react-i18next in React Native & Expo

Most of the world doesn't speak English first, and a single-language app leaves those users (and their revenue) on the table. Adding real multi-language support to an Expo app takes less setup than you'd think: react-i18next plus expo-localization, and no prebuild required.

I set the whole thing up in Platano in the video, including instant language switching without a restart.

What's inside

• Installing react-i18next and expo-localization the right way
• Typed translation files so a wrong key fails at compile time
• Detecting the device language with getLocales on startup
• Pulling strings anywhere with the useTranslation hook
• Letting users override the language and persisting their choice
• Using AI to generate new language files from your existing keys

Resources

CourseReact Native course

Ship apps the whole world can use: 17 sections and 800+ minutes, fundamentals to the stores.