fetch the city of user in English only

Question

In my project users cant go to the next view unless they are currently in a specific city. So here is how I check the city of a coordinates

func fetchCountryAndCity(location: CLLocation, completion: @escaping (String, String) -> ()) {
    CLGeocoder().reverseGeocodeLocation(location) { placemarks, error in
    if let error = error {
        print(error)
    } else if let country = placemarks?.first?.country,
        let city = placemarks?.first?.locality {
            completion(country, city)
        }
    }
}

then when users click on get my current locations I take the coordinates and check:

fetchCountryAndCity(location: location) { country, city in
                print("country:", country)
                print("city:", city)
                if city == "Riyadh" || city == "الرياض" || city == "리야드" || city == "Riyah"  {

the problem is I have to check the name of the city in all the languages because the output of the city name depends on the language of the device ( As I found out during testing) and it's just not right. Is there any way other than this to check the name of the city in all languages?

this post might help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25144508/reverse-geocoding-to-return-results-only-in-english — Ghean, Dec 27 '17 at 08:21
Possible duplicate of [Reverse geocoding to return results only in English?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25144508/reverse-geocoding-to-return-results-only-in-english) — Ghean, Dec 27 '17 at 09:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 28 '17 at 05:27

You can use NSLocalizedString to get name of Riyadh in the user's language. This requires translation you to enter the name Riyadh in a whole bunch of languages. Wikipedia can lend you a hand without the need for professional translator.

Another approach is to obtain a placemark that you know is within the city, then compare that palcemark's city to what the user entered. This way, both city names are in the user's language:

var riyadh: (country: String, city: String)?

override func viewDidLoad() {
    // Riyadh's city hall
    fetchCountryAndCity(location: CLLocation(latitude: 24.686212, longitude: 46.712462)) { country, city in
        self.riyadh = (country, city)
    }
}

When you check the placemark obtained from user's inputs:

fetchCountryAndCity(location: CLLocation(latitude: 24.647212, longitude: 46.710844)) { country, city in
    if let riyadh = self.riyadh, riyadh == (country, city) {
        print("Hey it's Riyadh. Name in user locale is \(city)")
    }
}

The annoyance of this approach is riyadh may not be initialized if you need it very early on in the view controller's lifecycle.

Thank you for your answer. I'd rather pick the first approach with `NSLocalizedString` But I need help with that. Do you know any resources? — AlmoDev, Dec 28 '17 at 09:11

fetch the city of user in English only

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