Locale.GetDisplayName(Locale) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Java.Util

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Returns this locale's language name, country name, and variant, localized to locale.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getDisplayName", "(Ljava/util/Locale;)Ljava/lang/String;", "")]
public string GetDisplayName (Java.Util.Locale locale);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("getDisplayName", "(Ljava/util/Locale;)Ljava/lang/String;", "")>]
member this.GetDisplayName : Java.Util.Locale -> string

Parameters

locale: Locale

Returns

String

The name of the locale appropriate to display.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Returns this locale's language name, country name, and variant, localized to locale. The exact output form depends on whether this locale corresponds to a specific language, script, country and variant.

For example: <ul> <li>new Locale("en").getDisplayName(Locale.US) -> English<li>new Locale("en", "US").getDisplayName(Locale.US) -> English (United States)<li>new Locale("en", "US", "POSIX").getDisplayName(Locale.US) -> English (United States,Computer)<li>Locale.forLanguageTag("zh-Hant-CN").getDisplayName(Locale.US) -> Chinese (Traditional Han,China)<li>new Locale("en").getDisplayName(Locale.FRANCE) -> anglais<li>new Locale("en", "US").getDisplayName(Locale.FRANCE) -> anglais (États-Unis)<li>new Locale("en", "US", "POSIX").getDisplayName(Locale.FRANCE) -> anglais (États-Unis,informatique). </ul>

Java documentation for java.util.Locale.getDisplayName(java.util.Locale).

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