Keepass2android: [Feature Request] Allow user to select the app language

[LeonelF]

Allow the user to select the prefered language in settings so the app doesn't use the native OS language.

[vdenisov]

+1 to that

[aXe1]

👍
Where the translation is not ideal - language setting would come in place :)
Unfortunately, there are no system settings for such changes on per-app basis. Even in LineageOS.
So, it would be great to have in-app choice…

[aXe1]

AFAIK it's doable, but not straightforward at all. See the article.

[LeonelF]

I wasn't aware of technical stuff behind it. Well I will still help with a good translation into my native language when needed :P

[gpion]

The referenced article is about changing system default language on the fly.
The request is about being able to permanently set app language independently of global Android default which is a different thing.
Since there are number of apps wich include such option in I guess it shouldn't be difficult to do.

[PhilippC]

my preferred solution to this is to improve bad translations: https://crowdin.com/project/keepass2android

[gpion]

my preferred solution to this is to improve bad translations

Hope you won't mind I not agree with that (and I guess many others users will too)
To take my personal case, my native language is French and that's the default global setting I'm using on my phone since it's most suitable for general usage apps (like news, calendar, weather, social, etc ...)
Anyway, for "technical" applications (and your's definitively falls is in this category), I always prefer using English when available. I find it especially essential when looking for help online since most users use that language: googling for French translations of error message and app settings items is most of the time useless.

[aXe1]

My usage scenario is the same as @gpion said, except my native language is Russian. Also strings in Russian are typically much longer. So, as I have no problem reading in English, I definitely want to use English for many apps.
Also, I understand that this is not the only valid case, and good translation would be the most welcomed variant for many other people.

[PhilippC]

I understand. It.s explained in https://stackoverflow.com/a/2900144/292233 how to do it.

[gpion]

It.s explained in https://stackoverflow.com/a/2900144/292233 how to do it.

Just seen this. Unfortunately I'm not an Android développer and so really unable to build a wrapper app around yours (is it even feasible?) to run it in a different locale context.

[gpion]

my preferred solution to this is to improve bad translations: https://crowdin.com/project/keepass2android

Just tried your _"preferred solution"_ (not mine BTW 😏) to check if I may help to fix some truncated message texts.
Sample:

But I'm not sure if I'm able to manage this without breaking things.

Still no hope to have language selection available built in in the app in the future?

[PhilippC]

Still no hope to have language selection available built in in the app in the future?
I added this feature to a future milestone, so don't let your hope die. Unfortunately I haven't found a lot of time to work on the app in the last months, I wish I could improve it faster...