How to support Arabic text in Android?
Android 2.1 does not have Arabic font.
Android 2.2 has Arabic font but does not show your word correctly.
Android 3.x supports Arabic completely.
For Android 2.1 you must set the typeface Farsi.GetFarsiFont(this) and then use Farsi.Convert("سلام")
For Android 2.2 you do not need setting font but must use Farsi.Convert("سلام")
And for Android 3.x forget all of the above solutions ;). But you can change the font if you do not like the 3.x Arabic font.
so do the following steps:
1) At first add "TAHOMA.TTF" in assets folder
2) use the following class to get the font and converting your Arabic or Farsi text to a good form for showing in your activities.
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
public final class Farsi {
public static boolean isFarsiConversionNeeded = true;
private final static String szLamAndAlef = Character
.toString((char) 0xfedf)
+ Character.toString((char) 0xfe8e); // Lam + Alef
private final static String szLamStickAndAlef = Character
.toString((char) 0xfee0)
+ Character.toString((char) 0xfe8e); // Lam (Sticky !!!)+
// Alef
private final static String szLa = Character.toString((char) 0xfefb); // La
private final static String szLaStick = Character.toString((char) 0xfefc); // La
// (Sticky!!!)
private final static String szLamAndAlefWoosim = Character
.toString((char) 0xe1)
+ Character.toString((char) 0xbb); // Lam + Alef
private final static String szLamStickAndAlefWoosim = Character
.toString((char) 0x90)
+ Character.toString((char) 0xbb); // Lam (Sticky !!!)+
// Alef
private final static String szLaWoosim = Character.toString((char) 0xd9); // La
private final static String szLaStickWoosim = Character
.toString((char) 0xd9); // La
// (Sticky!!!)
private static final class struc {
public char character;
public char endGlyph;
public char iniGlyph;
public char midGlyph;
public char isoGlyph;
public struc(char Character, char EndGlyph, char IniGlyph,
char MidGlyph, char IsoGlyph) {
character = Character;
endGlyph = EndGlyph;
iniGlyph = IniGlyph;
midGlyph = MidGlyph;
isoGlyph = IsoGlyph;
}
}
static struc[] arrStruc = {
new struc((char) 0x630, (char) 0xfeac, (char) 0xfeab,
(char) 0xfeac, (char) 0xfeab),
new struc((char) 0x62f, (char) 0xfeaa, (char) 0xfea9,
(char) 0xfeaa, (char) 0xfea9),
new struc((char) 0x62c, (char) 0xfe9e, (char) 0xfe9f,
(char) 0xfea0, (char) 0xfe9d),
new struc((char) 0x62d, (char) 0xfea2, (char) 0xfea3,
(char) 0xfea4, (char) 0xfea1),
new struc((char) 0x62e, (char) 0xfea6, (char) 0xfea7,
(char) 0xfea8, (char) 0xfea5),
new struc((char) 0x647, (char) 0xfeea, (char) 0xfeeb,
(char) 0xfeec, (char) 0xfee9),
new struc((char) 0x639, (char) 0xfeca, (char) 0xfecb,
(char) 0xfecc, (char) 0xfec9),
new struc((char) 0x63a, (char) 0xfece, (char) 0xfecf,
(char) 0xfed0, (char) 0xfecd),
new struc((char) 0x641, (char) 0xfed2, (char) 0xfed3,
(char) 0xfed4, (char) 0xfed1),
new struc((char) 0x642, (char) 0xfed6, (char) 0xfed7,
(char) 0xfed8, (char) 0xfed5),
