title: How can I change the language in my Android app on ImageView click in Android
body: <p>I am creating a simple app that needs to change the language on clicking the image view which is present in the toolbar. The app actually comes with tab-layout inside the navigation drawer. I am using another language (locale) for my own mother-tongue (Tamil).</p>
  
  <p>If the user clicks the imageView in the toolbar, the app's language should change from English to Tamil. but when I click on the imageView, the app's language is not changing., since I had already created another locale in the string file., I don't know why the language is not changing.</p>
  
  <p><strong>MainActivity.java:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity
  
          implements NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener {
  
  
  
      ImageView imageView;
      Context context;
  @Override
  
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
          context = this;
  
  Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
  
  
          setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
          imageView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView);
  
          imageView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
              @Override
              public void onClick(View v) {
  
                  String languageToLoad  = "ta_IN";
                  Locale locale = new Locale(languageToLoad);
                  Locale.setDefault(locale);
                  Configuration config = new Configuration();
                  config.locale = locale;
                  getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(config,context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
  
                  Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Language changed",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                  Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,MainActivity.class);
                  intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);//it will recreate it self with new language.
                  startActivity(intent);
  
              }
          });
  
  
  
  
  
  
          TabLayout tabLayout =(TabLayout)findViewById(R.id.tabs);
  
          ViewPager Pager =(ViewPager)findViewById(R.id.viewpager);
  
  
  
          tabpagerAdapter Tabpageradapter = new tabpagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
  
          Pager.setAdapter(Tabpageradapter);
  
          tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(Pager);
  
  
  
          DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
  
          ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
  
                  this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close);
  
          drawer.setDrawerListener(toggle);
  
          toggle.syncState();
  
  
  
          NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
  
          navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);
  
      }
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      @Override
  
      public void onBackPressed() {
  
          DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
  
          if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) {
  
              drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
  
          } else {
  
              super.onBackPressed();
  
          }
  
      }
  
  
  
      @Override
  
      public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
  
          // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
  
          getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
  
          return true;
  
      }
  
  
  
      @Override
  
      public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
  
          // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
  
          // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
  
          // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
  
          int id = item.getItemId();
  
  
  
          //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
  
          if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
  
              return true;
  
          }
  
  
  
          return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
  
      }
  
  
  
      @SuppressWarnings("StatementWithEmptyBody")
  
      @Override
  
      public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
  
          // Handle navigation view item clicks here.
  
          int id = item.getItemId();
  
  
  
          if (id == R.id.nav_camera) {
  
              // Handle the camera action
  
          } else if (id == R.id.nav_gallery) {
  
  
  
          } else if (id == R.id.nav_slideshow) {
  
  
  
          } else if (id == R.id.nav_manage) {
  
  
  
          } else if (id == R.id.nav_share) {
  
  
  
          } else if (id == R.id.nav_send) {
  
  
  
          }
  
          DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
  
          drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
  
          return true;
  
      }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>:<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rMINk.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rMINk.png" alt="Here I&#39;ve attached the screenshot for my locale file structure"></a>  </p>