Java 8: How to parse DayOfWeek with locale set by device

Question

Why is it that whenever I set a DayOfWeek for my TextView the output always appears in capital letters? Also, the day never changes when the language of my device is changed. How can it be set to change based on the device's current locale?

    myTv.text = DayOfWeek.MONDAY.toString()

Output

MONDAY

You are `toString`-ing the enum. So you get back the name of the enum itself. That is not the display-name. You get that by using `getDisplayName`. Also see the official documentation: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/12/docs/api/java.base/java/time/DayOfWeek.html. — Zabuzard, Sep 13 '19 at 12:06

Reimeus · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-13T12:23:10.950

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You could do (replace Locale accordingly...)

String day = DayOfWeek.MONDAY.getDisplayName(TextStyle.FULL, Locale.getDefault());

edited Sep 13 '19 at 12:23

answered Sep 13 '19 at 12:06

Reimeus

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`Locale.getDefault()` solves the problem more efficiently. – wbk727 Sep 13 '19 at 12:22
@MacaronLover good point & updated. I was hard coding OP's Locale based on his profile :) – Reimeus Sep 13 '19 at 12:24

Java 8: How to parse DayOfWeek with locale set by device

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