get country code from country name in android

Question

I know there is a way to obtain the country name from a country code, but is it also possible the other way arround? I have found so far no function that converts a String l

Answer 1

I improved Vlad answer. Because initialize HashMap every time you access the method is very bad practice. Unless you initializing the map once. The edited answer:

public String getCountryCode(String countryName) {
    String[] isoCountryCodes = Locale.getISOCountries();
    for (String code : isoCountryCodes) {
        Locale locale = new Locale("", code);
        if (countryName.equalsIgnoreCase(locale.getDisplayCountry())) {
           return code;
        }
    }
    return "";
}