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Getting country name from country code

I have found the answer for this for objective-c but Im having a hard time doing this in swift.

I have used this to get the country code for the current location:

     let countryCode = NSLocale.currentLocale().objectForKey(NSLocaleCountryCode) as! String
    print(countryCode)
// printing for example US

But how do I convert this country code to a country name, like in this example converting "US" to "United States"?

Solution

  • Swift 3

    func countryName(from countryCode: String) -> String {
    if let name = (Locale.current as NSLocale).displayName(forKey: .countryCode, value: countryCode) {
        // Country name was found
        return name
    } else {
        // Country name cannot be found
        return countryCode
    }
}