NSLocale currentLocale always returns “en_US” not user's current language

Question

I\'m in the processes of internationalizing an iPhone app - I need to make programmatic changes to certain views based on what the user\'s current locale is. I\'m going nut

Answer 1

It shows the correct locale when on a real iPad. However, the simulator has it´s own iOS which by default is set to en-US. Go to the simulator iOS preferences and switch language & region to the one you want.

That does the trick.

Answer 2

To get the current device language use this instead:

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

As described here: Getting current device language in iOS?

Answer 3

[NSLocale currentLocale] is based on the device's Region Format settings, not the language. If the region is set to United States you will get en_US regardless of which language you're using.