Added in API level 24

ULocale


class ULocale : Serializable, Comparable<ULocale!>
kotlin.Any
   ↳ android.icu.util.ULocale

[icu enhancement] ICU's replacement for java.util.Locale. Methods, fields, and other functionality specific to ICU are labeled '[icu]'. A class analogous to java.util.Locale that provides additional support for ICU protocol. In ICU 3.0 this class is enhanced to support RFC 3066 language identifiers.

Many classes and services in ICU follow a factory idiom, in which a factory method or object responds to a client request with an object. The request includes a locale (the requested locale), and the returned object is constructed using data for that locale. The system may lack data for the requested locale, in which case the locale fallback mechanism will be invoked until a populated locale is found (the valid locale). Furthermore, even when a populated locale is found (the valid locale), further fallback may be required to reach a locale containing the specific data required by the service (the actual locale).

ULocale performs 'normalization' and 'canonicalization' of locale ids. Normalization 'cleans up' ICU locale ids as follows:

  • language, script, country, variant, and keywords are properly cased
    (lower, title, upper, upper, and lower case respectively)
  • hyphens used as separators are converted to underscores
  • three-letter language and country ids are converted to two-letter equivalents where available
  • surrounding spaces are removed from keywords and values
  • if there are multiple keywords, they are put in sorted order
Canonicalization additionally performs the following:
  • POSIX ids are converted to ICU format IDs
  • Legacy language tags (marked as “Type: grandfathered” in BCP 47) are converted to ICU standard form
All ULocale constructors automatically normalize the locale id. To handle POSIX ids, canonicalize can be called to convert the id to canonical form, or the canonicalInstance factory method can be called.

Note: The actual locale is returned correctly, but the valid locale is not, in most cases.

Summary

Nested classes

Types for ULocale#getAvailableLocalesByType

Builder is used to build instances of ULocale from values configured by the setters.

Enum for locale categories.

Constants
static Char

The key for the private use locale extension ('x').

static Char

The key for Unicode locale extension ('u').

Public constructors
ULocale(localeID: String!)

[icu] Constructs a ULocale from a RFC 3066 locale ID.

ULocale(a: String!, b: String!)

Convenience overload of ULocale(String, String, String) for compatibility with java.

ULocale(a: String!, b: String!, c: String!)

Constructs a ULocale from a localeID constructed from the three 'fields' a, b, and c.

Public methods
static ULocale!
acceptLanguage(acceptLanguageList: String!, availableLocales: Array<ULocale!>!, fallback: BooleanArray!)

[icu] Based on a HTTP formatted list of acceptable locales, determine an available locale for the user.

static ULocale!
acceptLanguage(acceptLanguageList: Array<ULocale!>!, availableLocales: Array<ULocale!>!, fallback: BooleanArray!)

[icu] Based on a list of acceptable locales, determine an available locale for the user.

static ULocale!
acceptLanguage(acceptLanguageList: String!, fallback: BooleanArray!)

[icu] Based on a HTTP formatted list of acceptable locales, determine an available locale for the user.

static ULocale!
acceptLanguage(acceptLanguageList: Array<ULocale!>!, fallback: BooleanArray!)

[icu] Based on an ordered array of acceptable locales, determine an available locale for the user.

static ULocale!

[icu] Adds the likely subtags for a provided locale ID, per the algorithm described in the following CLDR technical report: http://www.

static String!
canonicalize(localeID: String!)

[icu] Returns the canonical name according to CLDR for the specified locale ID.

Any!

This is for compatibility with Locale-- in actuality, since ULocale is immutable, there is no reason to clone it, so this API returns 'this'.

Int
compareTo(other: ULocale!)

Compares two ULocale for ordering.

static ULocale!
createCanonical(nonCanonicalID: String!)

[icu] Creates a ULocale from the id by first canonicalizing the id according to CLDR.

static ULocale!

Creates a ULocale from the locale by first canonicalizing the locale according to CLDR.

Boolean
equals(other: Any?)

Returns true if the other object is another ULocale with the same full name.

static ULocale!
forLanguageTag(languageTag: String!)

Returns a locale for the specified IETF BCP 47 language tag string.

static ULocale!

[icu] Returns a ULocale object for a java.util.Locale.

static Array<ULocale!>!

[icu] Note: Unlike the Locale API, this returns an array of ULocale, not Locale.

static MutableCollection<ULocale!>!

Returns a list of all installed locales according to the specified type.

String!

[icu] Returns the (normalized) base name for this locale, like getName(), but without keywords.

static String!
getBaseName(localeID: String!)

[icu] Returns the (normalized) base name for the specified locale, like getName(java.lang.String), but without keywords.

String!

[icu] Returns this locale's layout orientation for characters.

String!

Returns the country/region code for this locale, which will either be the empty string or an uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code.

static String!
getCountry(localeID: String!)

[icu] Returns the country/region code for this locale, which will either be the empty string or an uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code.

static ULocale!

Returns the current default ULocale.

static ULocale!

Returns the current default ULocale for the specified category.

String!

Returns this locale's country localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

String!
getDisplayCountry(displayLocale: ULocale!)

Returns this locale's country localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayCountry(localeID: String!, displayLocaleID: String!)

[icu] Returns a locale's country localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayCountry(localeID: String!, displayLocale: ULocale!)

[icu] Returns a locale's country localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!

[icu] Returns a keyword localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

static String!
getDisplayKeyword(keyword: String!, displayLocaleID: String!)

[icu] Returns a keyword localized for display in the specified locale.

static String!
getDisplayKeyword(keyword: String!, displayLocale: ULocale!)

[icu] Returns a keyword localized for display in the specified locale.

String!

[icu] Returns a keyword value localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

String!
getDisplayKeywordValue(keyword: String!, displayLocale: ULocale!)

[icu] Returns a keyword value localized for display in the specified locale.

static String!
getDisplayKeywordValue(localeID: String!, keyword: String!, displayLocaleID: String!)

[icu] Returns a keyword value localized for display in the specified locale.

static String!
getDisplayKeywordValue(localeID: String!, keyword: String!, displayLocale: ULocale!)

[icu] Returns a keyword value localized for display in the specified locale.

String!

Returns this locale's language localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

String!
getDisplayLanguage(displayLocale: ULocale!)

Returns this locale's language localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayLanguage(localeID: String!, displayLocaleID: String!)

