Change the language on Map control on Windows Phone 8

Question

When I change the language of the phone to any language (say French), the labels in the map change to French.

Is it possible to force a language in Map Control? I tried to use "Language" property of the Map and change it to "fr" & "fr-FR". It didnt work.

i'm sorry my understanding was that you wanna change given text — Swift Sharp, May 09 '13 at 13:11
What do you mean by labels? Are you referring to street names and such or something else? — Alaa Masoud, May 13 '13 at 17:54
Yes, the street names the cities ... etc. If you change the language of the phone itself, you get them. But I dont want the user to change the system's language. — Ateik, May 13 '13 at 18:43

Swift Sharp · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-14T14:51:37.263

actually it's quite simple

if you wanna change the global language:

private void Application_Launching(object sender, LaunchingEventArgs e)
        {                      
           Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR");
           Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR");          
        }

private void Application_Activated(object sender, ActivatedEventArgs e)
        {                     
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR");
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR");          
        }

if you wanna to get single resource:

CultureInfo c = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR");
var m = AppResources.ResourceManager.GetString(AppResources.MapControlTitle,c));

where AppResourse is your resource (resx) file, and AppResources.MapControlTitle is the label that wanna get.

happy coding (:

EDIT

can you try this:

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR"); YourMapControl.Language = System.Windows.Markup.XmlLanguage.GetLanguage(Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name);

Did you try that on the Map control? it didnt work for me at all — Ateik, May 09 '13 at 12:39

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '13 at 08:57

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You can try with the current Culture of the Thread.

Try to reinitialize the culture

System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-CH"); // For French Language ( or "fr-FR" )

before your Map Control Initialization.

In Theory, The Thread will be Reinitialized with the french Culture. ^^

answered May 10 '13 at 08:57

Doc Roms

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Okay, Sorry for the "not-help" . If you find solution, please, share it :) I'm interested :) – Doc Roms May 13 '13 at 09:42
I'm not sure, that your answer is here [Nokia Map Website](http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Portal:Windows_Phone_Location_%26_Maps) but it's the official webSite for Nokia Map developper. – Doc Roms May 13 '13 at 10:08

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 18 '13 at 16:09

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Probably not the answer you were hoping for, but the Map Control will always honor the operating system's locale settings.

answered May 18 '13 at 16:09

Patrick F

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Can you get me an msdn link or something? – Ateik May 19 '13 at 06:12
That's the point, there isn't any. This is by design. Unlike on a PC, for many reasons - namely privacy and security reasons, it's impossible to override a multitude of operating system settings (including locale) in the WP8 world. – Patrick F May 20 '13 at 21:20

Change the language on Map control on Windows Phone 8

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