Hallo,
The old annoying bug that didn't allow proper usage of three-letter language codes in Android apps appears to be fixed. Or maybe not.
Here's the link: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=49120 The relevant MediaWiki bug: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36264
The last comment on the Android bug says: "The resource packaging system is still poorly designed, but now supports 3 letter locale codes and variants." The bug is not closed yet, however.
I don't know the Android community well. What does it mean for us? Is it actually fixed already? Is the fix released? Can we use it? Will it work on all Android versions or only on the newest ones?
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 3:25 AM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Hallo,
The old annoying bug that didn't allow proper usage of three-letter language codes in Android apps appears to be fixed. Or maybe not.
Here's the link: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=49120 The relevant MediaWiki bug: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36264
The last comment on the Android bug says: "The resource packaging system is still poorly designed, but now supports 3 letter locale codes and variants." The bug is not closed yet, however.
I don't know the Android community well. What does it mean for us? Is it actually fixed already? Is the fix released? Can we use it? Will it work on all Android versions or only on the newest ones?
Thanks for pushing forward on this Amir! The Android ecosystem is super fragmented and I'm not positive how fixes like this get pushed out. Some of it is up to Google, some of it is up to carriers. This may be a better question to ask in their tracker, or perhaps someone like Yuvi can give you a more precise answer :)
Thanks for bringing this up :)
It's a fix in the *build* system, so should be available when they make a release next. Not sure when that is - there is no set release schedule as such. Once that is out, people on any android system should be able to use current methods (there'e a Change Locale app, I believe) to see their language being used in apps that support it (like ours!). I'll make sure we upgrade our build systems when it comes out, and will keep you guys posted too!
நண்றி!
Yuvi - thanks for the update! Great to see you using Tamil :D
Best, Alolita
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Yuvi Panda yuvipanda@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for bringing this up :)
It's a fix in the *build* system, so should be available when they make a release next. Not sure when that is - there is no set release schedule as such. Once that is out, people on any android system should be able to use current methods (there'e a Change Locale app, I believe) to see their language being used in apps that support it (like ours!). I'll make sure we upgrade our build systems when it comes out, and will keep you guys posted too!
நண்றி!
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