NSLocale returns wrong country code for German

Originator:georg
Number:rdar://22869580 Date Originated:26-Sep-2015 02:49 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS SDK Product Version:9.0
Classification:Serious Bug Reproducible:Yes
 
Summary:
On an iPhone using iOS 9 with the language set to German, NSLocale returns the wrong country code.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use iPhone with iOS 9
2. Set iPhone language to German
3. Execute the following code:
NSString * language = [[NSLocale preferredLanguages] objectAtIndex:0];

Expected Results:
I expect a return value of 'de'

Actual Results:
The value returned is 'de-US'

Version:
iOS 9.0

Notes:


Configuration:
iPhone 6+

Comments

With iOS 9, the results returned by NSLocale.preferredLanguages() can differ from previous releases.

With iOS 9, the results returned by NSLocale.preferredLanguages() can differ from previous releases. In iOS 8 and earlier, only certain language, script, and region combinations were returned by this API. However, in iOS 9, more combinations of language, script, and region are permitted.

For example, when a user has configured their iOS device with language set to English and region set to India, NSLocale.preferredLanguages() will now return [ "en-IN" ], instead of [ "en" ]. This allows for smarter language fallbacks; for this user, if an app doesn’t support en-IN as a localization, but does support en-GB, the fallback mechanism will select en-GB instead of en.

Read more at : https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/tn2418/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40016588

By yeradis at Oct. 7, 2015, 10:24 a.m. (reply...)

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