Signal-android: Time/date not translated in image view

Created on 21 Jun 2015 · 6Comments · Source: signalapp/Signal-Android

2.19.0
_Edit: see third comment for a proper bug report._
phil thomas katt enterprise room

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2-4601

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I found the root cause of this problem:
To get formatted timespan strings usually the class DateUtils inside the Signal project is used. This class' methods consider the language set within Signal. Such methods are used for the message bubble timestamps and the timestamps in the conversation list.
For the media preview's timestamp currently a method of Android's DateUtils is used, which considers the system language.

I am going to work on this.

FeuRenard on 5 Aug 2016

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Disagree

screenshot_2015-06-21-21-47-56

McLoo on 21 Jun 2015

@McLoo Do you have system language set to Deutsch?
I can only reproduce this if system language is different than TS language. E.g. system: English; TS: Deutsch.

Steps to reproduce:

System language: _English (US)_; TS language: _Default_
Confirm that the time in image view is in _English_
Change TS language to _Deutsch_
Time in image view is still in _English_ (should be in German)

Tested on TextSecure 2.19.0 with

Nexus 4, stock Android 5.1.1
Huawei U8800, Android 4.0.4

2-4601 on 21 Jun 2015

confirmed.
seems ~~to be #2815~~ related to another "the absolute system locale monarchy decides" issue, I currently can't find issue

McLoo on 22 Jun 2015

Hmm... wasn't #2815 caused by rotation changes? This happens if system language and TS language are different.

2-4601 on 22 Jun 2015

yeah #2815 is a pain cause by screen rotation and can only be resolved by moving all our dynamic language stuff into the base activity classes from which all other activities extend.