Getting wrong device language in swift

Question

I'm trying to get the current phone language in swift. I think I know how to do it...but I got wrong language. My app has 2 localizations already done (english and spanish). But I'll like to get the real iOS language, so I can say user, "We are preparing translation to Italian very soon", or something like that....

I'm on iOS 13.2.2 / XCode 11.2.1

I have tried many ways for doing so see the results I got for that code:

    print(NSLocale.current.languageCode as Any)
    print(Locale.current.languageCode as Any)
    print(Locale(identifier: Locale.current.identifier).identifier)
    print(Locale.preferredLanguages)
    print(NSLocale.preferredLanguages)
    print(Locale.current.regionCode as Any)
    print(NSLocale.preferredLanguages[0] )
    print(NSLocale.components(fromLocaleIdentifier:
        NSLocale.preferredLanguages.first!)[NSLocale.Key.languageCode.rawValue])

None of these give me correct result.

For example, setting iOS language to Italian in Settings -> General -> Languages and Zones -> iPhone Language -> Italian I got:

    print(NSLocale.current.languageCode as Any)
Optional("es")

    print(Locale.current.languageCode as Any)
Optional("es")

    print(Locale(identifier: Locale.current.identifier).identifier)
es_US

    print(Locale.preferredLanguages)
["es"]

    print(NSLocale.preferredLanguages)
["es"]

    print(Locale.current.regionCode as Any)
Optional("US")

    print(NSLocale.preferredLanguages[0] )
es

    print(NSLocale.components(fromLocaleIdentifier:NSLocale.preferredLanguages.first!)[NSLocale.Key.languageCode.rawValue])
Optional("es")

How can I do it to get "it".....

Thanks

I know, but I'll like to get real language of the phone... it is even possible? — Peter Czask, Dec 10 '19 at 09:03
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3910244/getting-current-device-language-in-ios — Alexandr Kolesnik, Dec 10 '19 at 09:15

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '19 at 09:28

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If to combine in one long call it is

NSLocale.components(fromLocaleIdentifier: 
   NSLocale.preferredLanguages.first!)[NSLocale.Key.languageCode.rawValue]

Initial output:

(lldb) e NSLocale.preferredLanguages
([String]) $R10 = 2 values {
  [0] = "it-US"
  [1] = "en"
}

Tested with Xcode 11.2 / iOS 13.2

PS. iPhone device language must be changed before application launch.

answered Dec 10 '19 at 09:28

Asperi

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Thanks for your reply. I tested, but got as result => Optional("es") – Peter Czask Dec 10 '19 at 10:34
how do you write to console that output? with a "print" it tells me a warning.. maybe is that.... – Peter Czask Dec 10 '19 at 10:51
It's not showing device language, it's showing application language – Maneesh M Jun 24 '21 at 08:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '19 at 08:58

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Why don't you create a copy of your default language (let's assume it's English), mark it as Italian and add your phrase "We are preparing translation to Italian very soon"?

This way your app will "think" it supports Italian, but will actually display English texts.

This solution has some limitations though: If a user configures a given language hierarchy in his/hers device: Italian/Spanish/English, he/she would expect that due to lack of support of Italian language, Spanish would be used. Actually, app will use English (dressed up as Italian), so it may cause some confusion.

answered Dec 10 '19 at 08:58

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so the answer is that is not possible to get real language on the phone....? – Peter Czask Dec 10 '19 at 09:02
I don't know the way to do so. – Mateusz Chechliński Dec 10 '19 at 09:16

Getting wrong device language in swift

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