[icu] Returns a locale's language localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayLanguage(localeID: String!, displayLocale: ULocale!)

[icu] Returns a locale's language localized for display in the provided locale.

String!

[icu] Returns this locale's language localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

String!

[icu] Returns this locale's language localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayLanguageWithDialect(localeID: String!, displayLocaleID: String!)

[icu] Returns a locale's language localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayLanguageWithDialect(localeID: String!, displayLocale: ULocale!)

[icu] Returns a locale's language localized for display in the provided locale.

String!

Returns this locale name localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

String!
getDisplayName(displayLocale: ULocale!)

Returns this locale name localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayName(localeID: String!, displayLocaleID: String!)

[icu] Returns the locale ID localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayName(localeID: String!, displayLocale: ULocale!)

[icu] Returns the locale ID localized for display in the provided locale.

String!

[icu] Returns this locale name localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

String!

[icu] Returns this locale name localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayNameWithDialect(localeID: String!, displayLocaleID: String!)

[icu] Returns the locale ID localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayNameWithDialect(localeID: String!, displayLocale: ULocale!)

[icu] Returns the locale ID localized for display in the provided locale.

String!

Returns this locale's script localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

String!
getDisplayScript(displayLocale: ULocale!)

Returns this locale's script localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayScript(localeID: String!, displayLocaleID: String!)

[icu] Returns a locale's script localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayScript(localeID: String!, displayLocale: ULocale!)

[icu] Returns a locale's script localized for display in the provided locale.

String!

Returns this locale's variant localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

String!
getDisplayVariant(displayLocale: ULocale!)

Returns this locale's variant localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayVariant(localeID: String!, displayLocaleID: String!)

[icu] Returns a locale's variant localized for display in the provided locale.

static String!
getDisplayVariant(localeID: String!, displayLocale: ULocale!)

[icu] Returns a locale's variant localized for display in the provided locale.

String!

Returns the extension (or private use) value associated with the specified key, or null if there is no extension associated with the key.

MutableSet<Char!>!

Returns the set of extension keys associated with this locale, or the empty set if it has no extensions.

ULocale!

[icu] Returns the fallback locale for this locale.

static String!
getFallback(localeID: String!)

[icu] Returns the fallback locale for the specified locale, which might be the empty string.

String!

Returns a three-letter abbreviation for this locale's country/region.

static String!
getISO3Country(localeID: String!)

[icu] Returns a three-letter abbreviation for this locale's country/region.

String!

Returns a three-letter abbreviation for this locale's language.

static String!
getISO3Language(localeID: String!)

[icu] Returns a three-letter abbreviation for this locale's language.

static Array<String!>!

Returns a list of all 2-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166.

static Array<String!>!

Returns a list of all unique language codes defined in ISO 639.

String!
getKeywordValue(keywordName: String!)

[icu] Returns the value for a keyword in this locale.

static String!
getKeywordValue(localeID: String!, keywordName: String!)

[icu] Returns the value for a keyword in the specified locale.

MutableIterator<String!>!

[icu] Returns an iterator over keywords for this locale.

static MutableIterator<String!>!
getKeywords(localeID: String!)

[icu] Returns an iterator over keywords for the specified locale.

String!

Returns the language code for this locale, which will either be the empty string or a lowercase ISO 639 code.

static String!
getLanguage(localeID: String!)

Returns the language code for the locale ID, which will either be the empty string or a lowercase ISO 639 code.

String!

[icu] Returns this locale's layout orientation for lines.

String!

[icu] Returns the (normalized) full name for this locale.

static String!
getName(localeID: String!)

[icu] Returns the (normalized) full name for the specified locale.

String!

Returns the script code for this locale, which might be the empty string.

static String!
getScript(localeID: String!)

[icu] Returns the script code for the specified locale, which might be the empty string.

MutableSet<String!>!

Returns the set of unicode locale attributes associated with this locale, or the empty set if it has no attributes.

MutableSet<String!>!

Returns the set of Unicode locale keys defined by this locale, or the empty set if this locale has none.

String!

Returns the Unicode locale type associated with the specified Unicode locale key for this locale.

String!

Returns the variant code for this locale, which might be the empty string.

static String!
getVariant(localeID: String!)

[icu] Returns the variant code for the specified locale, which might be the empty string.

Int

Returns the hashCode.

Boolean

[icu] Returns whether this locale's script is written right-to-left.

static ULocale!

[icu] Minimizes the subtags for a provided locale ID, per the algorithm described in the following CLDR technical report: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Likely_Subtags If the provided ULocale instance is already in the minimal form, or there is no data available for minimization, it will be returned.

ULocale!
setKeywordValue(keyword: String!, value: String!)

[icu] Given a keyword and a value, return a new locale with an updated keyword and value.

static String!
setKeywordValue(localeID: String!, keyword: String!, value: String!)

Given a locale id, a keyword, and a value, return a new locale id with an updated keyword and value.

String!

Returns a well-formed IETF BCP 47 language tag representing this locale.

static String!
toLegacyKey(keyword: String!)

[icu] Converts the specified keyword (BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key, or legacy key) to the legacy key.

static String!
toLegacyType(keyword: String!, value: String!)

[icu] Converts the specified keyword value (BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type, or legacy type or type alias) to the canonical legacy type.

Locale!

[icu] Converts this ULocale object to a java.util.Locale.

String

Returns a string representation of this object.

static String!

[icu] Converts the specified keyword (legacy key, or BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key) to the equivalent BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key.

static String!
toUnicodeLocaleType(keyword: String!, value: String!)

[icu] Converts the specified keyword value (legacy type, or BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type) to the well-formed BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type for the specified keyword (category).

Properties
static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

static ULocale!

The root ULocale.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

static ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

Constants

PRIVATE_USE_EXTENSION

Added in API level 24
static val PRIVATE_USE_EXTENSION: Char

The key for the private use locale extension ('x').

Value: 120

UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION

Added in API level 24
static val UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION: Char

The key for Unicode locale extension ('u').

Value: 117

Public constructors

ULocale

Added in API level 24
ULocale(localeID: String!)

[icu] Constructs a ULocale from a RFC 3066 locale ID. The locale ID consists of optional language, script, country, and variant fields in that order, separated by underscores, followed by an optional keyword list. The script, if present, is four characters long-- this distinguishes it from a country code, which is two characters long. Other fields are distinguished by position as indicated by the underscores. The start of the keyword list is indicated by '@', and consists of two or more keyword/value pairs separated by semicolons(';').

