[android-developers] Re: Fonts on Android, how are they manage by the OS?

The problem with languages (locales) seems to be more related to the
wireless
company than the phone makers. I recently taught a course on
developing
Android apps, and there were several different phones used by myself
and my
students. Those who had AT&T phones, for example, seemed to have a
lot of
languages preinstalled, but those with Verizon had only two or three
languages.
The situation is likely related to their respective technologies (GSM
versus CDMA;
see http://www.cellutips.com/gsm-vs-cdma-which-one-is-the-best-for-you/)
and their target markets. My Motorola Droid X (Verizon) for example,
has only
English and Spanish, but during the course I also had access to a
Samsung
Captivate (AT&T), and it had a lot of languages preinstalled. In
general one
should always develop using string resources and other techniques so
that the
application could easily be modified to support other locales.

On Jun 8, 9:21 pm, Chris <crehb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's awful.  My HTC Magic which came out in 2009 supports ~40
> languages/varieties.

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