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This page shows you how to localize or customize strings in the UI we provide.

The Support SDK comes localized into 33 languages out of the box. They are listed in Support languages below. To change the default strings in your application, add replacements for the following strings. Make sure to include placeholders in the replacements of any strings that contain them.

Note: If you change the locale programmatically during the runtime of the application, the change won't be applied to the UI element. You must restart the application to update the locale.

The Requests component (creating, viewing, and updating requests, as well as the ticket list) contains the following strings:

<resources>
	<string name="contact_fragment_title">Contact us</string>
	<string name="error_msg_invalid_email">Enter valid email address</string>
	<string name="error_msg_invalid_message">Enter your message</string>
	<string name="error_msg_invalid_name">Enter your full name</string>
	<string name="request_attachment_generic_unknown_app">Unknown</string>
	<string name="request_dialog_body_unsaved_changes">Going back will delete your message. Are you sure you want to delete it?</string>
	<string name="request_dialog_button_label_cancel">Cancel</string>
	<string name="request_dialog_button_label_delete">Delete</string>
	<string name="request_dialog_title_unsaved_changes">Message not sent</string>
	<string name="request_email_entry_hint">Email</string>
	<string name="request_error_create_request">Failed to create request</string>
	<string name="request_error_load_comments">Failed to load comments</string>
	<string name="request_file_attachment_download_in_progress">File download in progress</string>
	<string name="request_list_activity_title">My tickets</string>
	<string name="request_list_empty_start_conversation">START A CONVERSATION</string>
	<string name="request_list_empty_text">Conversations started from this app will be visible here.</string>
	<string name="request_list_fragment_error_message">Failed to get tickets</string>
	<string name="request_list_me">Me</string>
	<string name="request_list_re">Re: %s</string>
	<string name="request_list_ticket_closed">Ticket Closed</string>
	<string name="request_menu_button_label_add_attachments">Add attachments</string>
	<string name="request_menu_button_label_send">Send</string>
	<string name="request_message_date_today">TODAY</string>
	<string name="request_message_date_yesterday">YESTERDAY</string>
	<string name="request_message_entry_hint">Message</string>
	<string name="request_message_status_delivered">Delivered</string>
	<string name="request_messages_status_error">Message failed. Tap to retry</string>
	<string name="request_name_entry_hint">Name</string>
	<string name="request_retry_dialog_delete_message">Delete message</string>
	<string name="request_retry_dialog_retry">Retry sending</string>
	<string name="request_system_message_closed_ticket">This conversation has been closed.</string>
	<string name="request_toolbar_last_reply">Last reply %s</string>
	<string name="request_write_a_message">Write a message</string>
	<string name="zs_request_announce_comment_created_accessibility">Comment with text %s sent.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_announce_comment_failed_accessibility">Unable to create comment with text %s.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_announce_comments_loaded_accessibility">Comments loaded.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_attachment_carousel_attachment_accessibility">Attached file with name %s.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_attachment_carousel_remove_attachment_accessibility">Remove attachment with name %s.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_attachment_indicator_accessibility">Select an attachment.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_attachment_indicator_n_attachments_selected_accessibility">There are %d attachments selected.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_attachment_indicator_no_attachments_selected_accessibility">There are no attachments selected.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_attachment_indicator_one_attachments_selected_accessibility">There is one attachment selected.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_list_content_load_failed_accessibility">Support tickets failed to load</string>
	<string name="zs_request_list_content_loaded_accessibility">Support tickets loaded</string>
	<string name="zs_request_list_content_loaded_empty_accessibility">No support tickets</string>
	<string name="zs_request_list_content_loading_accessibility">Loading support tickets</string>
	<string name="zs_request_message_agent_file_accessibility">Agent file attachment with name %s.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_message_agent_image_accessibility">Agent image attachment with name %s.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_message_agent_sent_accessibility">Sent by %1$s at %2$s.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_message_agent_text_accessibility">Agent message %s.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_message_user_error_accessibility">Failed to send. Tap for options.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_message_user_file_accessibility">File with name %s.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_message_user_image_accessibility">Image with name %s.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_message_user_sent_accessibility">Sent by you at %s</string>
	<string name="zs_request_message_user_text_accessibility">Message %s.</string>
	<string name="zs_request_toolbar_accessibility">Last reply by %1$s at %2$s.</string>
	<string name="ask_request_list_failed_request_message">Message failed</string>
	<string name="zs_request_contact_option_leave_a_message">Leave a message</string>
</resources>

The Help Center component contains the following strings:

<resources>
    <string name="articles_list_fragment_error_message">Failed to get articles</string>
	<string name="articles_list_fragment_no_articles_found">No articles found</string>
	<string name="categories_list_fragment_error_message">Failed to get categories</string>
	<string name="help_search_no_results_label">No results for</string>
	<string name="help_see_all_articles_label">See all articles</string>
	<string name="help_see_all_n_articles_label">See all %d articles</string>
	<string name="sections_list_fragment_error_message">Failed to get sections</string>
	<string name="support_activity_title">Support</string>
	<string name="support_conversations_menu">Conversations</string>
	<string name="view_article_attachments_error">Failed to fetch attachments</string>
	<string name="view_article_vote_prompt">Was this article helpful?</string>
	<string name="zs_help_center_content_loaded_accessibility">Help Center loaded</string>
	<string name="zs_help_center_search_loaded_accessibility">Search results loaded</string>
	<string name="zs_view_article_error">Failed to fetch article</string>
	<string name="zs_view_article_loaded_accessibility">%s article loaded</string>
	<string name="zs_view_article_vote_no_accessibility">No vote</string>
	<string name="zs_view_article_vote_no_remove_accessibility">Remove yes vote</string>
	<string name="zs_view_article_vote_yes_accessibility">Yes vote</string>
	<string name="zs_view_article_vote_yes_remove_accessibility">Remove no vote</string>
	<string name="zs_view_article_voted_failed_accessibility_announce">Vote failed</string>
	<string name="zs_view_article_voted_no_accessibility_announce">Voted no</string>
	<string name="zs_view_article_voted_yes_accessibility_announce">Voted yes</string>
</resources>

There are some general strings reused across the SDK:

<resources>
    <string name="network_activity_no_connectivity">No connection</string>
	<string name="retry_view_button_label">Retry</string>
	<string name="zs_general_contact_us_button_label_accessibility">Contact us</string>
    <string name="zs_general_referrer_logo_label_accessibility">Zendesk</string>
</resources>

To learn more about resource handling and strings in Android, see String resources in the official Android developer documentation.

To learn more about localization in Android, see Localize your app in the official Android developer documentation

Supported languages

Strings in the Support SDK are already localized into the following languages:

Language code	Language
ar	Arabic
bg	Bulgarian
cs	Czech
da	Danish
de	German
el	Greek
en-GB	British English
en	American English
es	Spanish
fi	Finnish
fil	Filipino
fr	French
he	Hebrew
hi	Hindi
hu	Hungarian
id	Indonesian
it	Italian
ja	Japanese
ko	Korean
ms	Malay
nb	Norwegian
nl	Dutch
pl	Polish
pt-BR	Brazilian Portuguese
pt	Portuguese
ro	Romanian
ru	Russian
sv	Swedish
th	Thai
tr	Turkish
vi	Vietnamese
zh-Hans	Simplified Chinese
zh-Hant	Traditional Chinese