(NS)ByteCountFormatter is missing a locale property

Originator:mdf.friedrich
Number:rdar://30919856 Date Originated:08-Mar-2017 03:19 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS + SDK Product Version:iOS 10.3
Classification:Foundation Reproducible:Always
 
Area:
Foundation

Summary:
All common formatters (e.g. (NS)DateFormatter, (NS)NumberFormatter) provide a locale property with which a locale can be specified in which the formatter should format the input. (NS)ByteCountFormatter is missing such a property.
Since usually all formatters need to format in a specific locale, it would probably the simplest to add such a property to the common (NS)Formatter superclass.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create an iOS project
2. Create an (NS)ByteCountFormatter instance.
3. Try to format a string in a locale which differs from the system locale (e.g. by setting the locale property)

Expected Results:
There is a property on the (NS)ByteCountFormatter instance for the locale that is used.

Actual Results:
No locale property is present and there is no way to tell the (NS)ByteCountFormatter which locale it should use. It will always default to the system locale.

Version:
iOS 10.3

Notes:
Since (NS)ByteCountFormatter most likely uses an (NS)NumberFormatter internally (Linux Foundation does at least), it could also be an option to expose this instance. However, this could also cause a lot of other problems since properties on (NS)NumberFormatter could be changed, that would result in faulty formatting of byte counts.

Configuration:
Any Device

Comments

Duplicate of rdar://23304514

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By mdf.friedrich at March 14, 2017, 6:17 a.m. (reply...)

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