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Expand Up @@ -101,14 +101,16 @@ public void updateFromItem(final InfoItem infoItem,
}
itemThumbnailView.setOnClickListener(view -> openCommentAuthor(item));


// setup the top row, with pinned icon, author name and comment date
itemPinnedView.setVisibility(item.isPinned() ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
itemTitleView.setText(Localization.concatenateStrings(item.getUploaderName(),
Localization.relativeTimeOrTextual(itemBuilder.getContext(), item.getUploadDate(),
final String uploaderName = Localization.localizeUserName(item.getUploaderName());
itemTitleView.setText(Localization.concatenateStrings(
uploaderName,
Localization.relativeTimeOrTextual(
itemBuilder.getContext(),
item.getUploadDate(),
item.getTextualUploadDate())));


// setup bottom row, with likes, heart and replies button
itemLikesCountView.setText(
Localization.likeCount(itemBuilder.getContext(), item.getLikeCount()));
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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/Localization.java
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Expand Up @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
import android.os.Build;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.text.format.DateUtils;
import android.text.BidiFormatter;
import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
import android.util.Log;

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -85,6 +86,25 @@ public static String concatenateStrings(final String delimiter, final List<Strin
.collect(Collectors.joining(delimiter));
}

/**
* Localize a user name like <code>@foobar</code>.
*
* Will correctly handle right-to-left usernames by using a {@link BidiFormatter}.
*
* @param plainName username, with an optional leading <code>@</code>
* @return a usernames that can include RTL-characters
*/
@NonNull
public static String localizeUserName(final String plainName) {
final BidiFormatter bidi = BidiFormatter.getInstance();

if (plainName.startsWith("@")) {
return "@" + bidi.unicodeWrap(plainName.substring(1));
} else {
return bidi.unicodeWrap(plainName);
}
}

public static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.localization.Localization getPreferredLocalization(
final Context context) {
return org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.localization.Localization
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