[Mono-bugs] [Bug 664573] MonoDroid doesn't use the appropriate current culture

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664573

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664573#c2


Jonathan Pryor <jpryor at novell.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|FIXED                       |
         AssignedTo|mkestner at novell.com         |jpryor at novell.com

--- Comment #2 from Jonathan Pryor <jpryor at novell.com> 2011-03-30 19:51:39 UTC ---
The problem is that the locale is only read at process creation, and doesn't
respond to changes after the process has started.

To reproduce:

Build a project as described in the original comment, with one addition:

    Java.Util.Locale locale = Java.Util.Locale.Default;
    Log.Info ("*jonp*", "Java Culture={0}-{1}", locale.Language,
locale.Country);

Launch it, and note the output (originally started in Deutsch):

    I/*jonp*  (19259): Default Locale: de-DE
    I/*jonp*  (19259): bigNum=123.456.789,12
    I/*jonp*  (19259): Now=30.03.2011
    I/*jonp*  (19259): Java Culture=de-DE

Press the Back button, tap Home -> Settings -> Language & keyboard -> Select
language -> English (US), and relaunch the app, and the locale is "wrong":

    I/*jonp*  (19259): Default Locale: de-DE
    I/*jonp*  (19259): bigNum=123.456.789,12
    I/*jonp*  (19259): Now=30.03.2011
    I/*jonp*  (19259): Java Culture=en-US

Even though the user has changed the locale to en-US, the app is still acting
as if it were de-DE.

I'm not sure if this is readily solvable; the locale is first looked up (and
cached) in mono/metadata/locales.c!get_posix_locale(), which sets a `static`
`posix_locale` variable. There is no functionality to change the `posix_locale`
value. Even if there were, I'm not sure if it would work (this would require
testing).

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