Format Phone Numbers on Android

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Published on 2010-03-28T11:55:41Z Indexed on 2010/03/28 12:03 UTC
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Hi

Is there a (hidden) setting that allows to set the phone number format on Android?

I'm in swiss and we use the following format

a --> 123 456 78 90

the acutally setting of the phone is

b --> 123-456-7890

so what can i do to format string 'b' into 'a'.

Thank for you help.

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