Hey Guys, i am facing issue while changing language from English to Arabic and vice-versa. the issue...

# compose

[Napa Ram]

Hey Guys,
i am facing issue while changing language from English to Arabic and vice-versa.
the issue is screen is blinking and after changing a language
as i am selecting a language from dropdown

[Filip Wiesner]

It's because everything needs to recompose. By changing the language you are changing the layout direction from LTR to RTL.

[Filip Wiesner]

And LocalLayoutDirection is staticCompositionLocalOf so the whole UI tree needs to recompose even if nothing changed.

[Napa Ram]

Is there any better way to hide blinking screen it's looking too odd

[Filip Wiesner]

Hmmm, maybe some loading non-Compose dialog? 🤔 I am not sure, sorry

[GeorgeS-Litesoft]

The key is that you must not apply the language change until after the specific language is selected in such a way that the user can't easily select another (e.g. the drop down is closed).

[GeorgeS-Litesoft]

Of note: on one project I did we supported 8 languages (3 of which were asian which normally are not L2R-T2B, but which have begun accepting a limited form of L2R-T2B), all were implemented with L2R-T2B! Arabic was not supported.

IMO, the solution is to put labels above the fields, and not try to do label-field L2R or R2L!