From 6e05e66d8b2872dc324dbd5250e65dcc8e43ab69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rainer <57937814+raerkeer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:37:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Put the locale into the session for LiveView

To get set_locale working with Phoenix LiveView, we need to put the locale into the session
---
 lib/set_locale.ex | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/set_locale.ex b/lib/set_locale.ex
index d55b376..0db62e0 100644
--- a/lib/set_locale.ex
+++ b/lib/set_locale.ex
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ defmodule SetLocale do
         do: Gettext.put_locale(config.gettext, config.default_locale),
         else: Gettext.put_locale(config.gettext, requested_locale)
       assign(conn, :locale, requested_locale)
+      put_session(conn, :locale, requested_locale)
     else
       path = rewrite_path(conn, requested_locale, config)
 

From 48da86ca3259d665010d0d72cee180f26836cdce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rainer <57937814+raerkeer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:56:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Updated readme with instructions for Phoenix LiveView

---
 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0fe3522..0aec02e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,10 +63,21 @@ defmodule MyApp.Router do
     pipe_through :browser
     get "/", PageController, :index
     ...
+    # If you are using Phoenix LiveView, use the following:
+    live "/livepage", PageLive, session: [:locale]
   end
 end
 ```
 
+### Phoenix LiveView
+You need to set the locale in the mount/2 function of your page
+```elixir
+def mount(session, socket) do
+  Gettext.put_locale(session.locale)
+  ... 
+end
+```
+
 ### Options
 - gettext: mandatory
 - default_locale: mandatory, used as last step in fallback chain