This constructor does not canonicalize the localeID. So, for example, "zh__pinyin" remains unchanged instead of converting to "zh@collation=pinyin". By default ICU only recognizes the latter as specifying pinyin collation. Use #createCanonical or canonicalize if you need to canonicalize the localeID.

Parameters
localeID String!: string representation of the locale, e.g: "en_US", "sy_Cyrl_YU", "zh__pinyin", "es_ES@currency=EUR;collation=traditional"

ULocale

Added in API level 24
ULocale(
    a: String!,
    b: String!)

Convenience overload of ULocale(String, String, String) for compatibility with java.util.Locale.

ULocale

Added in API level 24
ULocale(
    a: String!,
    b: String!,
    c: String!)

Constructs a ULocale from a localeID constructed from the three 'fields' a, b, and c. These fields are concatenated using underscores to form a localeID of the form a_b_c, which is then handled like the localeID passed to ULocale(String localeID).

Java locale strings consisting of language, country, and variant will be handled by this form, since the country code (being shorter than four letters long) will not be interpreted as a script code. If a script code is present, the final argument ('c') will be interpreted as the country code. It is recommended that this constructor only be used to ease porting, and that clients instead use the single-argument constructor when constructing a ULocale from a localeID.

Parameters
a String!: first component of the locale id
b String!: second component of the locale id
c String!: third component of the locale id

See Also

Public methods

acceptLanguage

Added in API level 24
static fun acceptLanguage(
    acceptLanguageList: String!,
    availableLocales: Array<ULocale!>!,
    fallback: BooleanArray!
): ULocale!

[icu] Based on a HTTP formatted list of acceptable locales, determine an available locale for the user. NullPointerException is thrown if acceptLanguageList or availableLocales is null. If fallback is non-null, it will contain true if a fallback locale (one not in the acceptLanguageList) was returned. The value on entry is ignored. ULocale will be one of the locales in availableLocales, or the ROOT ULocale if if a ROOT locale was used as a fallback (because nothing else in availableLocales matched). No ULocale array element should be null; behavior is undefined if this is the case.

Parameters
acceptLanguageList String!: list in HTTP "Accept-Language:" format of acceptable locales
availableLocales Array<ULocale!>!: list of available locales. One of these will be returned.
fallback BooleanArray!: if non-null, a 1-element array containing a boolean to be set with the fallback status
Return
ULocale! one of the locales from the availableLocales list, or null if none match

acceptLanguage

Added in API level 24
static fun acceptLanguage(
    acceptLanguageList: Array<ULocale!>!,
    availableLocales: Array<ULocale!>!,
    fallback: BooleanArray!
): ULocale!

[icu] Based on a list of acceptable locales, determine an available locale for the user. NullPointerException is thrown if acceptLanguageList or availableLocales is null. If fallback is non-null, it will contain true if a fallback locale (one not in the acceptLanguageList) was returned. The value on entry is ignored. ULocale will be one of the locales in availableLocales, or the ROOT ULocale if if a ROOT locale was used as a fallback (because nothing else in availableLocales matched). No ULocale array element should be null; behavior is undefined if this is the case.

Parameters
acceptLanguageList Array<ULocale!>!: list of acceptable locales
availableLocales Array<ULocale!>!: list of available locales. One of these will be returned.
fallback BooleanArray!: if non-null, a 1-element array containing a boolean to be set with the fallback status
Return
ULocale! one of the locales from the availableLocales list, or null if none match

acceptLanguage

Added in API level 24
static fun acceptLanguage(
    acceptLanguageList: String!,
    fallback: BooleanArray!
): ULocale!

[icu] Based on a HTTP formatted list of acceptable locales, determine an available locale for the user. NullPointerException is thrown if acceptLanguageList or availableLocales is null. If fallback is non-null, it will contain true if a fallback locale (one not in the acceptLanguageList) was returned. The value on entry is ignored. ULocale will be one of the locales in availableLocales, or the ROOT ULocale if if a ROOT locale was used as a fallback (because nothing else in availableLocales matched). No ULocale array element should be null; behavior is undefined if this is the case. This function will choose a locale from the ULocale.getAvailableLocales() list as available.

Parameters
acceptLanguageList String!: list in HTTP "Accept-Language:" format of acceptable locales
fallback BooleanArray!: if non-null, a 1-element array containing a boolean to be set with the fallback status
Return
ULocale! one of the locales from the ULocale.getAvailableLocales() list, or null if none match

acceptLanguage

Added in API level 24
static fun acceptLanguage(
    acceptLanguageList: Array<ULocale!>!,
    fallback: BooleanArray!
): ULocale!

[icu] Based on an ordered array of acceptable locales, determine an available locale for the user. NullPointerException is thrown if acceptLanguageList or availableLocales is null. If fallback is non-null, it will contain true if a fallback locale (one not in the acceptLanguageList) was returned. The value on entry is ignored. ULocale will be one of the locales in availableLocales, or the ROOT ULocale if if a ROOT locale was used as a fallback (because nothing else in availableLocales matched). No ULocale array element should be null; behavior is undefined if this is the case. This function will choose a locale from the ULocale.getAvailableLocales() list as available.

Parameters
acceptLanguageList Array<ULocale!>!: ordered array of acceptable locales (preferred are listed first)
fallback BooleanArray!: if non-null, a 1-element array containing a boolean to be set with the fallback status
Return
ULocale! one of the locales from the ULocale.getAvailableLocales() list, or null if none match

addLikelySubtags

Added in API level 24
static fun addLikelySubtags(loc: ULocale!): ULocale!

[icu] Adds the likely subtags for a provided locale ID, per the algorithm described in the following CLDR technical report: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Likely_Subtags If the provided ULocale instance is already in the maximal form, or there is no data available available for maximization, it will be returned. For example, "sh" cannot be maximized, since there is no reasonable maximization. Otherwise, a new ULocale instance with the maximal form is returned. Examples: "en" maximizes to "en_Latn_US" "de" maximizes to "de_Latn_DE" "sr" maximizes to "sr_Cyrl_RS" "zh_Hani" maximizes to "zh_Hani_CN"

Parameters
loc ULocale!: The ULocale to maximize
Return
ULocale! The maximized ULocale instance.

canonicalize

Added in API level 24
static fun canonicalize(localeID: String!): String!

