Set language to French in android DatePickerDialog

Question

Is there any way to have date displayed in DatePickerDialog in french

I have searched about this but found no results

Here is my code:

 Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();

 picker = new DatePickerDialog(PaymentView.this, 
                               PaymentView.this,
                   c.get(Calendar.YEAR), 
                               c.get(Calendar.MONTH),
                   c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));

 picker.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
 picker.setTitle("Choisir la date");
 picker.getDatePicker().setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis() - 2000);

Instead of Fri, Nov 21, 2014 I want to have french abbreviation I have also added that before instantiate it :

 Locale locale = new Locale("FR");
 Locale.setDefault(locale);
 Configuration config = new Configuration();
 config.locale = locale;
 getApplicationContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config, null);

Answer 1

I made it!

I have added these 2 lines before all the DatePickerDialog stuff:

Locale locale = getResources().getConfiguration().locale;
Locale.setDefault(locale);

and after that:

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
int mYear = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
int mMonth = c.get(Calendar.MONTH);
int mDay = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
DatePickerDialog dialog = new DatePickerDialog(MainActivity.this,
            this, mYear, mMonth, mDay);
dialog.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(c.getTimeInMillis());
dialog.setTitle(R.string.main_first_day_of_your_last_period);
dialog.show();

I hope it helps someone.

Answer 2

You can just add this declaration before DatePicker:

Locale.setDefault(Locale.FRANCE);

Answer 3

I had almost similar problem and I found solution for this answer here

In my case I needed:

1. have initPicker(context) method from the link

    /**
     * Use reflection to use the Locale of the application for the month spinner.
     * 
     * PS: DAMN DATEPICKER DOESN'T HONOR Locale.getDefault()
     * <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=25107">Bug Report</a>
     * @param context
     */
    public void initPicker(Context context) {
        String monthPickerVarName;
        String months[] =  context.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.short_months);
   
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 14) {
            monthPickerVarName = "mMonthSpinner";
        } else {
            monthPickerVarName = "mMonthPicker";
        }
   
        try {
            Field f[] = mDatePicker.getClass().getDeclaredFields();
   
            for (Field field : f) {
                if (field.getName().equals("mShortMonths")) {
                    field.setAccessible(true);
                    field.set(mDatePicker, months); 
                } else if (field.getName().equals(monthPickerVarName)) {
                    field.setAccessible(true);
                    Object o = field.get(mDatePicker);
                    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 14) {
                        Method m = o.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("setDisplayedValues", String[].class);
                        m.setAccessible(true);
                        m.invoke(o, (Object)months);
                    } else {
                        Method m = o.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("setRange", int.class, int.class, String[].class);
                        m.setAccessible(true);
                        m.invoke(o, 1, 12, (Object)months);
                    }
                }
            }
   
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage(), e);
        }
   
        try {
            final Method updateSpinner = mDatePicker.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("updateSpinners");
            updateSpinner.setAccessible(true);
            updateSpinner.invoke(mDatePicker);
            updateSpinner.setAccessible(false);
   
   
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage(), e);
        }
   
    }
   

2. to call initPicker(context) before call to picker.init(...) in onViewCreated method of my custom widget

3. Define short_months in res/values/arrays.xml

    <string-array name="short_months">
        <item>Jan</item>
        <item>Feb</item>
        <item>Mar</item>
        <item>Apr</item>
        <item>May</item>
        <item>Jun</item>
        <item>Jul</item>
        <item>Aug</item>
        <item>Sep</item>
        <item>Oct</item>
        <item>Nov</item>
        <item>Dec</item>
    </string-array>
   

4. Define short_months in res/values-ru/arrays.xml (in this question must be analogue res/values-fr/arrays.xml)

    <string-array name="short_months">
        <item>Янв</item>
        <item>Фев</item>
        <item>Мар</item>
        <item>Апр</item>
        <item>Май</item>
        <item>Июн</item>
        <item>Июл</item>
        <item>Авг</item>
        <item>Сеп</item>
        <item>Окт</item>
        <item>Ноя</item>
        <item>Дек</item>
    </string-array>
   

EDIT: Typo month_values were replaced with short_months in arrays.