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How to get the language of the current user?
For more information about the user UI language, see User Interface Language Management. Returns the language identifier for the user UI language for the current user. This function returns only a language identifier. An application can retrieve the language name using the GetUserPreferredUILanguages function.
How to get the language name in Win32?
An application can retrieve the language name using the GetUserPreferredUILanguages function. If the user UI language is part of a Language Interface Pack (LIP) and corresponds to a supplemental locale, this function returns LOCALE_CUSTOM_UI_DEFAULT.
When to use getuserdefaultuilanguage in Win32?
If the current user has not set a language, GetUserDefaultUILanguage returns the preferred language set for the system. If there is no preferred language set for the system, then the system default UI language (also known as “install language”) is returned.
How to get the current language in Android?
Starting with support library 26.1.0 you don’t need to check the Android version as it offers a convenient method backward compatible getLocales (). You can ‘extract’ the language from the current locale. You can extract the locale via the standard Java API, or by using the Android Context.
Is the default locale the same as the current locale?
Basically I want the two letter language code from the current locale. Not the default one. There is no Locale.current () The default Locale is constructed statically at runtime for your application process from the system property settings, so it will represent the Locale selected on that device when the application was launched.
Why does resourcemanager.getstring ( ) return wrong?
The resource that is returned is localized for the UI culture of the current thread, as defined by the CurrentUICulture property. In a background thread, do not assume the thread’s CurrentUICulture is the same as your main (or UI) thread’s CurrentUICulture.
How to get current input language in active Windows?
If your Operating System supports multiple languages and you have multiple language packs installed on that computer then “Application.CurrentInputLanguage” (see InputLanguage class) can be used to change the input language for a thread or process.