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Settlement subdivision and POI labels are not translated to the device locale language in Standard style

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue on Android with Mapbox Standard style in a French device locale, focusing on the settlement-subdivision-label and poi-label layers. Review the documented localizeLabels() behavior and the available name and name_en feature properties; done means both label types use the device locale rather than defaulting to English.

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Description

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Environment

  • Android OS version: All
  • Devices affected: All
  • Maps SDK Version: 11.17.1

Observed behavior and steps to reproduce

When using Mapbox Standard style, map labels for settlement-subdivision-label and poi-label layers are displayed in English instead of the device's locale language.

The phone is configured in French, but labels like arrondissements and some POIs are shown in English as you can see in the screenshot below.

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Steps to reproduce:

  1. Set device language to French
  2. Load a map using Mapbox Standard style
  3. Observe that settlement-subdivision-label and poi-label are displayed in English

Expected behavior

The map labels should display in the user's device locale language (French in this case). Labels for settlement subdivisions (arrondissements) and points of interest should respect the device's language settings.

Notes / preliminary analysis

According to the documentation, localizeLabels() does not work with Mapbox Standard style

However, the Feature Properties documentation shows that multilingual data is available in the tileset:

  • name - Name in local language
  • name_en - Name in English

This suggests the Standard style is using name_en by default instead of respecting the device locale.

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