From afcedbaf25e14a50e09fc5e9d1eb14c59d1b9ffc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robyn MacCallum <robyntmaccallum@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:39:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add variable defining default locale as english (#4406)

---
 libs/common/src/services/i18n.service.ts | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libs/common/src/services/i18n.service.ts b/libs/common/src/services/i18n.service.ts
index 9fd39b092a..ce88f7f706 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/services/i18n.service.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/services/i18n.service.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export class I18nService implements I18nServiceAbstraction {
   locale$: Observable<string> = this._locale.asObservable();
   // First locale is the default (English)
   supportedTranslationLocales: string[] = ["en"];
+  defaultLocale = "en";
   translationLocale: string;
   collator: Intl.Collator;
   localeNames = new Map<string, string>([
@@ -106,14 +107,14 @@ export class I18nService implements I18nServiceAbstraction {
       this.translationLocale = this.translationLocale.slice(0, 2);
 
       if (this.supportedTranslationLocales.indexOf(this.translationLocale) === -1) {
-        this.translationLocale = this.supportedTranslationLocales[0];
+        this.translationLocale = this.defaultLocale;
       }
     }
 
     if (this.localesDirectory != null) {
       await this.loadMessages(this.translationLocale, this.localeMessages);
-      if (this.translationLocale !== this.supportedTranslationLocales[0]) {
-        await this.loadMessages(this.supportedTranslationLocales[0], this.defaultMessages);
+      if (this.translationLocale !== this.defaultLocale) {
+        await this.loadMessages(this.defaultLocale, this.defaultMessages);
       }
     }
   }