How to get libphonenumber to format French phone numbers?

Question

I am looking into the libphonenumber library (https://github.com/googlei18n/libphonenumber), but I am only able to get it to work for "US" and "BR" regions. How do I get it to work for "FR" region? The format I am seeking is 1 41 02 25 00.

I was able to get this format with my own code

            @Override
            public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
                // phone digits without formatting
                phone = s.toString().replaceAll("[^\\d]", "");
                        if (phone.length() == 1) {
                            edtPhoneNumber.setText(s.toString().concat(" "));
                            // move cursor to original position relative to the end of the string
                            edtPhoneNumber.setSelection(edtPhoneNumber.getText().length() - cursorPos);
                        } else {
                            if (pairings.length() >= 2) {
                                pairings = "";
                            }
                            pairings = pairings.concat(phone.substring((phone.length()-1)));
                            if (pairings.length() >= 2) {
                                if (phone.length() < 9) {
                                    edtPhoneNumber.setText(s.toString().concat(" "));
                                } else {
                                    edtPhoneNumber.setText(s.toString());
                                }
                            } else {
                                edtPhoneNumber.setText(s.toString());
                            }
                            // move cursor to original position relative to the end of the string
                            edtPhoneNumber.setSelection(edtPhoneNumber.getText().length() - cursorPos);
                        }
              }

My implementation of the library is as follows. After instantiating with the region code of interest,

AsYouTypeFormatter aytf = PhoneNumberUtil.getInstance().getAsYouTypeFormatter("FR")

I then have the following code inside of afterTextChanged(Editable s)

                    if(phone.length() > 0){
                        for(int i = 0; i < phone.length(); i++){
                            formattedPhoneNumber = aytf.inputDigit(phone.charAt(i));

                        }
                        //The formatted output shows properly in this EditText but not when I try to put it back into the original one (phoneNumberText)
                        edtPhoneNumber.setText(formattedPhoneNumber);
                        edtPhoneNumber.setSelection(edtPhoneNumber.getText().length() - cursorPos);
                        aytf.clear();
                    }

                    formattedPhoneNumber = null;
                    isPhoneFormatting = false;

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '18 at 16:46

I might be wrong, but according to wiki, the number format for French numbers starts with "0". So your test input is not valid for LibPhoneNumber. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_France

The plan uses a ten-digit closed numbering scheme, where the first two digits denote the area:

01 Île-de-France
02 Northwest France
03 Northeast France
04 Southeast France
05 Southwest France
06 and 07 Mobile phone services
08 Freephone (numéro vert) and shared-cost services.
09 Non-geographic number (used by Voice over IP services, formerly 087 numbers)

If you add "0" in front of your test value, it seems to format it correctly.

One reason why the "0" is missing from your data might be because you set the inputType of your editText to number (which removes leading zeros). — Angel Koh, Apr 15 '18 at 16:53

How to get libphonenumber to format French phone numbers?

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