Get Country/Region name from windows phone 8

Question

I have the screenshot

and I am intending to retrieve the country which

Answer 1

Try this

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.DisplayName;

Answer 2

Use System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture. It should correctly reflect the phone language.

Answer 3

I know it's old, but maybe someone comes here looking for answer:

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.TwoLetterISORegionName

Answer 4

This is what i did at the end of the day. First I used the Location API library to get the coordinates(longitude and latitude) of the location

        Geolocator geolocator = new Geolocator();
        geolocator.DesiredAccuracyInMeters = 50;

        try
        {
            // Request the current position
            Geoposition geoposition = await geolocator.GetGeopositionAsync(
                maximumAge: TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5),
                timeout: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)
            );

            string latitude = geoposition.Coordinate.Latitude.ToString("0.00");
            string longitude = geoposition.Coordinate.Longitude.ToString("0.00");                 


        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            if ((uint)ex.HResult == 0x80004004)
            {
                // the application does not have the right capability or the location master switch is off
                MessageBox.Show("Location is disabled in phone settings.", "Can't Detect Location", MessageBoxButton.OK);

            }
            //else
            {
                // something else happened acquring the location
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }
        }

then using google's reverse geolocation to get the information or details of the location based on the longitude and latitude

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=latitiude,longitude&sensor=true

i.e if the latitude is 60 and the longitude is 60

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=60,60&sensor=true

From the json result, you will be able to retrieve the country's long and short name.

Answer 5

The correct answer to what the user is asking is this:

Windows.System.UserProfile.GlobalizationPreferences.HomeGeographicRegion

This should give you information regarding the Country/Region selection in the language+region setting.