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bsky-social-app/src/lib/hooks/useTranslate.ts
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Samuel Newman bb949e4f44 Fix translations on Android using PROCESS_TEXT intent (#8486)
* use intents to translate text on android

* clean up config plugins

* restore day night plugin

just to be safe

* leave a comment for why we can't open translate directly

* add todo

* fix lockfile lint
2025-08-11 08:37:39 -07:00

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import {useCallback} from 'react'
import * as IntentLauncher from 'expo-intent-launcher'
import {getTranslatorLink} from '#/locale/helpers'
import {isAndroid} from '#/platform/detection'
import {useOpenLink} from './useOpenLink'
export function useTranslate() {
const openLink = useOpenLink()
return useCallback(
async (text: string, language: string) => {
const translateUrl = getTranslatorLink(text, language)
if (isAndroid) {
try {
// use getApplicationIconAsync to determine if the translate app is installed
if (
!(await IntentLauncher.getApplicationIconAsync(
'com.google.android.apps.translate',
))
) {
throw new Error('Translate app not installed')
}
// TODO: this should only be called one at a time, use something like
// RQ's `scope` - otherwise can trigger the browser to open unexpectedly when the call throws -sfn
await IntentLauncher.startActivityAsync(
'android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEXT',
{
type: 'text/plain',
extra: {
'android.intent.extra.PROCESS_TEXT': text,
'android.intent.extra.PROCESS_TEXT_READONLY': true,
},
// note: to skip the intermediate app select, we need to specify a
// `className`. however, this isn't safe to hardcode, we'd need to query the
// package manager for the correct activity. this requires native code, so
// skip for now -sfn
// packageName: 'com.google.android.apps.translate',
// className: 'com.google.android.apps.translate.TranslateActivity',
},
)
} catch (err) {
if (__DEV__) console.error(err)
// most likely means they don't have the translate app
await openLink(translateUrl)
}
} else {
await openLink(translateUrl)
}
},
[openLink],
)
}