ADB Change Language

Change locale (language) of your device via ADB (on Android OS version 8.0, 7.0, 6.0, 5.0, 4.4, 4.3, 4.2 and older). <b>No need to root your device!</b> With ADB (Android Debug Bridge) on your computer, you can fast switch the device locale to see how your application UI looks on different languages.

Usage:

- install this app

- setup adb connection to your device (http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html)

- Android OS 4.2 onwards (tip: you can copy the command here and paste it to your command console):

<b><i>adb shell pm grant net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION</i></b>

- Language change example 1, Brazilian Portuguese:

<b><i>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language pt-rBR</i></b>

- Language change example 2, French and English:

<b><i>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language fr,en</i></b>

This tool is especially handy for developers who want to add locale switching to (test) automation. Tool works on all the latest public OS versions, verified on Android OS 8.0 (Oreo, Google Pixel XL) 7.0 (Nougat, LG G5), 6.0 (Marshmallow, Nexus 6 and Nexus 9), 5.0 (Lollipop, Nexus 5), 4.4 (Kitkat, Galaxy S5), 4.3, 4.2, 4.1 (Jelly Bean), 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich, Asus Transformer tablet).

Some of the common languages for quick reference (copy-paste):

Arabic: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language ar</b>

Chinese (Simplified): <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language zh-rCN</b>

Chinese (Traditional): <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language zh-rTW</b>

Danish: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language da</b>

Dutch: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language du</b>

English: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language en</b>

Finnish: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language fi</b>

French: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language fr</b>

German: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language de</b>

Greek: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language el</b>

Hebrew: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language iw</b>

Italian: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language it</b>

Japanese: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language ja</b>

Korean: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language ko</b>

Norwegian: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language no</b>

Polish: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language po</b>

Portuguese: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language pt</b>

Portuguese (Brazilian): <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language pt-rBR</b>

Russian: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language ru</b>

Spanish: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language es</b>

Swedish: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language se</b>

Thai: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language th</b>

Turkish: <b>adb shell am start -n net.sanapeli.adbchangelanguage/.AdbChangeLanguage -e language tr</b>

For a complete list of language codes, see http://stackoverflow.com/a/30028371/1097104.</br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br>