How to change locale in Android x86 emulator

25. 04. 2018

By default the Android x86 emulator is shipped only with English locale. This is very insufficient for multilanguage app debuging.

Fortunately, the solution is very simple:

1. Download CustomLocale.apk.
2. Run “adb remount rw” in command line.
3. Run “adb push CustomLocale.apk /system/app” or use File Explorer in Eclipse (DDMS).
4. Go to app list in your emulator.
5. Start Custom Locale app.
6. Click on “Add new locale” button and fill your locale code, for example “en_US” for english in the US. First two lowercase letters are for language, second two uppercase letters are for country. More in official documentation.