Does not work with 'appcompat:1.1.0'

[ValentinTaleb]

Everything works fine until you update appcompat from implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2' to implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0

How can we fix this problem?

(More information about this issue here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55265834/change-locale-not-work-after-migrate-to-androidx)

Thank you very much :)

[YarikSOffice]

Hi @ValentinTaleb
It would be helpful if you could provide a little more elaborate description.

1. What is the issue exactly?
2. What branch are you using? since there are 2 different approaches in the repository

[ValentinTaleb]

Hi,

Sorry I didn't give a lot of information.

If I run the master branch on my device, everything is working perfectly and the language change as expected when I press the button to change the language.

As soon as I update the appcompat library in build.gradle (from implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2' to implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0), the language does not change anymore when you press the same button :)

[YarikSOffice]

Hi @ValentinTaleb
According to the stackoverflow post and other issues on issuetracker.google.com, this is a bug related to the dark mode (happens on API 21-25).

Luckily, it's going to be fixed in the upcoming versions of appcompat (1.2.0-alphaXX and 1.1.1).

In meanwhile, you can use the workaround suggested in the stackoverflow post or use another technique for language change presented in this repository.

Thanks for your contribution!

[UriahShaulMandel]

If anyone encounters this issue, and is still waiting for 1.1.1 or 1.2.0, the following stackoverflow answer worked for me on 1.1.0 :
https://stackoverflow.com/a/61420643

[nicolabeghin]

FYI: appcompat:1.2.0 has been released on August 19th 2020

https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/appcompat

Still cannot change language with versions > 1.2.0, but here's some input about https://stackoverflow.com/a/58004553/2378095

[YarikSOffice]

According to my tests, the version 1.2.0 indeed fixes the issue for this sample project.

However, if you use ContextWrapper or ContextThemeWrapper you need to implement a workaround according to the link mentioned by @nicolabeghin.