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

Not very efficient, but you can try this:

for (Locale locale : Locale.getAvailableLocales()) {
    if (locale.getDisplayCountry(Locale.US).equals("Netherlands")) {
        // Found !
    }
}

Now, there are a few caveats:

• is your input string spelled in english (if not, do you know the language?)?
• is the country you are looking part of a supported locale (if not this will not work)?