title: How to change language in android google maps v2 programmatically
body: <p>I have an app where you can change the locale from the settings (the purpose is to be able to have a locale inside the app that is different from the system locale) and I would like to be able to set the map's language as well. I could only find answers like "set the system language of your phone", which is not what I am looking for. Is there a way to set the map's language programmatically or from xml?</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class LocalizedActivity extends FragmentActivity {
      private GoogleMap map;
  
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  
          // you need to call this ASAP:
          setLocaleResources("iw");
          // after this most parts of the UI are localized, but not the map
  
          setContentView(R.layout.main);
  
          android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager sfm = getSupportFragmentManager();
          final Fragment f = sfm.findFragmentById(R.id.map);
          final SupportMapFragment mf = (SupportMapFragment) f;
          map = mf.getMap();
      }
  
      static void setLocaleResources(final String languageCode) {
          final Context context = RedAlert.getContext();
          Resources res = context.getResources();
          // Change locale settings in the app.
          DisplayMetrics dm = res.getDisplayMetrics();
          android.content.res.Configuration conf = res.getConfiguration();
          conf.locale = new Locale(languageCode);
          if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT &gt;= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
              conf.setLayoutDirection(conf.locale);
          }
          res.updateConfiguration(conf, dm);
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>main.xml:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:id="@+id/map"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"/&gt;
  </code></pre>