/// <summary>
/// Checks if we have a localization for the current culture's language and if not falls back
/// the CurrentCulture and CurrentUICulture to the ones defined in the default resources.
/// It also sets the language of the root visual. This affects all converters in data bindings.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>This method should be called after App.InitializeComponent() </remarks>
public static void InitializeCulture(this Application app, CultureInfo forcedCulture)
{
DebugManager.LogTrace("App initializing culture...");
var uiCulture = CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture;
//var resourceCulture = new CultureInfo("ja");
if (uiCulture.TwoLetterISOLanguageName != forcedCulture.TwoLetterISOLanguageName)
{
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = forcedCulture;
}
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture;
DebugManager.LogTrace("App initializing culture completed for " + forcedCulture.TwoLetterISOLanguageName);
var visualElement = app.GetMainVisual();
if (visualElement == null)
{
DebugManager.LogWarning("ApplicationEx.InitializeCulture() called before initialized App.RootVisual or App.MainWindow");
}
else
{
visualElement.Language = XmlLanguage.GetLanguage(forcedCulture.Name);
}
}
