iOS8 - Get country names from locale

Question

I'm using this code to get the list of countries:

for (NSString *code in [NSLocale ISOCountryCodes])
{
    NSString *identifier = [NSLocale localeIdentifierFromComponents:@{NSLocaleCountryCode: code}];
    NSString *countryName = [[NSLocale currentLocale] displayNameForKey:NSLocaleIdentifier value:identifier];
    NSLog(countryName);
}

This works fine in iOS 7.x but fails in iOS8 (beta 2) - with countryName always being nil.

Anyone found an alternative yet?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 22 '14 at 23:19

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I have also faced with such issue on iOS 8. Try to use systemLocale instead of currentLocale.

answered Oct 22 '14 at 23:19

Pavel Malinnikov

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still nil on iOS 8, 9 and 10. – Duck Oct 02 '16 at 23:39
I just tried on iOS 10, it is not nil: https://monosnap.com/file/PbLByAmSdFmzkVRfyPckTaF2qSrjSh.png – Pavel Malinnikov Oct 03 '16 at 12:49
By the way, on iOS 10 even variant with currentLocale outputs full country names (Ascension Island, Andorra, etc.) – Pavel Malinnikov Oct 03 '16 at 12:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 01 '17 at 09:39

    let currentLocale : NSLocale = NSLocale.init(localeIdentifier :  NSLocale.current.identifier)
    let countryName : String? = currentLocale.displayName(forKey: NSLocale.Key.countryCode, value: countryCode)
    print(countryName ?? "Invalid country code")

Note: If you manually entered localIdentifier means IOS 8 not listed all country name (Eg: "en_US")

iOS8 - Get country names from locale

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