new struc((char) 0x62b, (char) 0xfe9a, (char) 0xfe9b,
(char) 0xfe9c, (char) 0xfe99),
new struc((char) 0x635, (char) 0xfeba, (char) 0xfebb,
(char) 0xfebc, (char) 0xfeb9),
new struc((char) 0x636, (char) 0xfebe, (char) 0xfebf,
(char) 0xfec0, (char) 0xfebd),
new struc((char) 0x637, (char) 0xfec2, (char) 0xfec3,
(char) 0xfec4, (char) 0xfec1),
new struc((char) 0x643, (char) 0xfeda, (char) 0xfedb,
(char) 0xfedc, (char) 0xfed9),
new struc((char) 0x645, (char) 0xfee2, (char) 0xfee3,
(char) 0xfee4, (char) 0xfee1),
new struc((char) 0x646, (char) 0xfee6, (char) 0xfee7,
(char) 0xfee8, (char) 0xfee5),
new struc((char) 0x62a, (char) 0xfe96, (char) 0xfe97,
(char) 0xfe98, (char) 0xfe95),
new struc((char) 0x627, (char) 0xfe8e, (char) 0xfe8d,
(char) 0xfe8e, (char) 0xfe8d),
new struc((char) 0x644, (char) 0xfede, (char) 0xfedf,
(char) 0xfee0, (char) 0xfedd),
new struc((char) 0x628, (char) 0xfe90, (char) 0xfe91,
(char) 0xfe92, (char) 0xfe8f),
new struc((char) 0x64a, (char) 0xfef2, (char) 0xfef3,
(char) 0xfef4, (char) 0xfef1),
new struc((char) 0x633, (char) 0xfeb2, (char) 0xfeb3,
(char) 0xfeb4, (char) 0xfeb1),
new struc((char) 0x634, (char) 0xfeb6, (char) 0xfeb7,
(char) 0xfeb8, (char) 0xfeb5),
new struc((char) 0x638, (char) 0xfec6, (char) 0xfec7,
(char) 0xfec8, (char) 0xfec5),
new struc((char) 0x632, (char) 0xfeb0, (char) 0xfeaf,
(char) 0xfeb0, (char) 0xfeaf),
new struc((char) 0x648, (char) 0xfeee, (char) 0xfeed,
(char) 0xfeee, (char) 0xfeed),
new struc((char) 0x629, (char) 0xfe94, (char) 0xfe93,
(char) 0xfe93, (char) 0xfe93),
new struc((char) 0x649, (char) 0xfef0, (char) 0xfeef,
(char) 0xfef0, (char) 0xfeef),
new struc((char) 0x631, (char) 0xfeae, (char) 0xfead,
(char) 0xfeae, (char) 0xfead),
new struc((char) 0x624, (char) 0xfe86, (char) 0xfe85,
(char) 0xfe86, (char) 0xfe85),
new struc((char) 0x621, (char) 0xfe80, (char) 0xfe80,
(char) 0xfe80, (char) 0xfe80),
new struc((char) 0x626, (char) 0xfe8a, (char) 0xfe8b,
(char) 0xfe8c, (char) 0xfe89),
new struc((char) 0x623, (char) 0xfe84, (char) 0xfe83,
(char) 0xfe84, (char) 0xfe83),
new struc((char) 0x622, (char) 0xfe82, (char) 0xfe81,
(char) 0xfe82, (char) 0xfe81),
new struc((char) 0x625, (char) 0xfe88, (char) 0xfe87,
(char) 0xfe88, (char) 0xfe87),
new struc((char) 0x67e, (char) 0xfb57, (char) 0xfb58,
(char) 0xfb59, (char) 0xfb56), // peh
new struc((char) 0x686, (char) 0xfb7b, (char) 0xfb7c,
(char) 0xfb7d, (char) 0xfb7a), // cheh
new struc((char) 0x698, (char) 0xfb8b, (char) 0xfb8a,
(char) 0xfb8b, (char) 0xfb8a), // jeh
new struc((char) 0x6a9, (char) 0xfb8f, (char) 0xfb90,
(char) 0xfb91, (char) 0xfb8e), // keheh
new struc((char) 0x6af, (char) 0xfb93, (char) 0xfb94,
(char) 0xfb95, (char) 0xfb92), // gaf
// new struc((char) 0x6cc, (char) 0xfbfd, (char) 0xfbfe,
// (char) 0xfbff, (char) 0xfbfc), // Farsi yeh
new struc((char) 0x6cc, (char) 0xfbfd, (char) 0xfef3,
(char) 0xfef4, (char) 0xfbfc), // Arabic yeh
new struc((char) 0x6c0, (char) 0xfba5, (char) 0xfba4,
(char) 0xfba5, (char) 0xfba4) // heh with yeh
};
static struc[] arrStrucWoosim = {