[icu] Returns the canonical name according to CLDR for the specified locale ID. This is used to convert POSIX and other legacy IDs to standard ICU form.

Parameters
localeID String!: the locale id
Return
String! the canonicalized id

clone

Added in API level 24
fun clone(): Any!

This is for compatibility with Locale-- in actuality, since ULocale is immutable, there is no reason to clone it, so this API returns 'this'.

Return
Any! a clone of this instance.
Exceptions
java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException if the object's class does not support the Cloneable interface. Subclasses that override the clone method can also throw this exception to indicate that an instance cannot be cloned.

compareTo

Added in API level 24
fun compareTo(other: ULocale!): Int

Compares two ULocale for ordering.

Note: The order might change in future.

Parameters
o the object to be compared.
other ULocale!: the ULocale to be compared.
Return
Int a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this ULocale is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified ULocale.
Exceptions
java.lang.NullPointerException if other is null.
java.lang.ClassCastException if the specified object's type prevents it from being compared to this object.

createCanonical

Added in API level 24
static fun createCanonical(nonCanonicalID: String!): ULocale!

[icu] Creates a ULocale from the id by first canonicalizing the id according to CLDR.

Parameters
nonCanonicalID String!: the locale id to canonicalize
Return
ULocale! the locale created from the canonical version of the ID.

createCanonical

Added in API level 33
static fun createCanonical(locale: ULocale!): ULocale!

Creates a ULocale from the locale by first canonicalizing the locale according to CLDR.

Parameters
locale ULocale!: the ULocale to canonicalize
Return
ULocale! the ULocale created from the canonical version of the ULocale.

equals

Added in API level 24
fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean

Returns true if the other object is another ULocale with the same full name. Note that since names are not canonicalized, two ULocales that function identically might not compare equal.

Parameters
obj the reference object with which to compare.
Return
Boolean true if this Locale is equal to the specified object.

forLanguageTag

Added in API level 24
static fun forLanguageTag(languageTag: String!): ULocale!

Returns a locale for the specified IETF BCP 47 language tag string.

If the specified language tag contains any ill-formed subtags, the first such subtag and all following subtags are ignored. Compare to ULocale.Builder#setLanguageTag which throws an exception in this case.

The following conversions are performed:

  • The language code "und" is mapped to language "".
  • The portion of a private use subtag prefixed by "lvariant", if any, is removed and appended to the variant field in the result locale (without case normalization). If it is then empty, the private use subtag is discarded:
    ULocale loc;
          loc = ULocale.forLanguageTag("en-US-x-lvariant-icu4j);
          loc.getVariant(); // returns "ICU4J"
          loc.getExtension('x'); // returns null
     
          loc = Locale.forLanguageTag("de-icu4j-x-URP-lvariant-Abc-Def");
          loc.getVariant(); // returns "ICU4J_ABC_DEF"
          loc.getExtension('x'); // returns "urp"
      
  • When the languageTag argument contains an extlang subtag, the first such subtag is used as the language, and the primary language subtag and other extlang subtags are ignored:
    ULocale.forLanguageTag("ar-aao").getLanguage(); // returns "aao"
          ULocale.forLanguageTag("en-abc-def-us").toString(); // returns "abc_US"
      
  • Case is normalized. Language is normalized to lower case, script to title case, country to upper case, variant to upper case, and extensions to lower case.

This implements the 'Language-Tag' production of BCP 47, and so supports legacy language tags (marked as “Type: grandfathered” in BCP 47) (regular and irregular) as well as private use language tags.

Stand-alone private use tags are represented as empty language and extension 'x-whatever', and legacy tags are converted to their canonical replacements where they exist.

Note that a few legacy tags have no modern replacement; these will be converted using the fallback described in the first paragraph, so some information might be lost.

Note: there is no guarantee that toLanguageTag and forLanguageTag will round-trip.

Parameters
languageTag String!: the language tag
Return
ULocale! The locale that best represents the language tag.
Exceptions
java.lang.NullPointerException if languageTag is null

forLocale

Added in API level 24
static fun forLocale(loc: Locale!): ULocale!

[icu] Returns a ULocale object for a java.util.Locale. The ULocale is canonicalized.

Parameters
loc Locale!: a java.util.Locale

getAvailableLocales

Added in API level 24
static fun getAvailableLocales(): Array<ULocale!>!

[icu] Note: Unlike the Locale API, this returns an array of ULocale, not Locale.

Returns a list of all installed locales. This is equivalent to calling getAvailableLocalesByType with AvailableType.DEFAULT.

getAvailableLocalesByType

Added in API level 31
static fun getAvailableLocalesByType(type: ULocale.AvailableType!): MutableCollection<ULocale!>!

Returns a list of all installed locales according to the specified type.

getBaseName

Added in API level 24
fun getBaseName(): String!

[icu] Returns the (normalized) base name for this locale, like getName(), but without keywords.

Return
String! the base name as a String.

getBaseName

Added in API level 24
static fun getBaseName(localeID: String!): String!

[icu] Returns the (normalized) base name for the specified locale, like getName(java.lang.String), but without keywords.

Parameters
localeID String!: the locale ID as a string
Return
String! the base name as a String.

getCharacterOrientation

Added in API level 24
fun getCharacterOrientation(): String!

[icu] Returns this locale's layout orientation for characters. The possible values are "left-to-right", "right-to-left", "top-to-bottom" or "bottom-to-top".

Return
String! The locale's layout orientation for characters.

getCountry

Added in API level 24
fun getCountry(): String!

Returns the country/region code for this locale, which will either be the empty string or an uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code.

getCountry

Added in API level 24
static fun getCountry(localeID: String!): String!

[icu] Returns the country/region code for this locale, which will either be the empty string or an uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code.

Parameters
localeID String!: The locale identification string.

getDefault

Added in API level 24
static fun getDefault(): ULocale!

Returns the current default ULocale.

The default ULocale is synchronized to the default Java Locale. This method checks the current default Java Locale and returns an equivalent ULocale.

Return
ULocale! the default ULocale.

getDefault

Added in API level 24
static fun getDefault(category: ULocale.Category!): ULocale!

Returns the current default ULocale for the specified category.

