it's the first time I use react-intl
with Mobx state tree
.
Basically I have two buttons in the header (it
and en
) that on click set the current language saved in a Mobx State Tree variable.
Something like this.
In my state:
const FULL_LANGUAGE =
(navigator.languages && navigator.languages[0]) || navigator.language || 'en-GB'
const LANGUAGE = FULL_LANGUAGE!.split('-')[0]
export const UIModel = t
.model('UIModel', {
language: LANGUAGE,
})
.actions((self) => ({
setLanguage(language: 'it' | 'en') {
self.language = language
}
}))
In the header component:
...
<Button textToShow="it" onClick={() => setLanguage('it')} />
<Button textToShow="en" onClick={() => setLanguage('en')} />
...
my index.tsx
file:
import React from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl'
import { stateInstance, Provider } from './state'
import { App } from './App'
import messagesIt from './locales/messages-it.json5'
import messagesEn from './locales/messages-en.json5'
const language = stateInstance.ui.language
const messages = language === 'en' ? messagesEn : messagesIt
function renderApp() {
ReactDOM.render(
<Provider value={stateInstance}>
<IntlProvider locale={language} messages={messages}>
<App />
</IntlProvider>
</Provider>,
document.getElementById('root')
)
}
renderApp()
and my Mobx State Tree root file:
import { createContext, useContext } from 'react'
import { Instance, types as t } from 'mobx-state-tree'
import { UIModel } from './UI'
export const StateModel = t
.model('StateModel', {
ui: t.optional(UIModel, {}),
})
export const stateInstance = StateModel.create()
export interface StateInstance extends Instance<typeof StateModel> {}
const RootStateContext = createContext<StateInstance | null>(null)
export const Provider = RootStateContext.Provider
export function useMst() {
const state = useContext(RootStateContext)
if (state === null) throw new Error('')
return state
}
The problem is that when I click on it
or en
button, the language in the state is updated but nothing change I think because <IntlProvider locale={language} messages={messages}>
is not "rerendered".
How can I solve?
Solved in this way:
const AppContainer: React.FC<{}> = observer(({}) => {
const {
ui: { language },
} = useMst()
return (
<IntlProvider locale={language} messages={language === 'en' ? messagesEn : messagesIt}>
<App />
</IntlProvider>
)
})
function renderApp() {
ReactDOM.render(
<Provider value={stateInstance}>
<AppContainer />
</Provider>,
document.getElementById('root')
)
}