What does COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC stand for?

Question

private Cursor getContacts() {     // Run query     Uri uri = ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI;     String[] projection = new String[] {             ContactsContract.Contacts._ID,             ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME     };     String selection = ContactsContract.Contacts.IN_VISIBLE_GROUP + " = '" +             (mShowInvisible ? "0" : "1") + "'";     String[] selectionArgs = null;     String sortOrder = ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME +             " COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC";      return managedQuery(uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, sortOrder); } 

What does COLLATE LOCALIZED ASC stand for?

Answer 1

Collate is just fancy speak for sort (well sort of). So this is sort ordering based on localized preferences (i.e. current language's alphabet and conventions) in ascending order.