An activity must have a category of Default in Manifest!
        }
    }
}

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public class BaseActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT>=26) {
            LocaleManager.setLocale(this);
        }
        startActivity(new Intent(this,MainActivity.class));
        finish();
    }
}

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public class LocaleManager {
private static final String SELECTED_LANGUAGE = "Locale.Helper.Selected.Language";
private static final String DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = "en";

public static Context setLocale(Context c) {
    return setNewLocale(c, getLanguage(c));
}

public static Context setNewLocale(Context c, String language) {
    persistLanguage(c, language);
    return updateResources(c, language);
}

public static String getLanguage(Context c) {
    SharedPreferences preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(c);
    return preferences.getString(SELECTED_LANGUAGE, DEFAULT_LANGUAGE);
}

public static void persistLanguage(Context c, String language) {
    SharedPreferences preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(c);
    SharedPreferences.Editor editor = preferences.edit();
    editor.putString(SELECTED_LANGUAGE, language);
    editor.commit(); 
}

private static Context updateResources(Context context, String language) {
    Locale locale = new Locale(language);
    Locale.setDefault(locale);

    Resources res = context.getResources();
    Configuration config = new Configuration(res.getConfiguration());

    if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 17) {
        config.setLocale(locale);
        res.updateConfiguration(config, res.getDisplayMetrics());
    }
    return context;
}

}

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public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}

//Change English to arabic when user clicked the button.
public void changeLanguage(View view) {
    LocaleManager.persistLanguage(this ,"ar");
    LocaleManager.setLocale(this);
    ProcessPhoenix.triggerRebirth(this); //An activity must have a category of Default in Manifest!

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The problem: This code has been working perfectly up till the point where I migrated to androidX. Now, it only works for devices with Android Oreo+. I checked a backup version before the migration to androidX and it is working perfectly. Is there something I am missing here?

Answer 1

Changing implementation of 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0' to version 1.0.0

and keeping 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3' to version 1.1.3

solves the problem.

Also, if you use implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0', change it to version 1.0.0