Fix change locale not working after migratio to androidx bug

opensrp · Nov 25, 2020 · bf4b926 · bf4b926
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diff --git a/opensrp-app/build.gradle b/opensrp-app/build.gradle
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'net.zetetic:android-database-sqlcipher:4.2.0'
     implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1'
     implementation 'org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-core-asl:1.9.13'
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
     implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
     implementation "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.5.6"
     implementation group: 'commons-codec', name: 'commons-codec', version: '1.10'

diff --git a/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/view/activity/MultiLanguageActivity.java b/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/view/activity/MultiLanguageActivity.java
@@ -18,4 +18,17 @@ protected void attachBaseContext(android.content.Context base) {
         super.attachBaseContext(LangUtils.setAppLocale(base, lang));
     }
 
+    //solution borrowed from
+    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55265834/change-locale-not-work-after-migrate-to-androidx/61420643#61420643
+    @Override
+    public void applyOverrideConfiguration(Configuration overrideConfiguration) {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP &&
+                Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
+            // add this to fix androidx.appcompat:appcompat 1.1.0 bug
+            // which happens on Android 6.x ~ 7.x
+            getResources();
+        }
+        super.applyOverrideConfiguration(overrideConfiguration);
+    }
+
 }