Read the qtvirtualkeyboard current locale

ChrisLe

Hello

I'm using qt5 virtualkeyboard with qtkioskbrowser and Yocto, branch dunfell.
I need to persistently store the virtualkeyboard language / locale

At start I do
VirtualKeyboardSettings.locale = ls.getLocale();
"ls.getLocale()" reads the locale from disk, e.g. "en_GB". When I open the virtualkeyboard, the locale is properly set.

I also set
Qt.inputMethod.localeChanged.connect(languageUpdated);
which calls "languageUpdated" when I switch the virtualkeyboard locale.
"languageUpdated" is called as expected but I don't know how to get the current locale.
If I print "VirtualKeyboardSettings.locale", I see the locale I set at startup but not the one I switched to.

function languageUpdated()
{
console.log(VirtualKeyboardSettings.locale);
}
Which attribute does return the current virtualkeyboard locale?

I also found that "VirtualKeyboardSettings.availableLocales" is emtpy although I set
"PACKAGECONFIG_pn-qtvirtualkeyboard = "lang-de_DE lang-es_ES lang-en_GB lang-ja_JP qtquickcompiler"

I tried to set the languages manually
VirtualKeyboardSettings.activeLocales = ["de_DE", "es_ES, "en_GB "ja_JP"]
but this did not help.

Help appreciated, Chris

lemons

set virtual keyboard language:

Component.onCompleted: {
    VirtualKeyboardSettings.locale = "en_UK"
}

detect new locale when changing the keyboard language:

Connections {
    target: InputContext
    onLocaleChanged: {
        console.debug("new locale:", InputContext.locale)
    }
}

limit the language selection list of the keyboard language button:

Component.onCompleted: {
    VirtualKeyboardSettings.activeLocales = ["de_DE", "es_ES", "en_UK"]
}