[android-developers] How to change an app's internal locale on Android 4.2 ?

Hello,

You can change an app's internal locale like this:

private void changeInternalLocale() {
Locale newLocale = Locale.FRENCH;
Locale.setDefault(newLocale);

Configuration config =
getBaseContext().getResources().getConfiguration();
config.locale = newLocale;

getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(
config,
getBaseContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

onConfigurationChanged(config);

// Restart the activity.
Intent intent = getIntent();
finish();
startActivity(intent);
}

This works on Android 4.1 and below, but it doesn't work on Android
4.2: The app becomes very unstable after you change the internal
locale, then change orientation. The Activity will continuously
relaunch itself in an endless loop.

It's like this bug here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=53079

Does anyone know how to workaround it to make it work on Android 4.2?
Some apps are able to do it, but I don't know how they did it.

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