new struc((char) 0x630, (char) 0xb5, (char) 0x82, (char) 0xb5,
(char) 0x82),
new struc((char) 0x62f, (char) 0xb4, (char) 0x81, (char) 0xb4,
(char) 0x81),
new struc((char) 0x62c, (char) 0x9b, (char) 0xb1, (char) 0xf9,
(char) 0xbf),
new struc((char) 0x62d, (char) 0x9c, (char) 0xb2, (char) 0xfa,
(char) 0xc0),
new struc((char) 0x62e, (char) 0x9d, (char) 0xb3, (char) 0xfe,
(char) 0xc1),
new struc((char) 0x647, (char) 0xac, (char) 0xe4, (char) 0x93,
(char) 0xd5),
new struc((char) 0x639, (char) 0xc9, (char) 0xd3, (char) 0x8b,
(char) 0xa4),
new struc((char) 0x63a, (char) 0xca, (char) 0xdd, (char) 0x8c,
(char) 0xa5),
new struc((char) 0x641, (char) 0xa6, (char) 0xde, (char) 0x8d,
(char) 0xcc),
new struc((char) 0x642, (char) 0xa7, (char) 0xdf, (char) 0x8e,
(char) 0xce),
new struc((char) 0x62b, (char) 0xbd, (char) 0xaf, (char) 0xea,
(char) 0x99),
new struc((char) 0x635, (char) 0xc4, (char) 0xc8, (char) 0x87,
(char) 0xa0),
new struc((char) 0x636, (char) 0xc5, (char) 0xcb, (char) 0x88,
(char) 0xa1),
new struc((char) 0x637, (char) 0xc6, (char) 0xcd, (char) 0xcd,
(char) 0xa2),
new struc((char) 0x643, (char) 0xcf, (char) 0xe0, (char) 0x8f,
(char) 0xa8),
new struc((char) 0x645, (char) 0xd2, (char) 0xe2, (char) 0x91,
(char) 0xaa),
new struc((char) 0x646, (char) 0xd4, (char) 0xe3, (char) 0x92,
(char) 0xab),
new struc((char) 0x62a, (char) 0xbd, (char) 0xaf, (char) 0xea,
(char) 0x99),
new struc((char) 0x627, (char) 0xbb, (char) 0x80, (char) 0xbb,
(char) 0x80),
new struc((char) 0x644, (char) 0xd1, (char) 0xe1, (char) 0x90,
(char) 0xa9),
new struc((char) 0x628, (char) 0xbc, (char) 0xae, (char) 0xe9,
(char) 0x98),
new struc((char) 0x64a, (char) 0xdc, (char) 0xe6, (char) 0x95,
(char) 0xdc),
new struc((char) 0x633, (char) 0xc2, (char) 0xb8, (char) 0xb8,
(char) 0x9e),
new struc((char) 0x634, (char) 0xc3, (char) 0xb9, (char) 0xb9,
(char) 0x9f),
new struc((char) 0x638, (char) 0xc7, (char) 0xcd, (char) 0xcd,
(char) 0xc7),
new struc((char) 0x632, (char) 0xb7, (char) 0xb7, (char) 0xb7,
(char) 0xb7),
new struc((char) 0x648, (char) 0x94, (char) 0x94, (char) 0x94,
(char) 0x94),
new struc((char) 0x629, (char) 0xda, (char) 0xda, (char) 0xda,
(char) 0xda),
new struc((char) 0x649, (char) 0xdc, (char) 0xe6, (char) 0x95,
(char) 0xdc),
new struc((char) 0x631, (char) 0xb6, (char) 0xb6, (char) 0xb6,
(char) 0xb6),
new struc((char) 0x624, (char) 0xe7, (char) 0xe7, (char) 0xe7,
(char) 0xe7),
new struc((char) 0x621, (char) 0xba, (char) 0xba, (char) 0xba,
(char) 0xba),
new struc((char) 0x626, (char) 0xd7, (char) 0xe8, (char) 0x97,
(char) 0xd7),
new struc((char) 0x623, (char) 0x80, (char) 0x80, (char) 0x80,
(char) 0x80),
new struc((char) 0x622, (char) 0x80, (char) 0x80, (char) 0x80,
(char) 0x80),
new struc((char) 0x625, (char) 0x80, (char) 0x80, (char) 0x80,
(char) 0x80),
new struc((char) 0x67e, (char) 0xbc, (char) 0xae, (char) 0xe9,
(char) 0x98), // peh
new struc((char) 0x686, (char) 0x9b, (char) 0xb1, (char) 0xf9,
(char) 0xbf), // cheh
