How to re-trigger all pure pipes on all component tree in Angular 2

Question

I have pure pipe TranslatePipe that translates phrases using LocaleService that has locale$: Observable<string> current locale. I also have ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush enabled for all my components including AppComponent. Now, how can I reload whole application when someone changes language? (emits new value in locale$ observable).

Currently, I'm using location.reload() after user switches between languages. And that's annoying, because whole page is reloaded. How can I do this angular-way with pure pipe and OnPush detection strategy?

Answer 1

Pure pipes are only triggered when the input value changes.

You could add an artificial additional parameter value that you modify

@Pipe({name: 'translate'})
export class TranslatePipe {
  transform(value:any, trigger:number) {
    ...
  }
}

and then use it like

<div>{{label | translate:dummyCounter}}</div>

Whenever dummyCounter is updated, the pipe is executed.

You can also pass the locale as additional parameter instead of the counter. I don't think using |async for a single pipe parameter will work, therefore this might a bit cumbersome (would need to be assigned to a field to be usable as pipe parameter)