Parameters
category ULocale.Category!: the category
Return
ULocale! the default ULocale for the specified category.

getDisplayCountry

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayCountry(): String!

Returns this locale's country localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale. Warning: this is for the region part of a valid locale ID; it cannot just be the region code (like "FR"). To get the display name for a region alone, or for other options, use LocaleDisplayNames instead.

Return
String! the localized country name.

getDisplayCountry

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayCountry(displayLocale: ULocale!): String!

Returns this locale's country localized for display in the provided locale. Warning: this is for the region part of a valid locale ID; it cannot just be the region code (like "FR"). To get the display name for a region alone, or for other options, use LocaleDisplayNames instead.

Parameters
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized country name.

getDisplayCountry

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayCountry(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocaleID: String!
): String!

[icu] Returns a locale's country localized for display in the provided locale. Warning: this is for the region part of a valid locale ID; it cannot just be the region code (like "FR"). To get the display name for a region alone, or for other options, use LocaleDisplayNames instead. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose country will be displayed
displayLocaleID String!: the id of the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized country name.

getDisplayCountry

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayCountry(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocale: ULocale!
): String!

[icu] Returns a locale's country localized for display in the provided locale. Warning: this is for the region part of a valid locale ID; it cannot just be the region code (like "FR"). To get the display name for a region alone, or for other options, use LocaleDisplayNames instead. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose country will be displayed.
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized country name.

getDisplayKeyword

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayKeyword(keyword: String!): String!

[icu] Returns a keyword localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

Parameters
keyword String!: the keyword to be displayed.
Return
String! the localized keyword name.

getDisplayKeyword

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayKeyword(
    keyword: String!,
    displayLocaleID: String!
): String!

[icu] Returns a keyword localized for display in the specified locale.

Parameters
keyword String!: the keyword to be displayed.
displayLocaleID String!: the id of the locale in which to display the keyword.
Return
String! the localized keyword name.

getDisplayKeyword

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayKeyword(
    keyword: String!,
    displayLocale: ULocale!
): String!

[icu] Returns a keyword localized for display in the specified locale.

Parameters
keyword String!: the keyword to be displayed.
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the keyword.
Return
String! the localized keyword name.

getDisplayKeywordValue

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayKeywordValue(keyword: String!): String!

[icu] Returns a keyword value localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

Parameters
keyword String!: the keyword whose value is to be displayed.
Return
String! the localized value name.

getDisplayKeywordValue

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayKeywordValue(
    keyword: String!,
    displayLocale: ULocale!
): String!

[icu] Returns a keyword value localized for display in the specified locale.

Parameters
keyword String!: the keyword whose value is to be displayed.
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the value.
Return
String! the localized value name.

getDisplayKeywordValue

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayKeywordValue(
    localeID: String!,
    keyword: String!,
    displayLocaleID: String!
): String!

[icu] Returns a keyword value localized for display in the specified locale. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose keyword value is to be displayed.
keyword String!: the keyword whose value is to be displayed.
displayLocaleID String!: the id of the locale in which to display the value.
Return
String! the localized value name.

getDisplayKeywordValue

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayKeywordValue(
    localeID: String!,
    keyword: String!,
    displayLocale: ULocale!
): String!

[icu] Returns a keyword value localized for display in the specified locale. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose keyword value is to be displayed.
keyword String!: the keyword whose value is to be displayed.
displayLocale ULocale!: the id of the locale in which to display the value.
Return
String! the localized value name.

getDisplayLanguage

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayLanguage(): String!

Returns this locale's language localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

Return
String! the localized language name.

getDisplayLanguage

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayLanguage(displayLocale: ULocale!): String!

Returns this locale's language localized for display in the provided locale.

Parameters
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized language name.

getDisplayLanguage

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayLanguage(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocaleID: String!
): String!

[icu] Returns a locale's language localized for display in the provided locale. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose language will be displayed
displayLocaleID String!: the id of the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized language name.

getDisplayLanguage

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayLanguage(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocale: ULocale!
): String!

[icu] Returns a locale's language localized for display in the provided locale. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose language will be displayed.
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized language name.

getDisplayLanguageWithDialect

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayLanguageWithDialect(): String!

[icu] Returns this locale's language localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale. If a dialect name is present in the data, then it is returned.

Return
String! the localized language name.

getDisplayLanguageWithDialect

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayLanguageWithDialect(displayLocale: ULocale!): String!

[icu] Returns this locale's language localized for display in the provided locale. If a dialect name is present in the data, then it is returned.

Parameters
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized language name.

getDisplayLanguageWithDialect

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayLanguageWithDialect(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocaleID: String!
): String!

[icu] Returns a locale's language localized for display in the provided locale. If a dialect name is present in the data, then it is returned. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose language will be displayed
displayLocaleID String!: the id of the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized language name.

getDisplayLanguageWithDialect

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayLanguageWithDialect(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocale: ULocale!
): String!

[icu] Returns a locale's language localized for display in the provided locale. If a dialect name is present in the data, then it is returned. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose language will be displayed.
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized language name.

getDisplayName

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayName(): String!

Returns this locale name localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

Return
String! the localized locale name.

getDisplayName

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayName(displayLocale: ULocale!): String!

Returns this locale name localized for display in the provided locale.

Parameters
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the locale name.
Return
String! the localized locale name.

getDisplayName

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayName(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocaleID: String!
): String!

[icu] Returns the locale ID localized for display in the provided locale. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the locale whose name is to be displayed.
displayLocaleID String!: the id of the locale in which to display the locale name.
Return
String! the localized locale name.

getDisplayName

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayName(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocale: ULocale!
): String!

[icu] Returns the locale ID localized for display in the provided locale. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the locale whose name is to be displayed.
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the locale name.
Return
String! the localized locale name.

getDisplayNameWithDialect

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayNameWithDialect(): String!

[icu] Returns this locale name localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale. If a dialect name is present in the locale data, then it is returned.

Return
String! the localized locale name.

getDisplayNameWithDialect

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayNameWithDialect(displayLocale: ULocale!): String!

[icu] Returns this locale name localized for display in the provided locale. If a dialect name is present in the locale data, then it is returned.

