Arabic numerals with ar-ae and ar-sa locale on Android

Question

As I asked on the following question:

Arabic number in Arabic text on Android

if i use arabic local arch or ar-sa, the numbers are displayed using hindu-arabic numbers. I need to show the numbers, as in English: "1234567890".

I used a trick to install an extension with a number

Locale.Builder builder = new Locale.Builder();
builder.setLocale(savedLocale).setExtension(Locale.UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION, "nu-latn");
Locale locale = builder.build();

The problem is that after you do this, the resource search will break, and with Nougat it will no longer work.

Is there a way to see "normal" numbers, even using Arabic for ae and sa?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

You must trust the language you use. If you specifically target ar_SA, then you should let it display things as it was for this country. If you just want Arabic, but want Western Arabic numbers, try a locale from one of the Western Arabic countries, for example, ar_MA.