Android Tutorial RTL Layout Support

1.Declare in your app manifest that your app supports RTL mirroring.
Specifically, add below code in your manifest.
B4X:
SetApplicationAttribute (android:supportsRtl, true)

2. Copy the code you need from below and call it in Activity_Create or any sub you want to use it.

B4X:
Sub ForceRtlSupported4View(View As View)
    Dim jA,jos As JavaObject
    jos.InitializeStatic  ("android.view.View")
    If jA.InitializeStatic  ("android.os.Build$VERSION").GetField ("SDK_INT") > 16 Then
        jA = View
        jA.RunMethod ("setLayoutDirection",Array(jos.GetField ("LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL")))
    End If
End Sub

Sub ForceLtrSupported4View(View As View)
    Dim jA,jos As JavaObject
    jos.InitializeStatic  ("android.view.View")
    If jA.InitializeStatic  ("android.os.Build$VERSION").GetField ("SDK_INT") > 16 Then
        jA = View
        jA.RunMethod ("setLayoutDirection",Array(jos.GetField ("LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR")))
    End If
End Sub

Sub ForceRtlSupported
    Dim j,jo As JavaObject
    jo.InitializeStatic  ("android.view.View")
    If j.InitializeStatic  ("android.os.Build$VERSION").GetField ("SDK_INT") > 16 Then
        j.InitializeContext.RunMethodJO("getWindow",Null).RunMethodJO("getDecorView",Null) _
.RunMethod ("setLayoutDirection",Array(jo.GetField ("LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL")))
    End If
End Sub

Sub ForceLtrSupported
    Dim j,jo As JavaObject
    jo.InitializeStatic  ("android.view.View")
    If j.InitializeStatic  ("android.os.Build$VERSION").GetField ("SDK_INT") > 16 Then
        j.InitializeContext.RunMethodJO("getWindow",Null).RunMethodJO("getDecorView",Null) _
.RunMethod ("setLayoutDirection",Array(jo.GetField ("LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR")))
    End If
End Sub

B4X:
 android:minSdkVersion="17"

https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.2#RTL
 
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Star-Dust

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It's interesting, but don't you get the same result by rotating on the Y axis in the view rotation functions like in this tutorial?


Here requires no addition on the Manifest
 

mshafiee110

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It's interesting, but don't you get the same result by rotating on the Y axis in the view rotation functions like in this tutorial?


Here requires no addition on the Manifest

The two methods are different .

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