Thanks Roman, very helpful. Actually, it turns out that the dynamic method is what I need after all.
best wishes, Anna On Sep 12, 3:24 am, "Roman ( T-Mobile USA)" <roman.baumgaert...@t- mobile.com> wrote: > What do you mean with "user's country"? > > Static methods: > - You could use the phone number which is assigned to you. The phone > number starts with the country code. > - Also the IMEI has information about in which country your phone was > approved/registered. > > Dynamic method based on your cellular connection (which you are not > interested in): > If you try to get information to which MNC-MCC you are connected use > the TelephonyManager.getNetworkOperator() API. The MCC (mobile country > code) is the information you are looking for. You can lookup which MCC > code belongs to which country > athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_country_codes. > > -- > Roman Baumgaertner > Sr. SW Engineer-OSDC > ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together > The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the > author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily > represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. > > On Sep 11, 9:49 am, Anna PS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > Anyone know how to check the user's country? > > > I'm looking for a way that's faster than using GPS and reverse > > geocoding. (I need the country where the phone is registered, not > > their current location, in any case.) Is there any constant in the > > settings? > > > Thanks, > > Anna --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
