cordova-plugin-locale v2.0.2

title: Locale

description: Get locale information.

cordova-plugin-locale

This plugin defines a global Locale object, which describes the device's locale info like current language, preferred languages and region. Although the object is in the global scope, it is not available until after the deviceready event.

Installation

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-locale

Properties

• Locale.language
• Locale.preferredLanguages
• Locale.region

Locale.language

Get the current language on the device.

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS

Quick Example

document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
function onDeviceReady() {
    console.log(Locale.language);
}

Locale.preferredLanguages

Get the preferred languages on the device. These are the list of languages the user has picked for the devices.

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS

Quick Example

document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
function onDeviceReady() {
    for(let language of Locale.preferredLanguages){
        console.log(language);
    }
}

Locale.region

Get the device region.

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS

Quick Example

document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
function onDeviceReady() {
    console.log(Locale.region);
}