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static/app-strings.json

@@ -861,5 +861,6 @@
   "You haven't downloaded anything from LBRY yet.": "You haven't downloaded anything from LBRY yet.",
   "Explore new content": "Explore new content",
   "Use this address to receive LBC.": "Use this address to receive LBC.",
-  "Embedded": "Embedded"
+  "Embedded": "Embedded",
+  "Failed to load %language% translations.": "Failed to load %language% translations."
 }

ui/component/app/index.js

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import { hot } from 'react-hot-loader/root';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { selectUser, doRewardList, doFetchAccessToken, selectGetSyncErrorMessage, selectUploadCount } from 'lbryinc';
 import { doFetchTransactions, doFetchChannelListMine } from 'lbry-redux';
-import { makeSelectClientSetting, selectThemePath } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
+import { makeSelectClientSetting, selectLoadedLanguages, selectThemePath } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
 import { selectIsUpgradeAvailable, selectAutoUpdateDownloaded } from 'redux/selectors/app';
+import { doSetLanguage } from 'redux/actions/settings';
 import { doDownloadUpgradeRequested, doSignIn, doSyncWithPreferences } from 'redux/actions/app';
 import App from './view';
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ const select = state => ({
   user: selectUser(state),
   theme: selectThemePath(state),
   language: makeSelectClientSetting(SETTINGS.LANGUAGE)(state),
+  languages: selectLoadedLanguages(state),
   autoUpdateDownloaded: selectAutoUpdateDownloaded(state),
   isUpgradeAvailable: selectIsUpgradeAvailable(state),
   syncEnabled: makeSelectClientSetting(SETTINGS.ENABLE_SYNC)(state),
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ const perform = dispatch => ({
   fetchTransactions: (page, pageSize) => dispatch(doFetchTransactions(page, pageSize)),
   fetchAccessToken: () => dispatch(doFetchAccessToken()),
   fetchChannelListMine: () => dispatch(doFetchChannelListMine()),
+  setLanguage: language => dispatch(doSetLanguage(language)),
   signIn: () => dispatch(doSignIn()),
   requestDownloadUpgrade: () => dispatch(doDownloadUpgradeRequested()),
   checkSync: () => dispatch(doSyncWithPreferences()),

ui/component/app/view.jsx

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type Props = {
   alertError: (string | {}) => void,
   pageTitle: ?string,
   language: string,
+  languages: Array<string>,
   theme: string,
   user: ?{ id: string, has_verified_email: boolean, is_reward_approved: boolean },
   location: { pathname: string, hash: string },
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ type Props = {
   requestDownloadUpgrade: () => void,
   fetchChannelListMine: () => void,
   onSignedIn: () => void,
+  setLanguage: string => void,
   isUpgradeAvailable: boolean,
   autoUpdateDownloaded: boolean,
   checkSync: () => void,
@@ -65,6 +67,9 @@ function App(props: Props) {
     uploadCount,
     history,
     syncError,
+    language,
+    languages,
+    setLanguage,
   } = props;
 
   const appRef = useRef();
@@ -111,6 +116,12 @@ function App(props: Props) {
     document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-mode', theme);
   }, [theme]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!languages.includes(language)) {
+      setLanguage(language);
+    }
+  }, [language, languages]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (previousUserId === undefined && userId) {
       analytics.setUser(userId);

ui/constants/action_types.js

@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ export const CLAIM_REWARD_CLEAR_ERROR = 'CLAIM_REWARD_CLEAR_ERROR';
 export const FETCH_REWARD_CONTENT_COMPLETED = 'FETCH_REWARD_CONTENT_COMPLETED';
 
 // Language
-export const DOWNLOAD_LANGUAGE_SUCCEEDED = 'DOWNLOAD_LANGUAGE_SUCCEEDED';
-export const DOWNLOAD_LANGUAGE_FAILED = 'DOWNLOAD_LANGUAGE_FAILED';
+export const DOWNLOAD_LANGUAGE_SUCCESS = 'DOWNLOAD_LANGUAGE_SUCCESS';
 
 // Subscriptions
 export const CHANNEL_SUBSCRIBE = 'CHANNEL_SUBSCRIBE';

ui/redux/actions/settings.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Lbry, ACTIONS, doToast } from 'lbry-redux';
 import * as SETTINGS from 'constants/settings';
+import * as LOCAL_ACTIONS from 'constants/action_types';
 import analytics from 'analytics';
 import SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES from 'constants/supported_languages';
 
@@ -91,6 +92,12 @@ export function doSetLanguage(language) {
       .then(r => r.json())
       .then(j => {
         window.i18n_messages[language] = j;
+        dispatch({
+          type: LOCAL_ACTIONS.DOWNLOAD_LANGUAGE_SUCCESS,
+          data: {
+            language,
+          },
+        });
       })
       .then(() => {
         // set on localStorage so it can be read outside of redux

ui/redux/reducers/settings.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import moment from 'moment';
 const reducers = {};
 const defaultState = {
   isNight: false,
-  isFetchingLanguage: false,
+  loadedLanguages: Object.keys(window.i18n_messages) || [],
   daemonSettings: {},
   clientSettings: {
     // UX
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ reducers[ACTIONS.UPDATE_IS_NIGHT] = state => {
   });
 };
 
+reducers[ACTIONS.DOWNLOAD_LANGUAGE_SUCCESS] = (state, action) => {
+  const { loadedLanguages } = state;
+  const { language } = action.data;
+
+  if (language && !loadedLanguages.includes(language)) {
+    return Object.assign({}, state, {
+      loadedLanguages: [...loadedLanguages, language],
+    });
+  } else {
+    return state;
+  }
+};
+
 export default function reducer(state = defaultState, action) {
   const handler = reducers[action.type];
   if (handler) return handler(state, action);

ui/redux/selectors/settings.js

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ export const selectClientSettings = createSelector(
   state => state.clientSettings || {}
 );
 
-export const selectIsFetchingLanguage = createSelector(
+export const selectLoadedLanguages = createSelector(
   selectState,
-  state => state.isFetchingLanguage || {}
+  state => state.loadedLanguages || {}
 );
 
 export const makeSelectClientSetting = setting =>