Parameters
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the locale name.
Return
String! the localized locale name.

getDisplayNameWithDialect

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayNameWithDialect(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocaleID: String!
): String!

[icu] Returns the locale ID localized for display in the provided locale. If a dialect name is present in the locale data, then it is returned. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the locale whose name is to be displayed.
displayLocaleID String!: the id of the locale in which to display the locale name.
Return
String! the localized locale name.

getDisplayNameWithDialect

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayNameWithDialect(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocale: ULocale!
): String!

[icu] Returns the locale ID localized for display in the provided locale. If a dialect name is present in the locale data, then it is returned. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the locale whose name is to be displayed.
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the locale name.
Return
String! the localized locale name.

getDisplayScript

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayScript(): String!

Returns this locale's script localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

Return
String! the localized script name.

getDisplayScript

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayScript(displayLocale: ULocale!): String!

Returns this locale's script localized for display in the provided locale.

Parameters
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized script name.

getDisplayScript

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayScript(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocaleID: String!
): String!

[icu] Returns a locale's script localized for display in the provided locale. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose script will be displayed
displayLocaleID String!: the id of the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized script name.

getDisplayScript

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayScript(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocale: ULocale!
): String!

[icu] Returns a locale's script localized for display in the provided locale.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose script will be displayed.
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized script name.

getDisplayVariant

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayVariant(): String!

Returns this locale's variant localized for display in the default DISPLAY locale.

Return
String! the localized variant name.

getDisplayVariant

Added in API level 24
fun getDisplayVariant(displayLocale: ULocale!): String!

Returns this locale's variant localized for display in the provided locale.

Parameters
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized variant name.

getDisplayVariant

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayVariant(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocaleID: String!
): String!

[icu] Returns a locale's variant localized for display in the provided locale. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose variant will be displayed
displayLocaleID String!: the id of the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized variant name.

getDisplayVariant

Added in API level 24
static fun getDisplayVariant(
    localeID: String!,
    displayLocale: ULocale!
): String!

[icu] Returns a locale's variant localized for display in the provided locale. This is a cover for the ICU4C API.

Parameters
localeID String!: the id of the locale whose variant will be displayed.
displayLocale ULocale!: the locale in which to display the name.
Return
String! the localized variant name.

getExtension

Added in API level 24
fun getExtension(key: Char): String!

Returns the extension (or private use) value associated with the specified key, or null if there is no extension associated with the key. To be well-formed, the key must be one of [0-9A-Za-z]. Keys are case-insensitive, so for example 'z' and 'Z' represent the same extension.

Parameters
key Char: the extension key
Return
String! The extension, or null if this locale defines no extension for the specified key.
Exceptions
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if key is not well-formed

getExtensionKeys

Added in API level 24
fun getExtensionKeys(): MutableSet<Char!>!

Returns the set of extension keys associated with this locale, or the empty set if it has no extensions. The returned set is unmodifiable. The keys will all be lower-case.

Return
MutableSet<Char!>! the set of extension keys, or the empty set if this locale has no extensions

getFallback

Added in API level 24
fun getFallback(): ULocale!

[icu] Returns the fallback locale for this locale. If this locale is root, returns null.

getFallback

Added in API level 24
static fun getFallback(localeID: String!): String!

[icu] Returns the fallback locale for the specified locale, which might be the empty string.

getISO3Country

Added in API level 24
fun getISO3Country(): String!

Returns a three-letter abbreviation for this locale's country/region. If the locale doesn't specify a country, returns the empty string. Otherwise, returns an uppercase ISO 3166 3-letter country code.

Exceptions
java.util.MissingResourceException Throws MissingResourceException if the three-letter country abbreviation is not available for this locale.

getISO3Country

Added in API level 24
static fun getISO3Country(localeID: String!): String!

[icu] Returns a three-letter abbreviation for this locale's country/region. If the locale doesn't specify a country, returns the empty string. Otherwise, returns an uppercase ISO 3166 3-letter country code.

Exceptions
java.util.MissingResourceException Throws MissingResourceException if the three-letter country abbreviation is not available for this locale.

getISO3Language

Added in API level 24
fun getISO3Language(): String!

Returns a three-letter abbreviation for this locale's language. If the locale doesn't specify a language, returns the empty string. Otherwise, returns a lowercase ISO 639-2/T language code. The ISO 639-2 language codes can be found on-line at ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/iso-639-2.txt

Exceptions
java.util.MissingResourceException Throws MissingResourceException if the three-letter language abbreviation is not available for this locale.

getISO3Language

Added in API level 24
static fun getISO3Language(localeID: String!): String!

[icu] Returns a three-letter abbreviation for this locale's language. If the locale doesn't specify a language, returns the empty string. Otherwise, returns a lowercase ISO 639-2/T language code. The ISO 639-2 language codes can be found on-line at ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/iso-639-2.txt

Exceptions
java.util.MissingResourceException Throws MissingResourceException if the three-letter language abbreviation is not available for this locale.

getISOCountries

Added in API level 24
static fun getISOCountries(): Array<String!>!

Returns a list of all 2-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166. Can be used to create Locales.

getISOLanguages

Added in API level 24
static fun getISOLanguages(): Array<String!>!

Returns a list of all unique language codes defined in ISO 639. They can be 2 or 3 letter codes, as defined by BCP 47, section 2.2.1. Can be used to create Locales. [NOTE: ISO 639 is not a stable standard-- some languages' codes have changed. The list this function returns includes both the new and the old codes for the languages whose codes have changed.]

getKeywordValue

Added in API level 24
fun getKeywordValue(keywordName: String!): String!

[icu] Returns the value for a keyword in this locale. If the keyword is not defined, returns null.

Parameters
keywordName String!: name of the keyword whose value is desired. Case insensitive.
Return
String! the value of the keyword, or null.

getKeywordValue

Added in API level 24
static fun getKeywordValue(
    localeID: String!,
    keywordName: String!
): String!

[icu] Returns the value for a keyword in the specified locale. If the keyword is not defined, returns null. The locale name does not need to be normalized.

Parameters
keywordName String!: name of the keyword whose value is desired. Case insensitive.
Return
String! String the value of the keyword as a string

getKeywords

Added in API level 24
fun getKeywords(): MutableIterator<String!>!

[icu] Returns an iterator over keywords for this locale. If there are no keywords, returns null.

