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iphoneobjective-clocalizationlocale
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Reputation:

Convert NSString with a number to appropriate phone number localization format

NSString *phoneNumber = @"2310234432"; I would like to create a new string out of the above but format the phone number according to the current localization. Is there a "native" way I can do this or do I have to write my own methods to return it for every locale ?

Thanx

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1531

Answers (2)

Mihai Nita
Mihai Nita

Reputation: 5787

There is nothing that can do this.

And in fact is it probably not a good idea to store phone numbers in NStrings Think about 1-800-COLLECT. Convert that to numbers, and the friendly phone number is gone.

Upvotes: 0

Nathan de Vries
Nathan de Vries

Reputation: 15511

Apple has not provided a public API for displaying localised phone numbers, so this is a non-trivial task. Back in iPhone OS 2.x, Apple packaged a filed within the SDK called UIPhoneFormats.plist which provided a list of all the phone localisation formats, but they've since removed it from recent OSes and SDKs.

Please make sure you file a radar:// bug for this, because it's a common request.

Upvotes: 7

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