core/androidx.core.view/[main]ViewCompat/setLayoutDirection

setLayoutDirection

open fun setLayoutDirection(@NonNull view: View, layoutDirection: Int)(source)

Deprecated

Call setLayoutDirection directly.

Set the layout direction for this view. This will propagate a reset of layout direction resolution to the view's children and resolve layout direction for this view.

Parameters

view

View to set layout direction for

layoutDirection

the layout direction to set. Should be one of: LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR, LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL, LAYOUT_DIRECTION_INHERIT, LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LOCALE. Resolution will be done if the value is set to LAYOUT_DIRECTION_INHERIT. The resolution proceeds up the parent chain of the view to get the value. If there is no parent, then it will return the default LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR.