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Naveed J.
Naveed J.

Reputation: 3346

Currency code is scarab (¤) for es-419

---- UPDATE March 28, 2017 ----

When you set the language and region for the app via "Edit Scheme" in Xcode, you get the combined locale identifier of es-419_MX. However, when you change the actual language and region of the device/simulator by going into the settings, you get the "correct" locale identifier es_MX, while maintaining the language code of es-419, which effectively solves the issue for almost every use case.

// After setting language and region in Edit Scheme from Xcode
print(Bundle.main.preferredLocalizations) // ["es-419", "es"]
print(Locale.current) // es-419_MX (current)

// After setting the language and region from Settings
print(Bundle.main.preferredLocalizations) // ["es-419", "es"]
print(Locale.current) // es_MX (current)

---- /UPDATE ----

I'm localizing my app into Latin American Spanish (es-419). When I try to display a localized currency using the NumberFormatter, iOS returns a scarab ¤ instead of a dollar sign $.

For example, if the user's region is Mexico, they will have the region code es-419_MX. Instead of returning $, the following code returns ¤

let formatter = NumberFormatter()
formatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "es-419_MX")
formatter.numberStyle = .currency
formatter.currencySymbol // ¤

If I remove the "419", I get the proper currency symbol:

let formatter = NumberFormatter()
formatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "es_MX")
formatter.numberStyle = .currency
formatter.currencySymbol // $

Is it possible to get the correct currency symbol when Locale.current returns es-419_MX? Or will I have to resort to a hack where I remove instances of 419 from the locale code?

Actual code:

func localizedCurrency(value: Double) -> String {
    let formatter = NumberFormatter()
    formatter.numberStyle = .currency
    formatter.locale = Locale.current
    return formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: value)) ?? "$\(value)"
}

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1057

Answers (1)

leanne
leanne

Reputation: 8739

You'll have to do the hack, or you'll have to be specific for each country.

Since es_419 is a generic specification for all Latin American countries, it can't "guess" that you want a $ to display.

Different countries under the es_419 locale "parent" have different currency character standards. For example, Bolivia's currency symbol is Bs.

ICU Locale “Spanish (Bolivia)” (es_BO)

Upvotes: 4

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