new struc((char) 0x698, (char) 0xb7, (char) 0xb7, (char) 0xb7,
(char) 0xb7), // jeh
new struc((char) 0x6a9, (char) 0xcf, (char) 0xe0, (char) 0x8f,
(char) 0xa8), // keheh
new struc((char) 0x6af, (char) 0xcf, (char) 0xe0, (char) 0x8f,
(char) 0xa8), // gaf
new struc((char) 0x6cc, (char) 0xdc, (char) 0xe6, (char) 0x95,
(char) 0xdc), // yeh
new struc((char) 0x6c0, (char) 0xac, (char) 0xe4, (char) 0x93,
(char) 0xd5) // heh with yeh
};
private static final int N_DISTINCT_CHARACTERS = 43;
private static final String ArabicReverse(String s) {
try {
String Out = "", rev;
s = MakeReverse(s);
char[] chs = new char[s.length()];
chs = s.toCharArray();
int i = 0;
while (i < s.length()) {
if ((chs[i] >= '0' && chs[i] <= '9')) // isDigit(s[i]) ?
{
rev = "";
while (i < s.length()
&& ((chs[i] >= '0' && chs[i] <= '9') || chs[i] == '/')) // isDigit(s[i])
// ?
{
rev = rev + chs[i];
++i;
}
rev = MakeReverse(rev);
Out = Out + rev;
} else {
Out = Out + chs[i];
++i;
}
}
s = Out;
} catch (Exception ex) {
// throw new Exception(
// "An exception has occurred in ArabicReverse function.\\n"
// + ex.getMessage());
}
return s;
}
private static final boolean isFromTheSet1(/* WCHAR */char ch) {
char[] theSet1 = new char[] { (char) 0x62c, (char) 0x62d, (char) 0x62e,
(char) 0x647, (char) 0x639, (char) 0x63a, (char) 0x641,
(char) 0x642, (char) 0x62b, (char) 0x635, (char) 0x636,
(char) 0x637, (char) 0x643, (char) 0x645, (char) 0x646,
(char) 0x62a, (char) 0x644, (char) 0x628, (char) 0x64a,
(char) 0x633, (char) 0x634, (char) 0x638, (char) 0x67e,
(char) 0x686, (char) 0x6a9, (char) 0x6af, (char) 0x6cc,
(char) 0x626 };
int i = 0;
while (i < 28) {
if (ch == theSet1[i])
return true;
++i;
}
return false;
}
private static final boolean isFromTheSet2(/* WCHAR */char ch) {
char[] theSet2 = new char[] { (char) 0x627, (char) 0x623, (char) 0x625,
(char) 0x622, (char) 0x62f, (char) 0x630, (char) 0x631,
(char) 0x632, (char) 0x648, (char) 0x624, (char) 0x629,
(char) 0x649, (char) 0x698, (char) 0x6c0 };
int i = 0;
while (i < 14) {
if (ch == theSet2[i])
return true;
++i;
}
return false;
}
private static final String MakeReverse(String text) {
String Result = "";
char[] Ctext = new char[text.length()];
Ctext = text.toCharArray();
for (int i = (text.length()) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
Result += Ctext[i];
}
return Result;
}
public static final String ConvertBackToRealFarsi(String In) {
if (!isFarsiConversionNeeded) {
return In;
}
String strOut = "";
StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder("");
int i = 0;
int j = 0;
char[] chIn = new char[In.length()];
chIn = In.toCharArray();
for (i = 0; i < In.length(); i++) {
boolean found = false;
for (j = 0; j < arrStruc.length; j++) {
if (chIn[i] == arrStruc[j].midGlyph ||
chIn[i] == arrStruc[j].iniGlyph ||
chIn[i] == arrStruc[j].endGlyph ||
chIn[i] == arrStruc[j].isoGlyph) {
strBuilder.append(arrStruc[j].character);
found = true;
break;
}
}
if (!found)
strBuilder.append(chIn[i]);
}
strOut = strBuilder.toString();
strOut = strOut.replace(szLa, "لا");
