1070211 - Invalidate Gecko locale service when app locale changes

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Locale switching and selection, defect)

Description

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

Services.locale.getSystemLocale().getCategory("NSILOCALE_CTYPE");

before and after a locale switch. Same for nsIXULChromeRegistry; see Bug 1066062 Comment 9.

> Services.locale.getSystemLocale().getCategory("NSILOCALE_CTYPE");
"es-ES"

Log: "Locale:Changed: fr" browser.js:1738
Log: "Locale:Changed: fr" browser.js:1738

> Services.locale.getSystemLocale().getCategory("NSILOCALE_CTYPE");
"es-ES"

Comment 1

[Mike Hoye [:mhoye]]

If I can get a DXR link here, I bet this could be a decent first or mentored bug.

Comment 2

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

Unfortunately, if I knew which code to change, this would be RESOLVED FIXED :)

Comment 3

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