How to get the country code from simCard programatically in ios objective c

Question

Actually I am trying to get the country code programatically from SimCard which is in my phone . How can we get the country code from Simcard programatically . or is there any pod that could help me get the country code details .

Thanks in advance

try these links http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9095023/ios-country-code and this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13584981/identifying-the-country-code-using-mobile-carrier-in-iphone-programatically — caldera.sac, Aug 11 '16 at 10:02

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 12 '18 at 15:40

1. From SimCard

#import <CoreTelephony/CTTelephonyNetworkInfo.h>
#import <CoreTelephony/CTCarrier.h>

CTCarrier *carrier = [[CTTelephonyNetworkInfo new] subscriberCellularProvider];
NSString *countryCode = carrier.isoCountryCode;
NSLog(@"countryCode: %@", countryCode);

Note : This code does not work in following conditions:

1.Airplane mode.
2.No SIM card in the device.
3.Device is outside the cellular service range.

2. From CurrentLocale

NSLocale *currentLocale = [NSLocale currentLocale];  // get the current locale.
NSString *countryCode = [currentLocale objectForKey:NSLocaleCountryCode];
NSLog(@"countryCode: %@", countryCode);

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '16 at 10:07

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You can import:

#import <CoreTelephony/CTCarrier.h>
#import <CoreTelephony/CTTelephonyNetworkInfo.h>

And using this code:

CTCarrier* tmpCTC = [[CTCarrier alloc] init];
NSString* mcc = [tmpCTC mobileCountryCode];
NSLog([NSString stringWithFormat:@"mcc = %@",mcc]);

Hope it can help you.

answered Aug 11 '16 at 10:07

Alanc Liu

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If you just create a CTCarrier object it will not have any of the information filled in. You must use: CTCarrier *carrier = [[CTTelephonyNetworkInfo new] subscriberCellularProvider]; as in the other answer. Please edit or remove this answer. – xpereta Jun 12 '18 at 06:37

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 06 '21 at 22:10

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For those who need this in swift.

import CoreTelephony

let networkProviders = CTTelephonyNetworkInfo().serviceSubscriberCellularProviders
let countryCode = networkProviders?.first?.value.isoCountryCode

answered Jul 06 '21 at 22:10

Declan McKenna

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 09 '23 at 09:55

The use of CTCarrier, a deprecated API, returns static values for apps that are built with the iOS 16.4 SDK or later. (76283818) iOS 16.4 Release notes

As of above change, Apple has not provided a replacement class to read country from SIM code. Fingers crossed on if Apple may delay this change.

Unfortunately, we may have to stick to below code to read a country code, which is in deed not a solution.

 if let code = Locale.current.regionCode {
    // country code read from the device instead of SIM
 }

How to get the country code from simCard programatically in ios objective c

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