Android Studio: Error getting string from resource in multi-language app

Question

I have a classic multi-language setup in my app with two 'values' folders: values for default danish language and values-se for swedish. My device is set to locale sw-SE, but my app still shows string resources in danish (default). If I move the danish resources to a folder values-da (for danish) and create an empty folder values, Then I get the error that the resource is not found. I this case if finds nither danish nor swedish strings.

Here is a typical call to a resource:

m_ButtonOk.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        String email = m_EditEmail.getText().toString();
        String pass = m_EditPassword.getText().toString();

        if (email.equals("") == false && pass.equals("") == false) {
            //Save user info to Crashlytics
            Crashlytics.setUserEmail(email);

            showProgressDialog(getResources().getString(R.string.wait), getResources().getString(R.string.logging_on));

            Intent logOnIntent = new Intent(v.getContext(), dk.le34.taskassistant.activity.TaskAssistantService.class);
            logOnIntent.addCategory("dk.le34.taskassistant.LOG_ON");
            logOnIntent.putExtra("EMAIL", email);
            logOnIntent.putExtra("PASSWORD", pass);
            logOnIntent.putExtra("REMEMBER", m_CheckBoxRemember.isChecked());
            startService(logOnIntent);
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(v.getContext(), getResources().getString(R.string.user_details), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

    }
});

My setup is by the book, so why do I get these errors?

I changed the locale to sw-SE. I could see in the logcat that this has been done correctly, and the device language is in swedish all arround. Tried it on a Genymotion emulator and the result is the same. Any ideas? — Ambran
– Ambran, Commented Apr 28, 2015 at 17:37
Excuse my rudeness, but i did that, and I didn't find this duplicate. If you don't want to help, stay off the thread! — Ambran
– Ambran, Commented Apr 28, 2015 at 18:18

David Wasser · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-28 17:34:14Z

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The locale for Swedish is "sv_SE". Your Swedish resources need to go into values-sv, not values-se.

"sv" is the language (in this case Swedish) "SE" is the country (in this case Sweden)

answered Apr 28, 2015 at 17:34

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