Option to change app language

[ApostolosKourpadakis]

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App version

3.3.2

Where did you get the app from

Google Play

Problem you may be having, or feature you want

So I use the application for about a month now and when I first downloaded I am pretty sure it was by default in English. When I opened again the app after some weeks, it had automatically changed to Greek. So I searched in the settings if there is an option to change languages but I couldn't find one. I think that this could be a great feature because not everyone that lives in a country (e.g. Greece) is familiar with the native language. If this feature already exists please let me know!

Suggested solution

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[ByteHamster]

This was already requested in #113. I think, however, that things have changed since then. Android 13+ supports per-app language settings, which we can enable as follows: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/app-languages

For someone implementing this, first try the automatic version and see if it contains languages that we don't actually support. If that is the case, create a script to create the language config file from the list of actual AntennaPod languages (i18n/values directory)

not everyone that lives in a country (e.g. Greece) is familiar with the native language.

The language is not based on your location but on what language you select on the Android settings screen.

[antennapod-bot]

This issue has been mentioned on AntennaPod Forum. There might be relevant details there:

https://forum.antennapod.org/t/implement-android-13-per-app-language-setting/2287/2

[tonytamsf]

If that is the case, create a script to create the language config file from the list of actual AntennaPod languages (i18n/values directory)

@ByteHamster You are suggesting to run the script on the device?

[ByteHamster]

No, my idea was to have a script that we can run as part of creating a new release. We already have a bunch of scripts there (contributors list, website languages, etc). However, if AGP's automatic detection works well for us, we do not need a script (and should not create one).

[Nymuxyzo]

I have made a suggestion for changing the language of the app. The change is very small as it goes the preferred way via the central Android system setting for per app languages.

[keunes]

@andre-m-dev Thanks! Did you test if you can select languages that actually are not supported by AntennaPod? (E.g. we don't ship translations for Bulgarian if I'm not mistaken, so it shouldn't be selectable.)

[Nymuxyzo]

@keunes it seemed to me that only the languages that are maintained in the project were available for selection. According to the documentation, this is exactly how I understand it: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/app-languages#auto-localeconfig

[keunes]

Nice. Thanks for confirming.