International Journal of Computer Science Issues

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Android operates on many smartphones in many locales. To reach the most users, the app should handle all resources such as text strings, layouts, graphics, and any other static data that the app needs, in ways proper to the locales where the app will be used. Doing that requires internationalization and localization of the app to support multiple languages. In this paper, we present an approach for localizing the Android app according to the location data that the application received from the device. In particular, the proposed feature automates the locale detection process using Androids location services. Depending on the locale detected the resources contents are rendered in a particular language used in that locale. The testing results show that the proposed feature triggers the restarts of the app with the language spoken in that locale, updates the visible user interface properly, and delivers a more personal and context-rich user experience.