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ASF GitHub Bot commented on CB-4602: ------------------------------------ Github user asfgit closed the pull request at: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-globalization/pull/15 > getPreferredLanguage platform inconsistencies > --------------------------------------------- > > 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: Mike Billau > 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!) -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252)