Problems with 0.9.x version

[ahnpnl]

How to update new locale property in speakContext?

I see that in 0.9.0 the breaking change is the removal of changeLocale. Previously, this function allowsed to update locale in speakContext. Now we don't have any ways to update locale in speakContext anymore.

This can lead to the situation that users try to use useSpeakContext hook to access the value of locale but now the value is no longer updated after the last locale change.

How to make translation texts to change when using SPA navigation with useNavigate?

When testing locally with SPA navigation with useNavigate, the loadTranslation$ isn't executed which makes the new translation texts are not displayed on the page.

I saw the doc only uses location.reload but that is full page reload and I think SPA navigation should be supported too.

[robisim74]

In Breaking changes it written: To improve performance, the changeLocale function has been removed and it is no longer possible to change locale at runtime without navigating/reloading the page (SPA or MPA is indifferent).

Not only was the changeLocale function removed, but also:

• SpeakLocale is no longer reactive
• QwikSpeakProvider no longer watches for locale change and no longer reloads files

Why this change? Because translation at compile-time is preferred over runtime translation:

• No subscriptions are created from the library
• Only the translation data needed at runtime is serialized
• With inlining, the chunks sent to the browser are created one for each language, making them much lighter

So we have better performance, and less memory usage.

Of course, I too have always thought that changing the language without reloading the page in SPA mode is more elegant, but:

• How many users change language? and if they change language I don't think they do it more than once
• Qwik is very performant: it has become difficult to notice the differences between re-rendering all the components of a page and reloading it (see the live example: https://qwik-speak.pages.dev/)

[ahnpnl]

ah I see, thanks for your clearer explanation:)