Java.util.Locale seems to exist in CodenameOne but is not found

[lana.si...@gmail.com]

Hi, 

I am having a bug when compiling my project on some platforms but not others.

I figured out that I need to use the java.util.Locale class to fix my issue. It seems to exist in codename one: 

https://github.com/codenameone/CodenameOne/blob/master/vm/JavaAPI/src/java/util/Locale.java

But when I try to import and use it I get a not found error:

 error: cannot find symbol

import java.util.Locale;

  symbol:   class Locale

  location: package java.util

Any idea what is going on? Thanks for your help

If you are experiencing an issue please mention the full platform your issue applies to:
IDE: NetBeans
Mac and windows
Simulator

[lana.si...@gmail.com]

If the package does not actually exist, what is the replacement? Can someone point me towards a workaround?

Here is the bug at the root of my question:

        String date_s = "Fri Mar 31 10:02:51 +0000 2017"

        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss zzzzz yyyy");

        Date date = null;

        try {

             date = formatter.parse(date_s);
                  } catch (ParseException ex) {

             Log.p(ex.toString());

        }

This code compiles and run on some machines but not on others: it gives a "date cannot be parsed" error, and it seems that using

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss zzzzz yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH)

Would solve this issue.

[Shai Almog]

We don't support the Locale class. You need to use the version of that method that doesn't take a Locale. We also provide L10NManager for various localization API's.

Notice there is a SimpleDateFormat under com.codename1.l10n which is more portable and should be used instead of the one from the java standard packages.

[lana.si...@gmail.com]

Hi Shai, thank you for the answer.

>> com.codename1.l10n

I know it's not easy to be responsive and all, but you solved my issue.
Fast and accurate! Thanks again.