Finally OS-Level Per-App Language Settings Are Supported!

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Android 13 and AppCompat 1.6.0 alpha04 add OS-level per-app language support using android:localeConfig XML and the ACTION_APP_LOCALE_SETTINGS UI, plus new APIs. Use AppCompatDelegate.setApplicationLocales(...) or setApplicationLocale(s) to switch locales (activities auto-recreate); enable the AppLocales metadata service with autoStoreLocales=true in the manifest to persist choices. Migration requires reading legacy prefs and calling the new API, and notification channels must be re-created manually to update their labels.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:22Per-app language switching
3. 3:31Multilocalization in Android
4. 5:16Past struggles with per-app language
5. 12:19Power Language Preferences
6. 13:43Language switching via settings
7. 15:51In-app language switching with Up-Compact
8. 17:33Storing language settings
9. 19:42Migration from older versions
10. 20:45Notifications language
11. 21:08Live demo: language switching
12. 21:49Summary

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