Re: [android-developers] Explanation: Languages available on some devices but not others?

No, I mean literally not supported -- that is if you go to settings and select languages you will not have the ability to choose Afrikaans; it is missing from the available languages on the device.

On Dec 31, 2012 1:26 AM, "Zsolt Vasvari" <zvasvari@gmail.com> wrote:

What does "language not supported" means?  Are you saying you translated your app to Afrikaans but it still shows up in English?  Or you have some other issue?

On Monday, December 31, 2012 2:37:42 AM UTC+8, Adam Ratana wrote:

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Mark Murphy <mmu...@commonsware.com> wrote:

Because languages take up space, so device manufacturers typically
only ship the languages of relevance for where they intend to market
the device.

> Because these are Nexus devices, variables such as carrier skinning and
> manufacturer skinning/custom OS builds are out of the question

Not really. Google presumably negotiates with device manufacturers on
all sorts of features based upon costs and such. Which languages to
support would be one of those features.

Interesting, but I suppose this makes sense.  It's frustrating to Android adopters who live in countries where some devices support their native language and others do not.

I've noticed with iOS that the languages supported are the languages supported, period, which is a win on the consistency side.  The same consistency across "pure google" devices would be nice and ensure consumer confidence in some of these presumably smaller markets, but I'm preaching to the choir here. 

I suppose that short of an official answer from someone at Google, this will have to do.  Thanks Mark.

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