Get Country/Region name from windows phone 8

Question

I have the screenshot

and I am intending to retrieve the country which should be "Nigeria". After going through the System.Globalization class, I found the code snippet below

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.EnglishName

But I am getting "United States", which is the "Regional Format" from the image above. Is there no way i can retrieve the Country/Region value settings?

Audible

What do you get with RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.DisplayName? – Nuggar

I get the same result "United States" using RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.DisplayName – Audible

Have you tried testing on actual device? – Jermainejerman

i have tried his code on device but he is correct there is property which will reflect the correct country/region .. – Cwm

I have tried it on an actual device, still does not give me "Nigeria" – Audible

Answer 1

This is what i did at the end of the day. First I used the Location API library to get the coordinates(longitude and latitude) of the location

        Geolocator geolocator = new Geolocator();
        geolocator.DesiredAccuracyInMeters = 50;

        try
        {
            // Request the current position
            Geoposition geoposition = await geolocator.GetGeopositionAsync(
                maximumAge: TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5),
                timeout: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)
            );

            string latitude = geoposition.Coordinate.Latitude.ToString("0.00");
            string longitude = geoposition.Coordinate.Longitude.ToString("0.00");                 


        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            if ((uint)ex.HResult == 0x80004004)
            {
                // the application does not have the right capability or the location master switch is off
                MessageBox.Show("Location is disabled in phone settings.", "Can't Detect Location", MessageBoxButton.OK);

            }
            //else
            {
                // something else happened acquring the location
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }
        }

then using google's reverse geolocation to get the information or details of the location based on the longitude and latitude

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=latitiude,longitude&sensor=true

i.e if the latitude is 60 and the longitude is 60

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=60,60&sensor=true

From the json result, you will be able to retrieve the country's long and short name.

Audible

Damn, that is such a nasty solution. What will happen when someone goes to another country? Then all of a sudden the formatting in his phone is changed lol. – Shaylashaylah

Get your point Leon, wish Microsoft will come up with a solution. – Audible

Answer 2

I know it's old, but maybe someone comes here looking for answer:

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.TwoLetterISORegionName

Cari

This only returns the two letter code, e.g. US rather than United States. Also, the question seems to be about why the OP is not getting the name he expected. – Dysthymia

Answer 3

Use System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture. It should correctly reflect the phone language.

Peterpeterborough

I think he wants to get the region, not the language. – Hertford

I have tried System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture, this will give me the locale-country code which was en-US. What i want to get is Country/Region value setting which is "Nigeria" from the image i posted above. – Audible

Answer 4

Try this

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.DisplayName;

Bakelite

Still shows "United States", I think the RegionInfo class only shows the Regional Format values not the Country/Region value – Audible

Answer 5

The correct answer to what the user is asking is this:

Windows.System.UserProfile.GlobalizationPreferences.HomeGeographicRegion

This should give you information regarding the Country/Region selection in the language+region setting.

Crisper