Return
MutableIterator<String!>! iterator over keywords, or null if there are no keywords.

getKeywords

Added in API level 24
static fun getKeywords(localeID: String!): MutableIterator<String!>!

[icu] Returns an iterator over keywords for the specified locale. If there are no keywords, returns null.

Return
MutableIterator<String!>! an iterator over the keywords in the specified locale, or null if there are no keywords.

getLanguage

Added in API level 24
fun getLanguage(): String!

Returns the language code for this locale, which will either be the empty string or a lowercase ISO 639 code.

getLanguage

Added in API level 24
static fun getLanguage(localeID: String!): String!

Returns the language code for the locale ID, which will either be the empty string or a lowercase ISO 639 code.

getLineOrientation

Added in API level 24
fun getLineOrientation(): String!

[icu] Returns this locale's layout orientation for lines. The possible values are "left-to-right", "right-to-left", "top-to-bottom" or "bottom-to-top".

Return
String! The locale's layout orientation for lines.

getName

Added in API level 24
fun getName(): String!

[icu] Returns the (normalized) full name for this locale.

Return
String! String the full name of the localeID

getName

Added in API level 24
static fun getName(localeID: String!): String!

[icu] Returns the (normalized) full name for the specified locale.

Parameters
localeID String!: the localeID as a string
Return
String! String the full name of the localeID

getScript

Added in API level 24
fun getScript(): String!

Returns the script code for this locale, which might be the empty string.

getScript

Added in API level 24
static fun getScript(localeID: String!): String!

[icu] Returns the script code for the specified locale, which might be the empty string.

getUnicodeLocaleAttributes

Added in API level 24
fun getUnicodeLocaleAttributes(): MutableSet<String!>!

Returns the set of unicode locale attributes associated with this locale, or the empty set if it has no attributes. The returned set is unmodifiable.

Return
MutableSet<String!>! The set of attributes.

getUnicodeLocaleKeys

Added in API level 24
fun getUnicodeLocaleKeys(): MutableSet<String!>!

Returns the set of Unicode locale keys defined by this locale, or the empty set if this locale has none. The returned set is immutable. Keys are all lower case.

Return
MutableSet<String!>! The set of Unicode locale keys, or the empty set if this locale has no Unicode locale keywords.

getUnicodeLocaleType

Added in API level 24
fun getUnicodeLocaleType(key: String!): String!

Returns the Unicode locale type associated with the specified Unicode locale key for this locale. Returns the empty string for keys that are defined with no type. Returns null if the key is not defined. Keys are case-insensitive. The key must be two alphanumeric characters ([0-9a-zA-Z]), or an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

Parameters
key String!: the Unicode locale key
Return
String! The Unicode locale type associated with the key, or null if the locale does not define the key.
Exceptions
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if the key is not well-formed
java.lang.NullPointerException if key is null

getVariant

Added in API level 24
fun getVariant(): String!

Returns the variant code for this locale, which might be the empty string.

getVariant

Added in API level 24
static fun getVariant(localeID: String!): String!

[icu] Returns the variant code for the specified locale, which might be the empty string.

hashCode

Added in API level 24
fun hashCode(): Int

Returns the hashCode.

Return
Int a hash code value for this object.

isRightToLeft

Added in API level 24
fun isRightToLeft(): Boolean

[icu] Returns whether this locale's script is written right-to-left. If there is no script subtag, then the likely script is used, see addLikelySubtags(android.icu.util.ULocale). If no likely script is known, then false is returned.

A script is right-to-left according to the CLDR script metadata which corresponds to whether the script's letters have Bidi_Class=R or AL.

Returns true for "ar" and "en-Hebr", false for "zh" and "fa-Cyrl".

Return
Boolean true if the locale's script is written right-to-left

minimizeSubtags

Added in API level 24
static fun minimizeSubtags(loc: ULocale!): ULocale!

[icu] Minimizes the subtags for a provided locale ID, per the algorithm described in the following CLDR technical report: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Likely_Subtags If the provided ULocale instance is already in the minimal form, or there is no data available for minimization, it will be returned. Since the minimization algorithm relies on proper maximization, see the comments for addLikelySubtags for reasons why there might not be any data. Examples:

"en_Latn_US" minimizes to "en"
 
  "de_Latn_US" minimizes to "de"
 
  "sr_Cyrl_RS" minimizes to "sr"
 
  "zh_Hant_TW" minimizes to "zh_TW" (The region is preferred to the
  script, and minimizing to "zh" would imply "zh_Hans_CN".) 

Parameters
loc ULocale!: The ULocale to minimize
Return
ULocale! The minimized ULocale instance.

setKeywordValue

Added in API level 24
fun setKeywordValue(
    keyword: String!,
    value: String!
): ULocale!

[icu] Given a keyword and a value, return a new locale with an updated keyword and value. If the keyword is null, this removes all keywords from the locale id. Otherwise, if the value is null, this removes the value for this keyword from the locale id. Otherwise, this adds/replaces the value for this keyword in the locale id. The keyword and value must not be empty.

Related: getBaseName() returns the locale ID string with all keywords removed.

Parameters
keyword String!: the keyword to add/remove, or null to remove all keywords.
value String!: the value to add/set, or null to remove this particular keyword.
Return
ULocale! the updated locale

setKeywordValue

Added in API level 24
static fun setKeywordValue(
    localeID: String!,
    keyword: String!,
    value: String!
): String!

Given a locale id, a keyword, and a value, return a new locale id with an updated keyword and value. If the keyword is null, this removes all keywords from the locale id. Otherwise, if the value is null, this removes the value for this keyword from the locale id. Otherwise, this adds/replaces the value for this keyword in the locale id. The keyword and value must not be empty.

Related: getBaseName(java.lang.String) returns the locale ID string with all keywords removed.

Parameters
localeID String!: the locale id to modify
keyword String!: the keyword to add/remove, or null to remove all keywords.
value String!: the value to add/set, or null to remove this particular keyword.
Return
String! the updated locale id

toLanguageTag

Added in API level 24
fun toLanguageTag(): String!

Returns a well-formed IETF BCP 47 language tag representing this locale.

If this ULocale has a language, script, country, or variant that does not satisfy the IETF BCP 47 language tag syntax requirements, this method handles these fields as described below:

Language: If language is empty, or not well-formed (for example "a" or "e2"), it will be emitted as "und" (Undetermined).

