Certain UI elements appear in the non-primary device language.
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	Dbrant
	Mar 27 2025, 8:05 PM

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(This appears to happen only in Android 15.)

When having more than one system language enabled, e.g. English and Russian, certain UI elements in our app are appearing in the secondary language, not the primary one.

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Duplicates Merged Here: T395603: App randomly switches interface language

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Dbrant created this task.Mar 27 2025, 8:05 PM

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Dbrant triaged this task as Medium priority.

dbrant opened https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia/pull/5442

Dbrant moved this task from Doing to Code Review on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2024-25) board.Mar 28 2025, 3:50 PM

Williamrai closed https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia/pull/5442

cooltey moved this task from Code Review to Merged and Waiting on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2024-25) board.Apr 23 2025, 11:07 PM

Dbrant added a project: Android Sprint 2025: Gucci Mane.Apr 24 2025, 12:39 PM

+1 user (Pixel 9 Pro, Android 14) reported that parts of the app UI appear in Chinese despite English being the only selected language.

Screenshot_20250322-190035.png (2×1 px, 42 KB)

+1 user:
Why are the menus in French even after I selected English???

Version: 2.7.50524-r-2025-03-04
Device: google Pixel 8 Pro (SDK: 35)

Screenshot_20250426-195052.png (2×1 px, 142 KB)

cooltey moved this task from Merged and Waiting to QA signoff on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2024-25) board.May 2 2025, 5:01 PM

Fixed on 2.7.50530-r-2025-05-02

HNordeenWMF moved this task from Ready for PM signoff to Ready for release on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2024-25) board.May 12 2025, 10:26 PM

cooltey closed this task as Resolved.May 13 2025, 11:04 PM

Dbrant merged a task: T395603: App randomly switches interface language.May 30 2025, 11:14 PM

+1 user reported that their app defaults to Hebrew even after uninstalling and reinstalling the English version from the Play Store. They also tried removing Hebrew and Greek from the language list, but the issue persists.

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	Apr 30 2025, 5:02 PM

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	Apr 30 2025, 1:26 PM

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Certain UI elements appear in the non-primary device language.
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