iOS: How to Get the Device Current Language Setting?

Question

There are some features within my application that are supposed to be based on the language settings of the device where it\'s running.

I want to get the actual language

Answer 1

Swift:

let language = NSBundle.mainBundle().preferredLocalizations[0] as NSString

Answer 2

User preferred languages are stored can be retrieved from locale as array and current language identifier is the first object in that array:

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

If you want language in more readable form then use displayNameForKey:value: method of NSLocale:

NSString *langID = [[NSLocale preferredLanguages] objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *lang = [[NSLocale currentLocale] displayNameForKey:NSLocaleLanguageCode value:langID];

Answer 3

Use below code to fetch Localised language without having trouble to the en-india, en-us etc..

 NSString *Ph = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] preferredLocalizations] objectAtIndex:0];

In and After ios9 this code need to take in cosideration

Answer 4

Find the solution in XCode's helper document, it wrote:

Getting the Current Language

To get the language that the app is using from the main application bundle, use the preferredLocalizations method in the NSBundle class:

NSString *languageID = [[NSBundle mainBundle] preferredLocalizations].firstObject;