Changing the emulator locale from the adb shell

Changing the emulator locale from the adb shell

To change the locale in the emulator by using the adb shell.

Pick the locale you want to test and determine its language and
region codes, for
example

fr

for French and

CA

for Canada.

Launch an emulator.

From a command-line shell on the host computer, run the following
command:

adb shell

or if you have a device attached, specify that you want the emulator
by adding
the

-e

option:

adb -e shell

At the adb shell prompt (

#

), run this command:

setprop persist.sys.language  [language code
];setprop
persist.sys.country [country  code
];stop;sleep 5;start

Replace bracketed sections with the appropriate codes from
Step
1.

For instance, to test in Canadian French:

setprop persist.sys.language  fr;setprop persist.sys.country
CA;stop;sleep 5;start

This will cause the emulator to restart. (It will look like a full
reboot,
but it is not.) Once the Home screen appears again, re-launch your
application (for
example, click the Run icon in Eclipse), and the application will launch
with
the new locale.