Swift - Get list of countries

Question

How can I get an array with all countries names in Swift? I\'ve tried to convert the code I had in Objective-C, which was this:

if (!pickerCountriesIsShown) {
           


        

Answer 1

Here's a Swift extension to NSLocale that returns an array of Swift-friendly Locale structs with the country names and country codes. It could easily be extended to include other country data.

extension NSLocale {

    struct Locale {
        let countryCode: String
        let countryName: String
    }

    class func locales() -> [Locale] {

        var locales = [Locale]()
        for localeCode in NSLocale.ISOCountryCodes() {
            let countryName = NSLocale.systemLocale().displayNameForKey(NSLocaleCountryCode, value: localeCode)!
            let countryCode = localeCode as! String
            let locale = Locale(countryCode: countryCode, countryName: countryName)
            locales.append(locale)
        }

        return locales
    }

}

And then it's easy to get the array of countries like this:

for locale in NSLocale.locales() {
    println("\(locale.countryCode) - \(locale.countryName)")
}