I18nManager.forceRTL doesn't applies changes in first app load

I have an app that created by awesome React-native and my layout designed to be in RTL mode. I've set up an option for forcing the layout to be RTL but my option doesn't works in first app load after installing. This feature applies in second run.

I wrote this option in our index.js:

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { I18nManager } from 'react-native';
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';

I18nManager.forceRTL(true);

class App extends Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <Provider store={store}>
        <PersistGate loading={null} persistor={persistor}>
          <MainStack />
        </PersistGate>
      </Provider>
    );
  }
}

export default App;

Solution

After a week finally i found a logicly way to solve this issue with using Redux & react-native-restart plugin. I'm also use a nice splash screen to user don't show a restarting progress for this purpose.

So let's dive into code:

Redux action:

export const GET_APP_LAYOUT_DIRECTION = 'GET_APP_LAYOUT_DIRECTION';
export const SET_APP_LAYOUT_DIRECTION = 'SET_APP_LAYOUT_DIRECTION';

export const getAppLayoutDirection = () => ({
  type: GET_APP_LAYOUT_DIRECTION,
});

export const setAppLayoutDirection = direction => ({
  type: SET_APP_LAYOUT_DIRECTION,
  direction
});

Redux Reducer:

import {
    GET_APP_LAYOUT_DIRECTION,
    SET_APP_LAYOUT_DIRECTION,
} from '../actions/app';

const initialState = {
    layout: 'ltr',
};

const reducer = (state = initialState, action) => {
    switch (action.type) {
      case GET_APP_LAYOUT_DIRECTION:
        return {
          ...state,
        };
      case SET_APP_LAYOUT_DIRECTION:
        return {
          ...state,
          layout: action.direction,
        };
      default:
        return state;
    }
};

export default reducer;

Home Screen:

import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import RNRestart from 'react-native-restart'; // Import package from node modules
import { getAppLayoutDirection, setAppLayoutDirection } from '../actions/app';

class Home extends PureComponent {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);

     this.props.dispatch(getAppLayoutDirection());
     if(this.props.layout === 'ltr'){
       this.props.dispatch(setAppLayoutDirection('rtl'));
       RNRestart.Restart();
     }
  }

  componentDidMount() {
     if(this.props.layout && this.props.layout === 'rtl'){
        SplashScreen.hide();
     }
  }
} 

const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
  const { layout } = state.app;
  return {
    layout
  };
}

export default connect(mapStateToProps)(Home);