Hello guys! Is it possible to change locale in compose project without recreating Activity? I tried ...

# compose

[Ivan Šiser]

Hello guys!
Is it possible to change locale in compose project without recreating Activity?
I tried using:

val appLocale: LocaleListCompat = LocaleListCompat.forLanguageTags("en")
AppCompatDelegate.setApplicationLocales(appLocale)

and inside AndroidManifest.xml:

android:configChanges="locale|layoutDirection"

But still LocalConfiguration.current.locales[0] does not change until activity is recreated.

[Stylianos Gakis]

If you try with this

@Composable
@ReadOnlyComposable
fun getLocale(): Locale {
  val configuration = LocalConfiguration.current
  return ConfigurationCompat.getLocales(configuration).get(0) ?: LocaleListCompat.getAdjustedDefault()[0]!!
}

Do you experience the same problem?

[Alex Vanyo]

I think this might be https://issuetracker.google.com/321896385?

https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/CJLTWPH7S/p1702980760367029 is a previous discussion in this area