strOut = strOut.replace(szLaStick, "لا");
return strOut;
}
public static final String Convert(String In) {
if (!isFarsiConversionNeeded) {
return In;
}
if (In == null) {
return "";
}
boolean linkBefore, linkAfter;
String Out = In;
char[] chOut = new char[Out.length()];
chOut = Out.toCharArray();
char[] chIn = new char[In.length()];
chIn = In.toCharArray();
for (int i = 0; i < In.length(); i++) {
/* WCHAR */
char ch = chIn[i];
if ((ch >= (char) 0x0621 && ch <= (char) 0x064a)
|| (ch == (char) 0x067e) || (ch == (char) 0x0686)
|| (ch == (char) 0x0698) || (ch == (char) 0x06a9)
|| (ch == (char) 0x06af) || (ch == (char) 0x06cc)
|| (ch == (char) 0x06c0)) // is a Farsi character?
{
int idx = 0;
while (idx < N_DISTINCT_CHARACTERS) {
if (arrStruc[idx].character == chIn[i])
break;
++idx;
}
if (i == In.length() - 1)
linkAfter = false;
else
linkAfter = (isFromTheSet1(chIn[i + 1]) || isFromTheSet2(chIn[i + 1]));
if (i == 0)
linkBefore = false;
else
linkBefore = isFromTheSet1(chIn[i - 1]);
if (idx < N_DISTINCT_CHARACTERS) {
if (linkBefore && linkAfter)
chOut[i] = arrStruc[idx].midGlyph;
if (linkBefore && !linkAfter)
chOut[i] = arrStruc[idx].endGlyph;
if (!linkBefore && linkAfter)
chOut[i] = arrStruc[idx].iniGlyph;
if (!linkBefore && !linkAfter)
chOut[i] = arrStruc[idx].isoGlyph;
} else {
chOut[i] = chIn[i];
}
} else {
chOut[i] = chIn[i];
}
}
Out = "";
for (int j = 0; j < chOut.length; j++)
Out += chOut[j];
// Out = ArabicReverse(Out);
Out = Out.replace((char) 0x200c, ' '); // Change NO SPACE to SPACE
Out = Out.replace(szLamAndAlef, szLa); // Join 'Lam' and 'Alef' and
// make 'La'
Out = Out.replace(szLamStickAndAlef, szLaStick); // Join 'Lam Stick'
// and 'Alef'
// and make 'La
// Stick'
return reorderWords(Out);
}
private final static String reorderWords(String strIn)
{
final int ST_RTL = 0;
final int ST_LTR = 1;
String strOut = "";
String prevWord = "";
int state = ST_RTL;
char[] arr = strIn.toCharArray();
int i = 0;
while (i < arr.length) {
if (charIsLTR(arr[i]) && state != ST_LTR)
{
// state changed to LTR
state = ST_LTR;
strOut = prevWord + strOut;
prevWord = "";
prevWord += arr[i];
}
else if (charIsRTL(arr[i]) && state != ST_RTL)
{
// state changed to RTL
state = ST_RTL;
strOut = prevWord + strOut;
prevWord = "";
prevWord += arr[i];
}
else
{
// state is not changed
prevWord += arr[i];
}
i++;
}
strOut = prevWord + strOut;
return strOut;
}
private final static boolean charIsLTR(char ch)
{
return (ch >= (char) 65 & ch <= (char) 122)
|
Character.isDigit(ch);
}
private final static boolean charIsRTL(char ch)
{
return ch >= (char) 0x0621;
}
private static Typeface typeface;
public static final Typeface GetFarsiFont(Context context) {
if (typeface == null) {
typeface = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(),
// "DroidSansFallback.ttf");
"TAHOMA.TTF");
}
return typeface;
}
}
3) And in your Activity:
Typeface tf = Farsi.GetFarsiFont(this);
MyTextView.setTypeface(tf);
MyTextView.setText(Farsi.Convert("سلام"));
enjoy!
