# Is Arabic supported on Android devices?
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [February 25, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602 "2021-02-25T20:56:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/22 "2021-03-20T10:00:22Z")
> [@bader\_mouti](#):
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> When I contacted them for this problem, they asked me to send a link to the application containing some words in Arabic)
hey @bader_mouti,. which application was this?
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> [@bader\_mouti](#):
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> I have an app on Google Play and Apple Store for my company with Thunkable.
Are these apps in English or Arabic?
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> [@bader\_mouti](#):
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> a big company like Thunkable does not have highly experienced developers to fix the many issuse that happen every day.
We’re actually quite a small company and there are an enormous amount of moving parts in our platform. The developers on our team _are_ highly experienced and some of the smartest, hardest working people I’ve ever met, however they only have 24 hours in their day just like you and I.
We try to get to as many issues as we can but when something is broken or there is downtime that gets priority.
As I mentioned above, if you can help me our with reproducing this behaviour the we can work on finding out what’s happening here.
Thanks for your patience and understanding as we are not native Arabic speakers.
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/23 "2021-03-20T14:50:38Z")
Dear @domhnallohanlon ,
What @bader_mouti needs is not Arabic per say but the direction of text which you can test with Arabic as well as Hebrew. Both use RTL text direction.
If you can fix the direction then his problem is fixed.
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### Author:  [@bader\_mouti](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bader_mouti)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/24 "2021-03-20T18:13:44Z")
> [@domhnallohanlon](#):
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> hey @bader_mouti,. which application was this?
this is the app that @jane asked me to build it to test this problem
[https://x.thunkable.com/copy/63efc6b64dca0d7a08ff3b59cda01c1b](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/63efc6b64dca0d7a08ff3b59cda01c1b)
**Are these apps in English or Arabic?**
in English but its have the same problem
if the user phone language is arabic
**we are not native Arabic speakers.**
you dont need to a Arabic speaker … the problem will show up even is the app on English but the user phone is on Arabic
you will understand what is the problem if you download the app in the link above on your android phone and test it when your phone is in english language and then change your phone language to Aabic and then open the app you will see what the problem is and how the direction is change
**Thanks for your patience and understanding**
Trust me, when you work on something in all your seriousness and determination,
Then you discover that your work has gone in vain. You will have a reaction just like me
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### Author:  [@bader\_mouti](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bader_mouti)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/25 "2021-03-20T18:16:25Z")
thank you for helping me to explain this problem
yes like you said the problem is with the direction when the phone language is Arabic
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### Author:  [@bader\_mouti](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bader_mouti)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/26 "2021-03-20T20:34:26Z")
@domhnallohanlon i have create this example for you
i hope this will help you to understand the issues
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### Author:  [@bader\_mouti](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bader_mouti)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/27 "2021-03-23T18:19:09Z")
Hello @domhnallohanlon any update on this problem, please update me because I want to know whether I complete my work or do I finish it.
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### Author:  [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/28 "2021-03-29T12:02:56Z")
Hi there,
I know we have been chatting on Intercom about this, but if anyone is reading this post, I’ll update here as well: Thunkable team member Paul is taking a look at this behavior. Thank you @bader_mouti for reporting this behavior and for testing a lot of apps so that we could understand the scope of this issue!
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### Author:  [@bader\_mouti](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bader_mouti)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/29 "2021-03-29T16:34:38Z")
Thank you very much Jane, we waiting for the good news about the fix
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### Author:  [@bader\_mouti](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bader_mouti)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 6:04am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/30 "2021-04-01T06:04:23Z")
Hi @jane any update about this issue?
THANK YOU
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/31 "2021-04-30T16:17:38Z")
@bader_mouti yesterday’s release included an update for how RTL languages are handled on Android devices - can you upgrade to the latest version of Thunkable Live and let us know if that resolves this issue for you?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@bader\_mouti](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bader_mouti)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/32 "2021-04-30T20:06:19Z")
Hi @domhnallohanlon
i have updated Thunkable Live App for the latest version
nothing is change the same problem
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/33 "2021-04-30T21:01:36Z")
Ok, it might be in the next Thunkable Live (or it might not be out yet?) Let me double check these for you!
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### Author:  [@bader\_mouti](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bader_mouti)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/34 "2021-04-30T23:39:43Z")
Okay thank you
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-arabic-supported-on-android-devices/1125602/35 "2024-11-08T13:29:09Z")
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