So, dont know if anyone can help me. I have the below line of code in html :
<ion-item class="item-style">
<ion-label>{{ 'SettingsPage.ChangeLanguage' | translate }}</ion-label>
<ion-select [(ngModel)]="language" (ionChange)="onLanguageChange();" cancelText={{cancelText}} okText={{okText}}>
<ion-select-option value="en">{{ 'SettingsPage.English' | translate }}</ion-select-option>
<ion-select-option value="mt">{{ 'SettingsPage.Maltese' | translate }}</ion-select-option>
</ion-select>
</ion-item>
and the following methods in the .ts :
onLanguageChange() {
this.translate.use(this.language);
console.log(this.language);
this.globalVariableService.languageChanged = true;
this.globalVariableService.setCurrentLanguage(this.language);
this.storage.set('Language', this.language).then(() => {
this.sectorDataServiceProvider.populateSectorData().then(data => {
console.log('this.sectorInfo ', this.sectorDataServiceProvider.sectorInfo);
});
});
this.setOkAndCancelText();
}
setOkAndCancelText() {
if (this.language === 'en') {
this.cancelText = 'Cancel';
this.okText = 'OK';
} else if (this.language === 'mt') {
this.cancelText = 'Le';
this.okText = 'Iva';
}
}
I wish to remove the s setOkAndCancelText() which is being used to fill the cancelText={{cancelText}} parameter when the language changes within the app, and have something similar to:
<p [innerHTML]="'TermsOfUsePage.Header' | translate"></p>
Any ideas how i can make this possible please?
We have done it in following ways:
- Installed the following packages:
"@ngx-translate/core": "11.0.1"
"@ngx-translate/http-loader": "4.0.0",
- In app.module.js, add the following in imports:
TranslateModule.forRoot({
loader: {
provide: TranslateLoader,
useFactory: AppHttpLoaderFactory,
deps: [HttpClient]
}
}),
export function AppHttpLoaderFactory(http: HttpClient) {
return new TranslateHttpLoader(http, Environment.frontend('/assets/i18n/'), '.json');
}
Here we have kept our en.json file under i18n folder where all key values of text are there.
After this you can use it in html template:
<ion-select [(ngModel)]="language" (ionChange)="onLanguageChange();" cancelText={{'cancel.text' | translate }} okText={{okText}/>
Here cancel.text is a key in en.json file.
Instead of reliaing on libraries, you can create your custom service and add your local strings i.e key and value as following:
@Injectable({
providedIn: 'root'
})
export class LocalizationService {
localizedStrings: any;
constructor() {
this.localizedStrings = {
en: {
SettingsPage: {
cancelText: 'Cancel'
}
},
mt: {
SettingsPage: {
cancelText: 'Le'
}
}
}
}
getResource(keyString: string, workingLanguage: string): Promise<string> {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let resourceValue = null;
if(this.localizedStrings[workingLanguage].hasOwnProperty(keyString)) {
resourceValue = this.localizedStrings[workingLanguage][keyString];
} else {
resourceValue = this.getPropertyByKeyPath(this.localizedStrings[workingLanguage], keyString);
// if(!resourceValue) {
// debugger;
// }
}
if(resourceValue) {
resolve(resourceValue);
} else {
resolve(keyString);
}
});
}
private getPropertyByKeyPath(targetObj, keyPath) {
var keys = keyPath.split('.');
if(keys.length == 0) return undefined;
keys = keys.reverse();
var subObject = targetObj;
while(keys.length) {
var k = keys.pop();
if(!subObject.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
return undefined;
} else {
subObject = subObject[k];
}
}
return subObject;
}
}
Note that it is flexible, you can go deeper in objects. Now simply create a pipe for this service:
import { Pipe } from '@angular/core';
import { LocalizationService } from '../shared/localization.service';
@Pipe({
name:"translate"
})
export class LocalizedResourcePipe {
constructor(private localizationService: LocalizationService) {
}
transform(resourceKey: string, workingLanguage: string) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
if(!resourceKey) {
resolve();
} else {
this.localizationService.getResource(resourceKey, workingLanguage)
.then((value) => {
resolve(value);
});
}
});
}
}
Now simply call it in your HTML:
<ion-select [(ngModel)]="language" (ionChange)="onLanguageChange();" cancelText={{'SettingsPage.cancelText' | translate: 'en' | async}} okText={{'SettingsPage.cancelText' | translate: 'en' | async}}>
You can could make the the language parameter dynamic as well and in pipe, give it a default value. anyway here is the way to call it for your other language:
<ion-select [(ngModel)]="language" (ionChange)="onLanguageChange();" cancelText={{'SettingsPage.cancelText' | translate: 'mt' | async}} okText={{'SettingsPage.cancelText' | translate: 'mt' | async}}>
Try this stackblitz example
Translate Service
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
@Injectable()
export class TranslateService {
data: any = {};
constructor(private http: HttpClient) { }
use(lang: string): Promise<{}> {
return new Promise<{}>((resolve, reject) => {
const langPath = `assets/languageFiles/${lang || 'en'}.json`;
this.http.get<{}>(langPath).subscribe(
translation => {
this.data = Object.assign({}, translation || {});
resolve(this.data);
},
error => {
this.data = {};
resolve(this.data);
}
);
});
}
}
Translate Pipe
import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
import { TranslateService } from './translate.service';
@Pipe({
name: 'translate',
pure:false
})
export class TranslatePipe implements PipeTransform {
constructor(private translate: TranslateService) {}
transform(key: any): any {
return this.translate.data[key] || key;
}
}