my reference for Farsi class:
Arabizer
Display Arabic text in android textview
Use android:textDirection with "anyRtl".
From xml: Add this line:
android:textDirection="anyRtl"to yourTextViewtag.From code:
textview.setTextDirection(View.TEXT_DIRECTION_ANY_RTL);
PS: Since API 17+.
Arabic text displayed as ??? in Android
If android:text works fine and setting from code does not, then most likely your source files (*.java) are not using UTF-8 encoding. You need to check your editor/IDE settings - for Android Studio go to Settings -> Editors -> File Encodings and check files and project encoding.
Arabic number in Arabic text in Android
There's such issue in Google's bugtracker: Arabic numerals in arabic language intead of Hindu-Arabic numeral system
If particularly Egypt locale doesn't work due to some customer's issue(I can understand it), then you can format your string to any other western locales. For example:
NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance(new Locale("en","US")); //or "nb","No" - for Norway
String sDistance = nf.format(distance);
distanceTextView.setText(String.format(getString(R.string.distance), sDistance));
If solution with new Locale doesn't work at all, there's an ugly workaround:
public String replaceArabicNumbers(String original) {
return original.replaceAll("١","1")
.replaceAll("٢","2")
.replaceAll("٣","3")
.....;
}
(and variations around it with Unicodes matching (U+0661,U+0662,...). See more similar ideas here)
Upd1:
To avoid calling formatting strings one by one everywhere, I'd suggest to create a tiny Tool method:
public final class Tools {
static NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance(new Locale("en","US"));
public static String getString(Resources resources, int stringId, Object... formatArgs) {
if (formatArgs == null || formatArgs.length == 0) {
return resources.getString(stringId, formatArgs);
}
Object[] formattedArgs = new Object[formatArgs.length];
for (int i = 0; i < formatArgs.length; i++) {
formattedArgs[i] = (formatArgs[i] instanceof Number) ?
numberFormat.format(formatArgs[i]) :
formatArgs[i];
}
return resources.getString(stringId, formattedArgs);
}
}
....
distanceText.setText(Tools.getString(getResources(), R.string.distance, 24));
Or to override the default TextView and handle it in setText(CharSequence text, BufferType type)
public class TextViewWithArabicDigits extends TextView {
public TextViewWithArabicDigits(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public TextViewWithArabicDigits(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
@Override
public void setText(CharSequence text, BufferType type) {
super.setText(replaceArabicNumbers(text), type);
}
private String replaceArabicNumbers(CharSequence original) {
if (original != null) {
return original.toString().replaceAll("١","1")
.replaceAll("٢","2")
.replaceAll("٣","3")
....;
}
return null;
}
}
I hope, it helps
Direction issue In Numeric text English to Arabic
Try this.
In RTL when you have set text as numeric this things happen.
LayoutDirection property added from API 19 please check Reference
Add below property to Edittext.
android:layoutDirection="ltr"
RTL ScreenShot
LTR Screenshot
For more info check this reference For RTL support
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