From 58357f883116de08067d2271a8c918ab45516686 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seph Soliman <github@seph.dk>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 14:25:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix wrong I18nManager.isRTL value on iOS

---
 packages/react-native/React/Modules/RCTI18nUtil.m | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Modules/RCTI18nUtil.m b/packages/react-native/React/Modules/RCTI18nUtil.m
index f77cb0c103b..612d83d7e94 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Modules/RCTI18nUtil.m
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Modules/RCTI18nUtil.m
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ - (BOOL)isDevicePreferredLanguageRTL
 // Check if the current application language is RTL
 - (BOOL)isApplicationPreferredLanguageRTL
 {
-  NSWritingDirection direction = [NSParagraphStyle defaultWritingDirectionForLanguage:nil];
+  NSString *language = [[NSLocale preferredLanguages] firstObject];
+  NSWritingDirection direction = [NSParagraphStyle defaultWritingDirectionForLanguage:language];
   return direction == NSWritingDirectionRightToLeft;
 }