Script: If script is not well-formed (for example "12" or "Latin"), it will be omitted.

Country: If country is not well-formed (for example "12" or "USA"), it will be omitted.

Variant: If variant is well-formed, each sub-segment (delimited by '-' or '_') is emitted as a subtag. Otherwise:

  • if all sub-segments match [0-9a-zA-Z]{1,8} (for example "WIN" or "Oracle_JDK_Standard_Edition"), the first ill-formed sub-segment and all following will be appended to the private use subtag. The first appended subtag will be "lvariant", followed by the sub-segments in order, separated by hyphen. For example, "x-lvariant-WIN", "Oracle-x-lvariant-JDK-Standard-Edition".
  • if any sub-segment does not match [0-9a-zA-Z]{1,8}, the variant will be truncated and the problematic sub-segment and all following sub-segments will be omitted. If the remainder is non-empty, it will be emitted as a private use subtag as above (even if the remainder turns out to be well-formed). For example, "Solaris_isjustthecoolestthing" is emitted as "x-lvariant-Solaris", not as "solaris".

Note: Although the language tag created by this method is well-formed (satisfies the syntax requirements defined by the IETF BCP 47 specification), it is not necessarily a valid BCP 47 language tag. For example,

new Locale("xx", "YY").toLanguageTag();
will return "xx-YY", but the language subtag "xx" and the region subtag "YY" are invalid because they are not registered in the IANA Language Subtag Registry.
Return
String! a BCP47 language tag representing the locale

toLegacyKey

Added in API level 24
static fun toLegacyKey(keyword: String!): String!

[icu] Converts the specified keyword (BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key, or legacy key) to the legacy key. For example, legacy key "collation" is returned for the input BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key "co".

Parameters
keyword String!: the input locale keyword (either BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key or legacy key).
Return
String! the well-formed legacy key, or null if the specified keyword cannot be mapped to a well-formed legacy key.

toLegacyType

Added in API level 24
static fun toLegacyType(
    keyword: String!,
    value: String!
): String!

[icu] Converts the specified keyword value (BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type, or legacy type or type alias) to the canonical legacy type. For example, the legacy type "phonebook" is returned for the input BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type "phonebk" with the keyword "collation" (or "co").

When the specified keyword is not recognized, but the specified value satisfies the syntax of legacy key, or when the specified keyword allows 'variable' type and the specified value satisfies the syntax, the lower-case version of the input value will be returned. For example, toLegacyType("Foo", "Bar") returns "bar", toLegacyType("vt", "00A4") returns "00a4".

Parameters
keyword String!: the locale keyword (either legacy keyword such as "collation" or BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key such as "co").
value String!: the locale keyword value (either BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type such as "phonebk" or legacy keyword value such as "phonebook").
Return
String! the well-formed legacy type, or null if the specified keyword value cannot be mapped to a well-formed legacy type.

toLocale

Added in API level 24
fun toLocale(): Locale!

[icu] Converts this ULocale object to a java.util.Locale.

Return
Locale! a java.util.Locale that either exactly represents this object or is the closest approximation.

toString

Added in API level 24
fun toString(): String

Returns a string representation of this object.

Return
String a string representation of the object.

toUnicodeLocaleKey

Added in API level 24
static fun toUnicodeLocaleKey(keyword: String!): String!

[icu] Converts the specified keyword (legacy key, or BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key) to the equivalent BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key. For example, BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key "co" is returned for the input keyword "collation".

When the specified keyword is unknown, but satisfies the BCP syntax, then the lower-case version of the input keyword will be returned. For example, toUnicodeLocaleKey("ZZ") returns "zz".

Parameters
keyword String!: the input locale keyword (either legacy key such as "collation" or BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key such as "co").
Return
String! the well-formed BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key, or null if the specified locale keyword cannot be mapped to a well-formed BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key.

toUnicodeLocaleType

Added in API level 24
static fun toUnicodeLocaleType(
    keyword: String!,
    value: String!
): String!

[icu] Converts the specified keyword value (legacy type, or BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type) to the well-formed BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type for the specified keyword (category). For example, BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type "phonebk" is returned for the input keyword value "phonebook", with the keyword "collation" (or "co").

When the specified keyword is not recognized, but the specified value satisfies the syntax of the BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type, or when the specified keyword allows 'variable' type and the specified value satisfies the syntax, the lower-case version of the input value will be returned. For example, toUnicodeLocaleType("Foo", "Bar") returns "bar", toUnicodeLocaleType("variableTop", "00A4") returns "00a4".

Parameters
keyword String!: the locale keyword (either legacy key such as "collation" or BCP 47 Unicode locale extension key such as "co").
value String!: the locale keyword value (either legacy type such as "phonebook" or BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type such as "phonebk").
Return
String! the well-formed BCP47 Unicode locale extension type, or null if the locale keyword value cannot be mapped to a well-formed BCP 47 Unicode locale extension type.

Properties

CANADA

Added in API level 24
static val CANADA: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

CANADA_FRENCH

Added in API level 24
static val CANADA_FRENCH: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

CHINA

Added in API level 24
static val CHINA: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

CHINESE

Added in API level 24
static val CHINESE: ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

ENGLISH

Added in API level 24
static val ENGLISH: ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

FRANCE

Added in API level 24
static val FRANCE: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

FRENCH

Added in API level 24
static val FRENCH: ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

GERMAN

Added in API level 24
static val GERMAN: ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

GERMANY

Added in API level 24
static val GERMANY: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

ITALIAN

Added in API level 24
static val ITALIAN: ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

ITALY

Added in API level 24
static val ITALY: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

JAPAN

Added in API level 24
static val JAPAN: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

JAPANESE

Added in API level 24
static val JAPANESE: ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

KOREA

Added in API level 24
static val KOREA: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

KOREAN

Added in API level 24
static val KOREAN: ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

PRC

Added in API level 24
static val PRC: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

ROOT

Added in API level 24
static val ROOT: ULocale!

The root ULocale.

SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE

Added in API level 24
static val SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE: ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

TAIWAN

Added in API level 24
static val TAIWAN: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

TRADITIONAL_CHINESE

Added in API level 24
static val TRADITIONAL_CHINESE: ULocale!

Useful constant for language.

UK

Added in API level 24
static val UK: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.

US

Added in API level 24
static val US: ULocale!

Useful constant for country/region.