undefined method `default_locale=' for nil:NilClass

Question

I'm trying to internacionalize my application made with devise, but i'm struggling in some points. I've installe the i18n gem and created the devise.pt-BR.yml file and wrote inside application.rb

  config.i18n.default_locale = :'pt-BR'

Ok, but when i try to anything inside my application, i get the following error message:

undefined method `default_locale=' for nil:NilClass

Rails.root: /home/ubuntu/workspace/aqueleprojetoprivate/medicos Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

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How do i fix it?

Answer 1

It looks like your Rails is version 4.2.

If that is the case, you should not use config.i18n but I18n.
See here:

# in config/initializers/locale.rb

# tell the I18n library where to find your translations
I18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('lib', 'locale', '*.{rb,yml}')]

# set default locale to something other than :en
I18n.default_locale = :pt