Xcode 6.1 iOS 8.1 NSLocale displayNameForKey NSLocaleIdentifier returns zero

Question

 - (NSString *) countryNameByCode: (NSString *) countryCode
 {
     NSString * identifier = [NSLocale localeIdentifierFromComponents: @ {NSLocaleCountryCode: countryCode}];
     NSString * countryName = [[NSLocale currentLocale] displayNameForKey: NSLocaleIdentifier value: identifier];

     return countryName;
 }

countryName no. Why?

Answer 1

This is a known Apple issue for the iOS 8.1 simulator - it does not play on 8.1 devices. See the description of the problem from the Xcode 6.1 release notes below:

Localization and keyboard settings (including third-party keyboards) are incorrectly observed by Safari, Maps, and developer apps in iOS 8.1. Simulator. [NSLocale currentLocale] returns en_US , and only English and Emoji keyboards are available. (18418630, 18512161).

See Xcode 6.1 Release Notes for more information.

Answer 2

Please try the code below, it should work. I tried this on my device as well as simulator 8.1

- (NSString *)countryNameByCode:(NSString*)countryCode { return [[NSLocale systemLocale] displayNameForKey:NSLocaleCountryCode value:countryCode]; } 

Answer 3

It works for me

 NSLocale *currentLocale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:[NSLocale currentLocale].localeIdentifier]; for (AVSpeechSynthesisVoice *voice in [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice speechVoices]) { NSString *languageLocalised = [currentLocale displayNameForKey:NSLocaleIdentifier value:voice.language]; NSLog(@"%@ displayNameForKey %@: %@", currentLocale.localeIdentifier, voice.language, languageLocalised); } 

Answer 4

 - (NSString *)countryNameByCode:(NSString*)countryCode { NSString *identifier = [[NSLocale preferredLanguages] firstObject]; NSLocale *locale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:identifier]; NSString *countryName = [locale displayNameForKey:NSLocaleIdentifier value:countryCode]; return countryName; } 

I don’t understand why [[NSLocale currentLocale] displayNameForKey...] does not return the country name in iOS 8 , but the code above should solve your problem.

Answer 5

NSString * language = [[NSLocale preferredLanguages] objectAtIndex: 0];