Sorting strings in Japanese

Question

I am in the process of localizing my android application to Japanese. I have the localized strings. But for example, when displaying a list, I need the strings to be displayed in an alphabetical order.

Is there a way I can sort Japanese strings alphabetically (because all I see is symbols :P).

Answer 1

Have you tried using collator:

Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(Locale.JAPANESE);
Collections.sort(list, collator);

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