asked 2019-02-24 17:14:52 +0200
How to change emulator language, so that translations/localizations can be tested?
My emulator is Sailfish OS 3.0 Build 3.0.1.11 (Sipoonkorpi), and it has no setting for language. Even the only two keyboards are English and emoji.
answered 2019-02-25 14:05:31 +0200
Particularly, with the help of Andrey Kozhevnikov, I've found this command to be useful:
pkcon install all-translations-pack
It installes system-wide translation packages, so that things like DialogHeader can display localized "Accept"/"Cancel" buttons if being run with LC_ALL=... env.
However, this is no answer to the general question "How to change emulator language", i.e. where are those GUI system settings or how to get them.
answered 2019-02-24 18:49:58 +0200
Personally, I found it most convenient to launch my app using ssh on my phone for language testing (my app doesn't run in the emulator anyway).
To test another language, simply change the LC_ALL variable before launching the app, like this for example:
$ LC_ALL=zh_CN.utf8 jolla-settings
Obviously you'll need to replace jolla-settings with your app's binary name. You can get a list of all supported languages by running:
$ locale -a
This approach should also work with the emulator using either SSH or a terminal...
Asked: 2019-02-24 17:14:52 +0200
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Last updated: Feb 25 '19