1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/SubtypeLocaleUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/SubtypeLocaleUtils.java
index fdbe81ab6..0d0288923 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/SubtypeLocaleUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/SubtypeLocaleUtils.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodSubtype;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.DictionaryFactory;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
@@ -334,4 +335,21 @@ public final class SubtypeLocaleUtils {
         final Locale locale = getSubtypeLocale(subtype);
         return StringUtils.capitalizeFirstCodePoint(locale.getLanguage(), locale);
     }
+
+    // TODO: Get this information from the framework instead of maintaining here by ourselves.
+    // Sorted list of known Right-To-Left language codes.
+    private static final String[] SORTED_RTL_LANGUAGES = {
+        "ar", // Arabic
+        "fa", // Persian
+        "iw", // Hebrew
+    };
+    static {
+        Arrays.sort(SORTED_RTL_LANGUAGES);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isRtlLanguage(final InputMethodSubtype subtype) {
+        final Locale locale = getSubtypeLocale(subtype);
+        final String language = locale.getLanguage();
+        return Arrays.binarySearch(SORTED_RTL_LANGUAGES, language) >= 0;
+    }
 }