# Get device language once session has started

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/get-device-language-once-session-has-started/10119>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 11, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/get-device-language-once-session-has-started/10119 "2016-05-11T08:24:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![slipy12](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@slipy12](https://discuss.appium.io/u/slipy12)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/get-device-language-once-session-has-started/10119/1 "2016-05-11T08:24:13Z")

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I want that appium installs the app in the device’s language (as normally happens).  
But I take screenshots and need the test to recognize the language which is running in to save the file with the apropiate filename.

I don’t want to change the language capability, only a getter during the test-execution.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![slipy12](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@slipy12](https://discuss.appium.io/u/slipy12)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/get-device-language-once-session-has-started/10119/2 "2016-05-12T07:53:32Z")

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Can be also before starting the driver (didn’t know why I’ve put this title).

I can’t see anything about getting the device’s language by code, only checking a string with known translations…

I think for mobile automatization (which means worldwide apps), know the language in which you are testing is so important… isn’t it?

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**Author:** ![slipy12](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@slipy12](https://discuss.appium.io/u/slipy12)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/get-device-language-once-session-has-started/10119/3 "2016-05-17T07:52:49Z")

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I’ve been reading a lot about everything concerned about appium and I didn’t see anything about how to get the device language.

Since is a tool for automatize tests with no human interaction, I think it should be so important to have a method to get the language to know what is testing…

Soposing there is no way to get it, where could I ask for it to developers?