[CB-8966] globalization.getPreferredLanguage returns inconsistent structures

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 3.5.0
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-globalization (DEPRECATED)
• Labels: triaged

Environment

ios

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Neil Cadman
• Created: 06/May/15 07:32
• Updated: 11/Jul/18 23:21
• Resolved: 11/Jul/18 23:21

Description

When using "getPreferredLanguage" the language value returned is a combination of the user language and also the users current region.

Affected versions :

org.apache.cordova.globalization 0.3.4 "Globalization"
org.apache.cordova.globalization 1.0.0 "Globalization"

This is a problem when the user sets their language to say, French and has their location set up as United states. The result is a language code of fr-US, however if you set the language to Chinese, Hong-Kong you get the full language code zh-hk

Its the inconsistency which I find a problem, knowing if the language code is a full language code "zh-hk" vs a language code region "fr-US"

May be the return objects could be expended to include a little more details. for example.

return {
env : "ios",
code : 'fr',
region : 'US'
}

return {
env : "ios",
code : 'zh-hk',
region : 'US'
}