Hello,
I am trying to deploy a localized Angular application on App Platform but I am facing some trouble with the routing.
Without localization, it deploys fine.
After localization, a copy of the assets is made for every locale:
- “en”: en/index.html, en/bundle.js, …
- “sp”: sp/index.html, sp/bundle.js, …
I tried creating a recourse per locale, changing Route Path:
- / for “en” (so it loads as default)
- /sp for “sp”
With this configuration, the English version works under /, but everything else seems to also redirect to / as well
Is such a use case supported?
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Hey Nodas 👋
Interesting setup! I haven’t done this exact localization flow on App Platform with Angular, but from what you’re describing, it sounds like a routing/config issue rather than a limitation of App Platform itself.
If Angular is using path-based routing, App Platform might not be handling the localized subpaths like /sp correctly by default — especially since single-page apps need all routes to be redirected to index.html, otherwise you get unexpected fallbacks to /.
You might be able to fix this by setting up custom rewrite rules, but I don’t think App Platform currently supports per-path rewrites like you’d do in a traditional web server config (e.g., Nginx or Netlify _redirects).
You could try setting index.html as the catch-all fallback for all routes, even for localized paths.
Alternatively, structure your app so all languages are handled by a single entry point and Angular takes care of the routing internally.
If that doesn’t help, I’d recommend reaching out to support tp see of they could help out here:
- Bobby
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