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Justin Wark commented on CB-4602:
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Hi, I am having the same problem using Cordova 3.3.1.
The documentation for 'getPreferredLanguage' states: "Returns the language
identifier string" however the example is: "When the browser is set to the
en\_US locale, this should display a popup dialog with the text language:
English".
see:
http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.3.0/cordova_globalization_globalization.md.html#globalization.getPreferredLanguage
When i test it on Android I get: "English"
On iOS I get: "en"
I personally think the code (e.g. 'en') is more useful however I don't really
mind either way. Can the documentation and implementations please be made
consistent?
> getPreferredLanguage platform inconsistencies
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>
> Key: CB-4602
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4602
> Project: Apache Cordova
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Android, Plugin Globalization
> Affects Versions: 2.6.0, 3.0.0
> Environment: Android
> Reporter: Jon Whitlock
> Assignee: Joe Bowser
> Priority: Minor
>
> In;
> https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/blob/master/docs/en/edge/cordova/globalization/globalization.getPreferredLanguage.md
> "Returns the language identifier string to the successCallback with a
> properties object as a parameter. That object should have a value property
> with a String value."
> navigator.globalization.getPreferredLanguage(
> function (language) {alert('language: ' + language.value + '\n');},
> function () {alert('Error getting language\n');}
> );
> On Android the function doesn't seem to return an identifier as such, it
> returns *a string describing the language localised to that language*, e.g.
> "English" for English or "中文" for Japanese. Naturally this is less than ideal
> for subsequent string operations, furthermore on that page "Windows Phone 8
> Quirks - Returns the ISO 639-1 two-letter code for the current language"
> which is an identifier, and also what I would expect (or an ISO 639-2 code,
> as per http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php)
> Android seems to support 639-2
> http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.html#getISO3Language()
> I have no idea what it returns on other platforms, but to keep client code
> consistent I guess it would good if this could be normalised in the API.
> Have tested this on v3.0 and 2.6, is the same.
> As an aside, the locale is not really what I want here, as the user may be in
> the US but have Japanese as their preferred language.
> Thanks,
> jon
> (first go at using Jira, apols if I got something wrong!)
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