Android language

[Kev]

hello i'm on löve for android and i'm trying to get the default OS language i know os.getenv () can do it but i do not know the name of the environment variable containing the language

[HDPLocust]

You can use locale shell command, but no guarantees. It's ok, don't use it, just ask user about preferred language at first launch. It's better way, srsly.

[bobbyjones]

Looking up online it looks like CoronaSDK approaches this problem by having a preferences method in their system module. Maybe Love should have the same thing?

[Kev]

thank you for the answer I will ask the user at launch
bobbyjones: i have been looking at löve references for a few times but he seems to have nothing

[raidho36]

The relevant environment variable names are "LANG" and "LC_ALL". These are from UNIX specifications. Android uses Linux kernel which isn't UNIX, but is UNIX-like and supports these variables. Apple OSes are straight UNIX.

The to-go way of handling multiple languages is to simply have a language selector in menu.

[bobbyjones]

Do LANG and LC_ALL work on android? I read that it does not work. I believe the only way to access the Locale and language is through JNI.

[Kev]

I confirm LANG and LC_ALL do not work.How can I use JNI?