Getting current device language in iOS?

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Getting current device language in iOS?

I'd like to show the current language that the device UI is using. What code would I use?

I want this as an NSString in fully spelled out format. (Not @"en_US")

EDIT: For those driving on by, there are a ton of useful comments here, as the answer has evolved with new iOS releases.

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4 years ago by rahul07

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**akshay1995** · Answer 1 · 2021-06-01T09:14:35

This will probably give you what you want:



NSLocale locale = [NSLocale currentLocale];



NSString language = [locale displayNameForKey:NSLocaleIdentifier 

                                         value:[locale localeIdentifier]];

It will show the name of the language, in the language itself. For example:



Français (France)

English (United States)

**RoliMishra** · Answer 2 · 2021-06-02T13:56:37

Solution for iOS 9:

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

language = "en-US"

NSDictionary *languageDic = [NSLocale componentsFromLocaleIdentifier:language];

languageDic will have the needed components

NSString *countryCode = [languageDic objectForKey:@"kCFLocaleCountryCodeKey"];

countryCode = "US"

NSString languageCode = [languageDic objectForKey:@"kCFLocaleLanguageCodeKey"];

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