I set android:supportsRtl="true"
in the <application>
tag in AndroidManifest.xml, but I need to force one of the views to be left-to-right nonetheless, even when the language of the interface is Hebrew or Arabic. How can I force a specific view to be LTR in an RTL application?
Specifically, I want to force some linear layout to go left-to-right instead of the default right-to-left even when the language is right-to-left.
Generally gravity="left"
is enough to force text to be left-to-right. But it didn't help with the direction of a linear layout. The solution was to add android:layoutDirection="ltr"
.
To complete the answers, aside from XML, layout direction can also be changed programmatically with ViewCompat.setLayoutDirection(view, LayoutDirection.RTL)
. This API can be used from API 19 and onwards, so If your min sdk version supports API below 19, an if
-check needs to be performed:
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
ViewCompat.setLayoutDirection(...)
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layoutDirection="ltr">
for letf to right all layout content.
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